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    1998 C1500 on AT4X’s

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    E brake light on after disc brake conversion

    I replaced the master cylinder with an oem style replacement. I put a Eaton trutrac and 4.56 gears in the 10 bolt I’ve got now so I don’t think I’ll be switching to a 14 bolt lol Also saw a few things about switching to 3/4 front calipers and then switching to the nbs master cylinder. I...
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    E brake light on after disc brake conversion

    I recently did a disc brake conversion on my 8.625” 10 bolt using Cunningham brackets and 1985 eldorado rear calipers. The truck is a 1998 c1500 with a k1500 10 bolt swapped into it and 4 wheel abs with a recently replaced master cylinder and booster. I have bled the brakes till no more air was...
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    Bigger bearings on a c1500?

    They look cool
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    Bigger bearings on a c1500?

    I’ll be sure next time I get a set I’ll replace the races. I usually just get the bearings from autozone and it’s whatever their in store brand is. To set preload I spin the rotor forwards as I tighten the spindle nut and once I feel drag on the rotor I back the nut off till I can get a cotter...
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    Bigger bearings on a c1500?

    Whenever I replace a bearing I inspect the race. No scratches or grooves in it. Packing them by hand with just regular old red bearing grease. Cleaning the hub out best I can. And usually before I replace them the old bearings either make excessive noise or there is a significant amount of up...
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    Bigger bearings on a c1500?

    My truck goes through wheel bearings every 3-4,000 miles or so because of the 35’s and awful South Carolina roads. I’m wondering if there’s any upgraded hub I can go with that isn’t a 8 lug rotor. I’m not necessarily opposed to 6 lug swapping my truck if it’s necessary to run a bigger hub.
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    My C1500 with a 4” spindle with 3” body lift on 35’s

    With the 3” rough country body lift there’s a bracket to relocate the parking brake cable and it works great, and yes it is slightly more annoying to work under the hood but the spark plugs are way easier to get to through the wheel wells lol
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    C1500 driveshaft conversion to single piece driveshaft

    Has anyone interchanged their split c1500 driveshaft to a singular driveshaft. The carrier bearing on my truck is worn out and looks like a pita to replace. I’d much rather have a single driveshaft instead of one with a carrier bearing as there’s less parts to fail.
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    My C1500 with a 4” spindle with 3” body lift on 35’s

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    HELP RC lift problems

    My truck had the same issue. Check your spindle nut and make sure it’s tight and check the condition of the inner and outer bearings. If both are in good condition you should have a few millimeters of clearance between the edge of the rim and the spindle. If replacing the bearings doesn’t solve...
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    1998 C2500HD control arms on C1500

    I’d like to know if anyone has put the c2500 forged upper control arms on a c1500. I’m interested in doing something like this to my truck cause I’m not a huge fan of the stamped control arms the stock c1500’s have and don’t wanna shell out 500$ for some custom tubulars. My truck is lifted on 4”...
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    Popping noise when turning or braking 1998 c1500

    I know it’s been a while since I’ve last posted in this thread but I I’ve found the issue. It’s the upper control arm bushings that are bad and it’s causing the control arm to move back in forth in its bracket. Also probably why my suspension squeaks going over bumps and my camber is negative...
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    Popping noise when turning or braking 1998 c1500

    Sway bar bushings look ok I didn’t think to check the control arm bushings. I’ll check them tomorrow and let you know what I find
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    Popping noise when turning or braking 1998 c1500

    When coming to a stop, accelerating hard or turning left or right there is a loud popping noise that comes from underneath truck. Feels like it’s on the driver side, I’ve inspected ball joints, tie rod ends, idler and pitman arms, greased entire front end, got new sway bar end links and cannot...
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