Front suspension Question

[dorkweed]

Been a Dodge/Cummins guy for almost 20 years now; until I bought this '16 Chevy. Like the truck a lot; but it's not near the truck my '04.5 Dodge/Cummins was. Just saying..............as this little truck does everything I axe it to.

 

Question is this...................prior to buying this truck, I thought all GM pickups were "torsion" front suspension. I know that the 2500 are still torsion.....................but the 1500's.................when did they change, or did they???

[redwngr]

Yes they changed. Sorry I can't tell you when.

 

2500/3500 still use the bars. They make it easier to adjust ride height for snowplow.

[SouthernSilveradoGuy85]

From reading it seems like they changed it to rack and pinion sometime during the last gen (07-13). Maybe it was for 07 or sometimes in the middle. I was surprised, but it doesn't bother me. The way I see it is that it's less maintenance than a hydraulic with a power steering pump. If you take the truck mudding a lot then I can see that being a problem since the big electric motor is down there, but if you don't it's not a huge deal. The truck I had before was a '98 Z71 so I can't tell you about '99-'13 from personal driving, but my '14 seems to have better response. I know it's just another electronic thing to go bad, but everything has their advantages and disadvantages. Also I'm sure you've noticed the ride difference with an IFS front instead of a straight axle. A straight axle is better in my opinion for hard off-road use, but I never had a problem with my '98 even though I went mudding in it a lot. For this '14 since I won't be taking it off-road other than dirt and gravel roads (want to actually take care of this one) I prefer the IFS.