my 98 stepside

[aaronb]

i've had this truck for 7 years now, and its gone through some changes.
a couple months after i got it,lifted it with a 10" whiplash on 15x12 weld typhoons with 38" tsl sx's.

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getting rid of the chrome.

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decided to paint my welds a couple years ago.

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[eric.s.t]

i got nothing else to say but .. Badass

 

[97Z71]

Looks good!

 

[aaronb]

then i got tired of having to replace they same crap over and over.
so it was time to get rid of the ifs.

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front axle is a hp44 out of a 78 ford f250.

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used a pair of 74 chevy flat top knuckles, big bearing spindles,and brakes for a 78-87 chevy 3/4 ton.
chevy outter axle shafts,while keeping the ford inners.

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another front axle shot

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crossover steering from sky man.

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rear hanger/shackles installed,now ord(direct said to measure 46.5" from the center bolt hole of the front bracket,to center hole of rear hanger
wish we didnt weld in the rear hangers. the shackle angle isnt that good. its not straight up and down,but swung forward,not to the rear.

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[aaronb]

i got nothing else to say but .. Badass

Looks good!

thanks guys, some of the pics. the truck is on 38" swamper sx's which beat the ever living **** out of that front end.

 

[Vortec Lover]

SAS FTW

 

[aaronb]

the rear axle is 8 lug sf 14bolt out of a 94 suburban i picked up for $50.00.

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both axles have been regeared with 5.13 yukons.
had a little mishap with one of the center pins breaking in the rear leaf pack.

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rear axle hung with a ord ubolt flip kit

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[aaronb]

SAS FTW

its so nice, not having to change out tie rods,balljoints,idler and pitman arm out every 6 months.

 

[eric.s.t]

iwas wondering about the front suspension, thinking exacly .. wow, that must be hard on front end parts! but now i see you did the right thing Your truck is just so sick!

 

[aaronb]

tires and wheels as of now.
15x12 bart monster wheels,wrapped in 39.5x16.5x15 pitbull rockers.

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in order to fit 15's, i had to do a very light amount of grinding to the calipers, but i did have to remove a decent amount of material from the dust shield/caliper bracket.
also installed a track bar from sky man.

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