DirtRidinZ71 Truck Life. From junk to Camo'd

[1997k1500Calvin]

What's your plans fit the headache rack? You gonna mesh it or what?

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[dirtridinz71]

Just read all 22 pages. You are one good fabricator man. Is that your line of work?

Thanks. For work I'm just a equipment operator for a road construction company.

What's your plans fit the headache rack? You gonna mesh it or what?

Tapatapatalk

I will just leave it open, never know when an exit out the back window may be needed.

 

[1997k1500Calvin]

Thanks. For work I'm just a equipment operator for a road construction company.



I will just leave it open, never know when an exit out the back window may be needed.

Cage in the sides just not the middle..just looks in complete being all open..but that's just mo...love the truck though...envious you had the time energy and skills to pull all this off..

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[dirtridinz71]

Rear disc are done. I used some modified mounting plates calipers and pads from a GM 10 bolt front axle and some ford e250/350 rotors.

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Then finished up the hydro assist steering yesterday.

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A little yard playing again

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Everything is now here for the regearing so hopefully I can get the truck dropped off at a buddies place and get the done.

 

[SCOTTYINWV]

Loving it! How hard was the swap? I would love rear disk!

 

[dirtridinz71]

The disc brakes were simple on the sterling. I just had to notch the old backing plates to slide over the axle tube, welded them to where the original drum brake backing plates bolted to on the axle and everything lines up pretty good. The pads sit a little high on the rotor but if I mounted it any lower they would have rubbed where the rotor goes over hub. Then used a couple of factory 92 front flex lines that I ran to each side.

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[1997k1500Calvin]

Sickness...all I can say..truck is sweeter and sweeter everyone I look

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[dirtridinz71]

Well the hydro assist didn't work as planned, I pulled the modified steering box off today and tore it apart to do a rebuild, the rebuild kit wont arrive until next week likely. I find a couple metal shaving in the power piston part of the box and a couple small marks in the seal

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I finally got around to making new front inner fender gaurds.
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I got the end frame fishplates welded on too

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Unrelated to any GMT400's but ordered a 2" rough country lift for my trailblazer and picked up these 245/75R16 Kelly safari tsr tires on the weekend

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[dirtridinz71]

This 5 month long project is finally done. I ditched the hydro assist steering for now, after the box rebuild it leaked fluid everywhere so I tossed in another stock box and will worry about it at a later time.

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Got a spare set of driveshafts done for trail spares. Front is the IFS shaft with heavy grinding, its a little short but will get me out of the woods

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Also got the lift and tires on the Trailblazer a while back

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[lkfldredneck]

Truck looks insane man! Its come a loong way

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