[Lifted00Z71]

Ok, this is the last straw. I was drivin to work at 5:40 this morning doing 70mph. All of a sudden my Hub Assembly decides it wants to come off, so there it goes. Luckly the bolts on the caliper held it on long enough for me to get to the side of the road and slow down. Then the tow truck finally came at 10:00. And while we were trying to get it up onto the tow truck the mounts on the spindle that hold the caliper on snap. Which causes the tire to completely fall off and smash my fender. So now its at a shop needing a new spindle, hub assembly, Disc, Caliper, brake line, and fender work. I think this is the last straw. I felt like someone died when my truck broke and i love it to death, but i think i'm gonna trade it in for a Cummins

 

[Silverado]

DAMN, sorry to hear that man. What kind of lift are you running?

 

[Andy]

hese got a fabtech, i dont think youll be dissapointed with a cummins, they arte sweet trucks (and this makes them sweeter)

 

[Silverado]

Ya, you can't go wrong with a cummings. Was it the fabtech spindle that broke?

 

[Lifted00Z71]

yup...

 

[Aberbaseball7]

ill have a cummins sometime in the future

 

[Dark Eternal]

cummings are awesome, thats about the only part on the dodge that is though. Get ready to have a hell of an engine, a shitty tranny and cheap rest of the truck :read: (unless you get the manual, then you got a good tranny as well!)

 

[Nicholas]

Yeah, go for the manual if u don't plan on gettin a new tranny soon after the warrenty runs out...badass motors...too bad they put them in dodges tho...

 

[nafortin]

Definately steer clear of the automatics. I had 2 dodges before my silvy. The first one was a reg cab dak with 4.7 auto. It would haul ass, but I "needed/wanted" a bigger cab. Endedup trading for a quad cab. Tranny didn't feel very good from the start. It died (luckily under warranty) 3400 for just the tranny. When I got it back the new tranny felt pretty touchy.

Definatly go manual! Manual diesel :head:

 

[BuiltNotBought99]

Man that sucks about your truck man. sorry to hear that. If you go dodge definatley go manual i've seen many of they're auto's die.

 

[Andy]

Did dodge upgrade the auto-trannie after they bumped the cummins numbers up to 330hp/600tq?

 

[IntroWheels]

Fabtech lifts suck........I had a very similar incident with my 01 2wd. The wheel, tire, brake, hub flew off my truck when I was going 75 on the freeway. Lucky for me, nobody was hurt except for my truck......which needed a new fender, caliper, turned the rotor, new hub, repaired wheel, new pads.......and a ton of other work. DONT GO FABTECH.

 

[Lifted00Z71]

Did dodge upgrade the auto-trannie after they bumped the cummins numbers up to 330hp/600tq?

I don't think they offer an auto with the new Cummins.

 

[Andy]

I don't think they offer an auto with the new Cummins.

thats good, it will save some trouble. you can improve the autos with kits from some of those diesel performance places.

 

[Nicholas]

you shouldn't have to improve the tranny on a stock motor tho...

 

[DaHoe4x4Ag]

im thinking seriously about selling my hoe, and getting the 7.3 diesel f-350 4x4 6 speed, only because a hell of a deal, and i mean hell of a deal is approaching..............

 

[Andy]

you shouldn't have to improve the tranny on a stock motor tho...

yea, but if hes smart he would chip it :crazy:

 

[Todd]

im thinking seriously about selling my hoe, and getting the 7.3 diesel f-350 4x4 6 speed, only because a hell of a deal, and i mean hell of a deal is approaching..............

I am about to do the same thing. I am already approved just gotta find it. I found one in Tomball but that salesman is giving me the run around.

 

[Nicholas]

yea, but if hes smart he would chip it :crazy:

yeah, but for the 95% of people that buy a truck and don't modify them at all, its still kinda puttin them out when they have to drop their truck off at the dealership to get it worked on cuz the tranny is a POS...really not fun if its ur only transportation...chrylser needs to learn how to build a damn tranny...hell, even the one in my moms 97 jeep GC is aready actin funny...was before i started drivin it a yr ago w/ only 50K miles on it...

 

[Lifted00Z71]

Trust me, when i get it it WILL be chiped right away with maybe an intake and exhaust also. I'm also debating on putting either this lift http://www.keldermanairride.com/productdetails.php?id=03DDGLIFT10 , or this one http://www.trexengineering.com/products.htm