Hydraulic Assist Driveway Install
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ย. 2019
- It's been a long time coming... hydraulic assist (sometimes called hydro-assist) on the straight-axle Suburban! A lot of people, myself included, have wanted to do installs like this themselves but were too intimidated to tackle it at home.
Well we decided to give it a shot and it was a pretty straight forward install. It took us a few hours over the weekend to complete, with added time between coats of paint. If you're interested in adding hydraulic assist to your rig, we encourage you to go for it.
This kit was very reasonably priced at $599 from Redneck Ram. I haven't put it to the test on the trail yet, but it sure handles the curbs in the mall parking lot well!
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Solid channel your building man. Don’t stop.
Nice job!
Bro... ~8:50 I thought my dryer was done, I haven't done any laundry today... LOL!!! Great video, information and presentation. I now know how to measure a DIY Hydro assist, thank you!
I know, right! That dryer has made a guest appearance in a few videos now. 😄
Nice video. professional. I know that was hours of editing 👌👍keep them coming 👏
Thanks dude, glad you liked it!
Not worried about overspray...sure doesn’t sound like a mall crawler.
I think what they meant was to hook up the top of the steering box connection to the right side of the ram(passenger). Like you said you can flip the ram, however not the steering box. So the top connection will still be high pressure (output) or low pressure (input) not sure. But whatever that connection pressure is they want it to go on the right (passenger) side of the ram.
Your death wobble will stop, if you adjust your toe.
Start slightly toed in, try it, and if it wobbles, adjust it towards out until it stops.
Straight axles will fight if toed in and the tires get traction.
Sometimes with bigger footprints they'll really fight if there not tracking in the same direction.
Camber and road crown affects your tracking also, an excessively crowned road will make tires want to track towards each other, witch can make it deathwobble bad if the tires are getting good traction.
Out of round or unbalanced tires can put it in a wobble especially if your tracking is off.
You can make it stop 95% of the time if you adjust your toe to track straight.
Thanks for the info dude! I went a little while without this setup when I broke my steering box, set the toe in to 1/8"ish and it was great. My steering with the new Hydro has been much better. Same company, warranty coverage. 👍🏻
Dude, GREAT content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very well done. First time on your channel. SUSCRIBED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome! Thanks for checking out our videos. 🤘🏻
Leaf sprung trucks don't get Death wobble it happens with coil springs Usually caused by the track bar Causing the whole axle to move side to side. This side to side Action can happen with Leaf Springs.
Death wobble also happens on leaf sprung axles. There's a lot of lateral movement with leaf springs due to all the pivot points on the shackles.
@@bigyellowjimmy leaf spring do not have lateral movement this is infomes death wobble
Bro I you need to organize your garage a tad. Thanks for the vid!
I've got about 5 projects going on at a time, this is as good as it gets! 🤙
You need a high volume pump and death wobble can be from anything in the steering to a weak pinion assembly.
I picked up a replacement steering box under the warranty and now it works great! 🤙🏻
Weak pinion causes death wobble eh? 😂😂😂😂
@@wheels.and.wrenches any vibration in the front end can cause a solid axle to death wobble. Experienced it in 2 of my vehicles in my lifetime.
Hey brother great video, so I've been wanting to put ram assist on my 94 ford bronco, so you didn't notice a difference with easy of turning? was it worth your trouble?
Thanks
My first steering box from them failed on the first trail run. When I got the replacement it was nice and easy just like it was supposed to be. Definitely worth it especially on a big girl like this! 👌🏻
6:13 How did you extend your ram all the way to measure it? Can you just pull on the ram?
Yeah, I was able to just pull it out or push it in with the hoses disconnected. 🤙🏻
Where did you source your tie rod ends? I have a one ton steering setup on my jeep with straight tie rod ends and the tie rod tube hits the diff cover at full lock. Those offset tie rod ends would give me extra clearance to get more turning radius.
