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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 10:20 AM
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Wheels slipping
What would cause my tires to start spinning on dry pavement? differential fluid? tire weights? tires have solid tread on them only a year old.
 
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 11:05 AM
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Too much torque!

Seriously, if your tires are losing traction on dry pavement, you're using too much throttle. Lay off and go easy.

Or get DOT approved slicks
 
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 11:08 AM
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Yep, too much skinny pedal and Ford torque
 
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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.....Yes differential fluid on the road will cause wheel spin. If you spin the tires with enough speed I suppose its plausible to fling off the weights. You could try staying out of the secondaries upon start up?
 
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 02:05 PM
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You might want to watch the drag races on the weekend, it will give you a really good explanation of wheel spin! Remember trucks are light in the rear end by design and mashing the petal to the metal is normally going to produce reduced traction, hence wheel spin.

A long way to say, stop flooring it when you start out!
 
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 06:48 PM
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Are you sure the tires are slipping and it's not the clutch or transmission?
 
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Originally Posted by jmikeyj4
What would cause my tires to start spinning on dry pavement? differential fluid? tire weights? tires have solid tread on them only a year old.
Sure you're not bragging about doing burnouts? Haha.

Just keep off the pedal, and/or throw a little weight in the back.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 02:12 PM
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lol well its not only on take offs i also have the issue if im up to speed and doing a steady pace
 
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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 02:58 PM
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Is it a manual or an automatic?
 
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yea your lucky i dont think my 4.9 could spin them on dry pavement if it wanted to (only time it does it is when i am stopped and going to turn and i mash it, and on these lovely ice covered iowa roads
 
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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jmikeyj4
lol well its not only on take offs i also have the issue if im up to speed and doing a steady pace
Something is slipping, and dude, it ain't your tires!
 
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^^^^ i'm going with this
 
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Agreed. OP, please provide further details. It's difficult to fathom that the tires are breaking traction on dry pavement as you cruise along at a steady pace.
 
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Also agreed. Even my 460 truck couldn't break the tires loose during cruise. You have something else slipping, either your clutch if manual trans, or one of your clutches or bands if automatic trans.
 
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