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if you're looking for "big" issues, you won't find them on the tundra. only issues you'll find there will be "mid-sized".
ROTFLMFAO!!!
kyle
when he feels he's gettin' a good thrashin' in
one topic. he goes back to the ABS topic or
wherever else he can handle the wippin' he incurs
on himself. sorta fun though watchin' all the
response he brings, if only is head did'nt have
that foul smell. LOL
...red
http://www.teleweb.net/mgdvhman/
I promise we won't beat you up too bad....
..really...
- Tim
When one wheel drops down, and the frame partially drops, the cross member is 'hinging' upon the far side frame that hasn't dropped...that creates a moment in the z-direction, or toward the front of the vehicle. This creates a hoop stress, perpendicular to the beam. A weld seam does nothing in this case.
The only thing the weld holds is to resist some force from forming the tube to roll out flat. What force is there that does that? ONLY INTERNAL PRESSURE.
Is that the torsion you are talking about? or torsion as if you were grabbing a crossmember by hand and twisting in the same circular direction by which it is shaped?
I could answer, but I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, or how to explain it well w/o pictures.
Cross members used to be flat plates...tubes are much better in this case, due to their resistance to buckling.
Yes you need a weld, but only to control Poisson's strain not any direct stress. w/o seeing, that is my prof opinion that it only needs tacks.
and we are going off Rwell that they are tackwelds. for all we know, they could be 1/2" beads!
BTW I am not an engineer. Thank God. But you probably already knew that. As to the torque I am referring to I can't explain it very well either, obviously. At least not without pictures. If I can find something, I'll post it to my web page and everyone can look at it, and hopefully explain it.
One way -IMO- is to list the number of times you have had to take your truck into the dealer for repairs. This would not count normal maintenance items - oil change ect, but for repairs, and also the number of times your ride let you down by not starting.
1 trip to dealer to reprogram tranny and fix a sticky throttle body in the first month, 0 (that is one 0) times in the last 12 months. My truck has 12K miles.
1 trip to dealer to fix a cracked windshield (hit by rock on I-45 @ 75 mph) I don't count this as a trip, but then maybe the Ford, Dodge and Toyota trucks have bullet proof windshields.
Truck has always started - first try- no delay, never left me walking.
I think if everyone is honest (slim chance I know) we will see similar experiences in most makes of trucks.
My guess is
75% 0-1 trips
20% 2-3 trips
5% 3-10 trips in first year.
Oh, and don't ever plan on rebuilding that engine.
They are like all [non-permissible content removed] and Tiawanese parts....use
once, then throw away."
F150Rules:
For as long as I can remember, people looked for
anything made in Taiwan, Korea, China, Japan, etc.
Stayed far far away from it because the products
were made cheap and with slave labor. They still
have an element of that name of use once then throw away.
facing the questions asked of you, oh, i forgot
you don't know the answers to anything only what
you can find out about f150 from obyone (one of
the chevy guys of course) so just like RWELL, get
your head back in there where it belongs....
for those of you wondering about the name change...had to do it for ideological purposes...but yep, it's still the same me.
bco
statements under different names. better than you, cuz you post the same identical crap over adn over (and dodge the real issues) under the same name.
bco
1. vibrations - all gm fans have accepted the fact that SOME sierras/'rados vibrate. gm has zeroed in on this problem and prob'ly has it licked for 2001. tundra fans: due to a lack of repsonse to this challenge, apparently still think an alignment/balance will fix theirs. but it won't and in fact, toyota has no clue what's causing theirs.
2. frame stress/cross-member deal - made up by rob. nothing factual/official to warrant concern. was dead months ago, not sure why we're still talking about it. *shrug*
3. abs problem - identified and fixed in a month...dead issue.
4. main bearing - never has been an issue, 'cept with the tundra guys...dead issue.
5. reliability - tundra's reputation is sliding rapidly, tundra guys not sure what to do/think about it...interesting issue when consumer reports eval on 2001 tundra comes out.
6. domestic sales slipping - new models about to come out, will bounce back in a month or so...dead issue.
7. defective tires (firestones) - japanese owned, american made company producing a defective or incomplete product. just like toyota tundra...again, dead issue.
have i missed anything?
bco
question as usual. how come never an answer
malph?
...red
"You won't answer, me still insulting intelligence."
(yep, your still insulting intelligence)
"the digger you deep the harder it is to get out."
(Sounds like your way deep into it already!)
a few minutes. now here's a good example of
double identitys if there ever was one.
ralph and malph or ralph is malph(more likely
than not) you're a big joke. go out and fix your
tonka tous and quit being an idiot(s).
...red
"If you want a good chevy, put in a special number, or else they just slap them together."
red, gotta agree on that one. two morons contributing the same level of crap. too similar to be different.
bco
c'mon rob...you can't add to the list i posted above? we're only at 7 right now...surely you can fabricate three more and get us into double digits. c'mon...go find some more ficticious gm problems for us.
bco
Ryan
Robbie, I have asked you repeatedly to teach me all about mechanics. I have even asked you specific questions that I would like you to explain to me. You say I don't know anything about mechanics and that you know so much, yet, as with every other question or fact presented to you about the Tundra, you dodge the question or fact and change the subject, posting some kind of third grade name calling tantrum along with bamatundra.
Why don't you little boys either start addressing the issues presented, talk trucks, or take your grade school recess somewhere else.
Care to answer the questions?
LOL
Must like that name eh?
Losers are the scared tundra fans not man enough to come to my site.....
- Tim
BTW i just found out that ralph/malph are
victimized children (abused children) so go easy
on them.
...red
get the wippin' of their life and they know it,
so most likely they're not gonna go there. but if
they did......well lets just say that they'd come
back and pretty embaressed too..
...red
losbyrones
To kinda sum up the few hundred posts:
1: front end vibrations(Some are bad goodyear
tires some are caused by ???
2: rear end sag/bouncing(replace leaf springs)
3: wind noise(quarter windows/doors)
4: leaky/broken back sliding glass
5: Launch shudder when pulling out with
load(seems to be mostly ext. cabs)
6: Lots of other little things that unless you
are told about, you probably won't notice
Summation: Pig in a poke!
Some people get good ones, some don't.
You might want to check in in the Silverado topic,
they have lots of good stuff there.
I have a 2000 std cab, stepside, SLE, 5.3 auto,
handling package, 3.42 rear, 2wd
2500 miles so far and none of the problems others
have encountered.
Keep us posted on your new truck. The brakes are
sensitive, but you do get used to them. Mine
aren't mushy, but I believe that the feel of brakes
depend on what you have been used to driving. My
thought anyway...
Gas mileage has been pretty good, just filled up
the tank tonight. Waited until the low fuel light
came on an there was still 7 gal. of gas in the
tank. Std cab has 26 gal tank and ext. cab has 34
I believe. Went 393 miles on 19 gal of gas (around
20 miles/gal roughly) can't complain.
later
gmc sierra
bco
all out are you? well go ahead...make up something new...entertain us please...
bco
- Tim
on this site and elsewhere, what happened? i mean
what's with the immature posting? your acting
like a complete moron lately. what are afraid of?
...red
hostility that you do towards no toyota owners, i
gotta ask, are you also a racist? it's really
startin' to show.
...red
this topic is being "frozen." Please continue these discussions in Topic 2190 Tundra vs the Big 3 - Continued III. Thanks.
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