I have enough trouble getting my jeep through some of these trails, I can only imagine how entertaining it is to push that thing through the trails.
As far as ease to steer, have you looked into swapping the pump out for a higher volume and/or pressure pump?
The TREs were from ebay, searching for the specific part numbers. 🤙🏻
Great video what do you have going on inside the burban?
Nothing too crazy, but we do have a sleeping platform that folds out to hold some tools and a full size mattress. I'm thinking I might do a video to show that setup. 👍🏻
@@FortuneOffRoad I would like to see that, I have 1997 K2500 that I am working on.
I’m a little confused, there’s no mention of a pump reservoir or a cooler. Is it basically three components?...ram, hoses and gearbox?
Yeah that's it! The rest of the stock components work with this kit.
Does ram need to be attached to axle or can it be attached to tie rod?
Typically it's attached to the axle. It's better to have the rod move so the hoses have the least amount of movement
Yet holding out.... What's in the safe???
All kinds of goodies!
Those your winter issued boots?
They're just some old boots. Not steel toe or anything.
According to their website the kit is now $699 not the $599 in your description
Aw man! Sorry to hear that. Its always hard to keep up with changing prices when making videos. Still worth it though.👍🏻
What welder are you using?
It's badically an older version of the Lincoln Weld Pak 140 HD. Its not mine; I just borrow it a lot! 😁
Did you bleed the air out?
Yeah, went back and forth like 50 times with the reservoir cap off
What kit was this that you used??
Off road design 47" spring kit for 36.5" perch width axles
What tires are you running?
37x12.50r17 🤙🏻
What hydro assets kit did you use
Redneck ram!
@@FortuneOffRoad thank you
What is intro song? Same as mark dice exit.
Some random TH-cam Audio Library song. I'm surprised such a big channel uses it too! 🤷🏼♂️
@@FortuneOffRoad Sorry to be a jerk but...throughout most of the video hearing the same few notes over and over about drove me crazy. Maybe at a lot lower volume so we could hear you better would make it less noticeable. That aside, it was an excellent vid! Again, sorry to be a whiner, just adding my 2 cents.
Thanks for the feedback! This was one of my first video I made. Hopefully they're better now! 🤙🏻
@@FortuneOffRoad Thanks for the kind reply sir and keep up the good work!
For show, looks good
For rock, it’s gonna dent scratch and bend your rod.
We did a lot of trails with that truck and didn't have any issues. When I install this next time I'll run the ram the other way to prevent the rod from ever bending. 🤓
@@FortuneOffRoad How is the way you installed the ram going to bend the tie rod? What other way will you install it?
Being the owner of three jeep Cherokee XJ‘s I’ve had my fair share of death wobble. Steering stabilizers only help bump steer but death wobble can be caused buy something as simple as one of your wheels not being balanced Incorrectly. The most common cause is your track bar, check your bushings & ball joints. Also your pinion angle is terrible. I’m not trolling I’m just sayin. I love to a full size out on the trail. Good luck on your hunt for the elusive cause to your DW
Those are some great tips for the non-leaf spring dudes. Thanks for sharing them. I don't have a track bar or ball joints. This axle is from the older days when Dana 60s had kingpins. Do you mean my driveshaft angle looks bad? It's a sharp angle for sure, so I had to get a DS made with 1410 ujoints! ! My pinion angle is set by leaf springs, this one is set up for this specific vehicle. I think lateral axle movement is what's causing it for me. Thanks for watching!
Fortune and Death I had a toasted bearing and my wheels weren’t balanced. Gave me horrible death wobble.
This kit can be put together for half the price
True dat! The support is what you pay for. I went through a bad steering box and got one shipped out quickly to get it fixed. Same can be said for the custom hoses.
Idk what support would be needed I build all my own for my customers pretty straight forward
Video is good though
@@sknight4817 to get a new box drilled and tapped. Having the skill to do it is one thing, but the tools is another. I think I finally have enough tools now to be self-sufficient!
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