So my next plan was to install cab lights and then send the truck off to paint....so I thought.
I was perusing my frequent craigslist searches and found a guy selling a complete, brand new, in somewhat beat up boxes, 6" RCX suspension lift for $650 bucks, with the steering stabilizer. I couldn't get there fast enough!
So I got the kit, brought it home...and sat on it while I was deciding on my wheel/tire combo. I am not trying to get the truck as high as I can, I want it to sit around where a modern 3/4 Chevy sits.
@bluex provided just the inspiration with his 98 build.
So right now, my truck sits in pieces in the garage, with a new set of wheels and tires in the bed. I have the front end disassembled. For the most part, everything came apart pretty easy. The torsion bars knocked forward pretty easy with only a few taps. I had to cut the passenger sway bar link off as it was seized. My biggest problem was getting the ball joints out. I rented a couple of different presses to press out the lower ball joints, but the lower adapter that fit over the ball joint kept tilting up and wouldn't push it out. So I ended up taking the arms to a shop and they pushed out the lower ball joints and all of the bushings. For some reason, I cannnot find a shop around the area that charges under 100 an hour. Frickin' robbery.
I cleaned up the weld slag on the lower control arms, drilled out the upper ball joints (yes they are designed by satan). I then dropped the upper control arms, lower control arms, knuckles, sway bar, sway bar brackets, torsion keys, torsion bar crossmember, and torsion stop blocks off at the powder coater to get a textured black coating. I still need to drop the front diff and take it outside and powerwash the living daylights out of it. Then I can commence with the remainder of the lift and front end rebuild
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