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Happens to the best of us, male or female! Glad ya got it figured out! :grd:
 

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omg ....im such a retard! I'm at the shop looking at it and it's a the tie rod ends on the connecting rod that needs to be replaced. Looking at the pictures online got me confused looking at the 2wd arm. Sorry for my stupidness you can blame it on me being a girl! But I know excatly what's wrong now!

I wouldn't say all that. Most guys wouldn't even be able to figure it out. Good part is, at least its figured out now. And tie rods aren't near as expensive and easy to install. :waytogo:

Its about time we got a girl on the site anyway. One registered the other day, but doens't participate much. Boys, we're gonna have to watch our pody mouths a bit now, at least a little.
 

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no need to watch your mouth there are times when I swear like a trucker!
 

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Wanna talk about retarded, I never looked at your name very close and just figured it was a crazy way to spell Daniel :roflbow:
 

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no need to watch your mouth there are times when I swear like a trucker!

Whew !!! Thank God, ciz if you look around some of these threads on here, you'll find that some of the lingo makes Trucker swearing look light duty. :roflbow:
 

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Whew !!! Thank God, ciz if you look around some of these threads on here, you'll find that some of the lingo makes Trucker swearing look light duty. :roflbow:

What the **** are you talking about?
 

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YA hotrod... shut your ******* mouth!


I was gonna say, before I read this whole thread, that the clunking might be a frame crack.. It was mentioned before but these trucks are NOTORIOUS for cracking at the frame were the steering box is located. If you wheel alot I highly suggest you get the steering box brace from offroaddesign.com..
 

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I'll agree with that. Better to get it befroe the frame cracks, as a support brace, rather than a repair brace. Get it.
 

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YA hotrod... shut your ******* mouth!


I was gonna say, before I read this whole thread, that the clunking might be a frame crack.. It was mentioned before but these trucks are NOTORIOUS for cracking at the frame were the steering box is located. If you wheel alot I highly suggest you get the steering box brace from offroaddesign.com..

thanks for the information. I don't think the frame is cracked. I'll double check this weekend but thanks for the info in regards to the brace! The more stuff I learn about these trucks the better :)
 

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thanks for the information. I don't think the frame is cracked. I'll double check this weekend but thanks for the info in regards to the brace! The more stuff I learn about these trucks the better :)

yours is probably fine if you haven't already noticed it, but just given you a heads up derr... GM had a stupid steering design on these year 4x4.... another funny thing is, when you get the truck all twisted up with the driver side front wheel in the fender and the passenger side wheel dropping down you will not be able to turn left.... at all :jester: Terrible steering design.... Big fail on GM's part there
 
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yours is probably fine if you haven't already noticed it, but just given you a heads up derr... GM had a stupid steering design on these year 4x4.... another funny thing is, when you get the truck all twisted up with the driver side front wheel in the fender and the passenger side wheel dropping down you will not be able to turn left.... at all :jester: Terrible steering design.... Big fail on GM's part there
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yours is probably fine if you haven't already noticed it, but just given you a heads up derr... GM had a stupid steering design on these year 4x4.... another funny thing is, when you get the truck all twisted up with the driver side front wheel in the fender and the passenger side wheel dropping down you will not be able to turn left.... at all :jester: Terrible steering design.... Big fail on GM's part there


Great info there CK. I was not aware of it. I know alot of things about vehicles, but never got alot into 4x4's until I wanted straight axle 4x4s. All my other 4x4's were wussy 4x4 IFS push a button, loaded, leather, seat heater, don't wanna get a scratch on it trucks, so I never did anything real fun in them. I have heard about the support bracket to get it regardless, that there are only 2 kinds of 4x4 SAS frames in GM, the ones that have cracked, and the ones that will crack if they haven't yet. So I have full intention of getting the support brackets for mine before they do crack.
Also, been hearing C4 talk about crossover steering. Does crossover steering fix this issue your talking about? It would be cool if you, and/or C4 could or would get together and do a crossover steering thread, especially if it corrects that articulation problem. :grd:
 

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