If u watch this vid u can see my frame flexing quite a bit. Not that big a deal right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR5vBoO58uo

Noticed that the frame had bent just a little on one side, where the traction bar mounts to the frame. Pulled the following monday night and all was good. Truck ran good and nothing broke.

Pulled Wednesday night. Truck ran good, but broke some stuff Here are some pics of the after math. Twisted that driveshaft and put a permanent bow in the frame

 

looks like you got 2 choices, 1: straighten and "fix" the frame the best ya can, most likely unless you reframe the truck you are looking at alot of work if you can find a donor frame to cut up and patch, it will still be weak, 2: cut it all off behind the cab and build partial tube chassis open class truck. i like the second personally LOL, i remember you trashing a driveshaft a few months ago, ever thought about a heavy wall single piece shaft??? they are well worth the money. what about "solid" mounting the rearend with tractor top links so it wont kick around and bend/break stuff. if ya was a little closer i would help ya get it fixed man.

 

I feel confident that it can be fixed. Main thing i wanna do right now is get it to where its back straight. Once its straight i'll take it to my cousins machine shop and have them box it in and reinforce the frame. I think the reason why my frame bent like it did was because my traction bars were too short. I was planning on getting a longer set on there but obviously didnt get them on there soon enough. Im definitely going with a longer set that will be more parallel to the ground. My current ones are fairly short and push up on the frame instead of pushing forward.

As for the driveshaft, its made out of thick walled 4inch tubing. I think when the truck flexed and bent like it did, it probably put the driveshaft in quite a bind too. I'll try another one and see how it holds. If it doesnt hold then i will be going with a 1 piece for sure.

 

Good greif , I say your planting the rear tires

 

WOW!! thats some serous power/torque and weight to bend all that
I thought I might wanna try sled pulling some time..but now you got me scared..a twisted d-line is no big deal but if I bent my mega cab frame like that I would be sick

 

Ouch Josh . I hope you can get it fixed. Your truck is such a good runner.

 

those 2nd gen trucks are notorious for bending and flexing the frames. newer trucks aint as bad from what ive seen. and like hea said, after looking at the pics again, i agree with him, longer bars.

 

Fixed ends on your traction bars will bend the frame or rip it apart...I've seen both and length doesn't really matter if the bars are stong enough. The swing pivot in the GDP ladder bars fixes this....If you are that much into pulling I'd respring with a set of springs that won't bend and then traction bars are less of an issue. That is fixable but it will take some plate to make it stronger. Good Luck, ks

 

you would have better luck with thoughs traction bars if they were longer. the more level they are the less likely going to shove up on the frame. good luck with the frame straightning. hope it works out

 

a point on making them longer that some are missing is that the 2nd gens arnt boxed all the way back like a third gen so making the bars long enough to reach the boxed section of the frame is very important.

 

Yep. Frame is boxed until the back of the cab, then from the cab back its not.