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    Ball joint spacers and front diff. Drop.

    thank ya, these have always been my favorite body style truck. I’m in a position now that I don’t have to drive my truck daily like I used to so this ones goal is to stay super nice like it is now.
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    Ball joint spacers and front diff. Drop.

    buy the 6 inch and crank it down mine is around 4 in the front and stock in the back and ride like a stock truck on these 15x12.5 and 33s
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    Ball joint spacers and front diff. Drop.

    That’s funny I started this thread almost 10 years ago. Sold that 5sp truck 8 years ago and drive diesels. Now back in a gmt400 picked up a 97 z71 with 88k miles on it sat.
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    PCM differences

    Been chasing my tail on some small idle problems in my truck and it finally occured to me. The original owner of the truck bought it new with a 4.3 tbi and blew a headgasket and swapped it for a 5.7 tbi. How do I tell if i have the right PCM in it. I would assume the spark and timing curves are...
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    Short throw for the manual guys

    thats it i searched and searchd and never got that one seems to be pretty good now i gotta figure out if i have a 5lm60 or nv3500
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    Short throw for the manual guys

    Anyone heard of core shifters on ebay says he has short throws built like the hurst shifters for the 3500s and 4500s. Is there any other company retailing things like this or is this the only option.
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    Crazy brake problems

    A good buddy of mine has been talking about putting brakes on his truck for over a month now finally said quite talking about it ill help you lets do it. That is about as far as it got, He has an 88 single cab swb 350 5spd 4x4 truck its the w/t if that matters. We went down to the friendly...
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    Notching frame

    10-4 im still stuck on notching out about an inch im trying to keep this thing as low as possible on the sas. really not wanting to run much over a 33 mayyyyybe a 35. This truck will be used as a truck mainly to pull my crawler back to where we camp on big events my front end is worn slap out...
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    Notching frame

    I figured heat my weaken a little but this wont be a bolt on kit i will be building my own crossmember and brackets so i may be able to retain strength by having everything on the frame boxed and gusseted up right?
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    Notching frame

    Sorry its taken so long to reply, been running around non stop here lately. That is almost what mine looks like i thought about heating it but not sure if it may weaken the metal or not. my plan was to notch where its bent on the passenger side until i can make it work and match the driver side...
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    Notching frame

    Whoever had my truck before me ran into something with my tow hook on the front and bent the frame up a little. Now as far as I can tell when everyone SASs these trucks their front spring hangers are all the way forward to the front of the frame someone correct me if im wrong. What I was...
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    Will a superduty axle work?

    Thanks jps I went back and reread it the d50 doesnt seem like a to bad of choice if its found fairly cheep. Like said before d44 strength isnt a huge downside to me dont plan on running anything over 35s or so and will be mainly used to haul 4wheelers with and get In and out of where we hunt...
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    Will a superduty axle work?

    Well that shoots a whole in the jeep axle plan then, back to the drawing board. Really like the super duty axles from the pirate build gonna keep an eye out for some. He said something on that build about avoiding the d50 axles in the earlier powerstrokes anyone know a certain reason and I...
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    Will a superduty axle work?

    Being my frame is tweaked in the front although its not a major amount at all I couod prib fix it ive been tossing the ideas of a 4link with coilovers. A radius are setup would be cool but to me a 4link is simpler. As many guy as I know with tube buggies I could prob score a used set of...
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    Will a superduty axle work?

    The jeep axle is full width from a j20 truck its an 8 lug 44 the fab part im not worried about it ive done a couple s10 sas. This is simply to have a more reliable lifted truck and something different, it will be used as a truck just not a trail truck. Besides that the fact I can do this for...
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    Will a superduty axle work?

    Well I would rather not use the superduty just for the simple fact there arent as many build threads on them and the like. I have accses to an axle from an old full size jeep with flat tops alreaxy on both sides but 1 its spring under so I would have to change that and idk what to do about the...
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    Will a superduty axle work?

    I have a 92 ecsb 4x4 i have been throwing around and researching an sas for about 2 years for now. Finally got to looking under the front of the truck and kinda putting 2 and 2 together and noticed my frame was bent. Where the factory tow hooks mount inside the front of the frame it looks like...
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    complete interior swap

    Hey everyone getting ready to do a complete carpet to headliner interior swap. I've searched and looked and searched some more but I can't find a write up on a complete swap. Anyone have any tips and tricks to any parts? I was gonna try and get as much info in one spot as possible. And when I...
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    The Center Console Thread

    what about 5 speed consoles? i saw the lokar shifter for the auto but i have a floor shift 4x4 and a 5 speed. got a complete grey interior to get rid of the red with the newer style leather seats, but i dont like the new style console so im going to build my own. any ideas?
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    91 chevy ext. cab 5 speed...will iy hold up?

    any idea what transfer cases will bolt up to this thing? I honestly would like to run a 10 bolt sounds crazy i know, but this truck wont see alot of rock crawling or offroading. And we have so many spare axles and parts for the 10 bolts laying around I dont think i would ever run out. It would...
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    91 chevy ext. cab 5 speed...will iy hold up?

    My truck has the nv3500 in it too just how bad are the 3500s? This truck will never make massive power maybe some tbi mods and I.may get into the data logging and tuning side of things. My main concern is I'm looking to sas the truck in the next year or so providing the funds are there. How's it...
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    engine swap tips and tricks

    Alright, about to start an engine swap bought a crate tbi long block to drop in and its sitting in the garage waiting now. Never swapped a motor in one of these trucks but have many older vehicles. What's some tips and tricks to these trucks before I start. Hidden wire tight spots stuff like...
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    Death wobble

    I plan on doing all the work myself. other than the TREs the front seems to be in decent shape but when work and time.permits I'm going to go pick up some parts and start on it. What special tools will I need?
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    Death wobble

    I've had.it.since April of this year so havent had a chance to do much at all to it.
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    Death wobble

    How much play should there be in my tie rods? Both have a little give when laying under the truck with someone else cutting the wheels back and forth. The problem mainly seems To come from the passenger side wheel.

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