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    Damaged front end... anyone want to give me their input?

    Yeah it looked kind of off but the driver's side looked fine and straight, so unless the fabricator didn't do a good job making them equal hahah i was hoping it would work out.
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    Damaged front end... anyone want to give me their input?

    I have no idea lol but here are the update pics. Just drove her a little bit today but with yesterday and today it seems to be holding it's alignment. there was definite change the minute I got into the truck at Firestone. When i was turning the wheel it felt less sloppy and more center...
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    Damaged front end... anyone want to give me their input?

    Yeah I did but much better support over here :) What's Com? EDIT: oh you meant f150forum.com lol I'll post pictures to update. I want to drive it around today to make sure it's riding correctly and holding right though
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    Damaged front end... anyone want to give me their input?

    So I took it a different firestone... 3rd ones a charm. The guy was helpful and this branch was focused on customer service and he said he'll try to align it again and see if it has a problem. while aligning it. If so he'll let me know. Anyway his master tech was good and he got the camber set...
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    Damaged front end... anyone want to give me their input?

    Ah thanks. Yeah well the previous owner's friend actually custom fabricated those a-arms so I'm hoping he did it to fit the factory stuff and made it all the right measurements. The replacement sounds easy enough but I'm not sure if im prepared for potential problems that may come up. Things get...
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    Damaged front end... anyone want to give me their input?

    Thanks. Yeah it's definitely an aftermarket upper arm. These dinky little things are what it USED to look like stock: You guys are right the ball joints are "Roached" or bent. Does roached mean bent or destroyed? The more I look at it and watch this video here...
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    Damaged front end... anyone want to give me their input?

    I know this isn't a gm truck lol but I like this forum and like the people here so figured I'd throw this up to see if anyone here can give me their input. I traded my mustang for this truck to use as my daily and well.. lets just say I got the short end of the stick lol You can see the front...
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    Someone clarify shift kits for me?

    Ah! Just what i was looking for. Learn something new everyday. Thanks. So it does look like it is a shift kit. Thanks everyone
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    Someone clarify shift kits for me?

    Yeah I think it might be a shift kit then. I'm going to try and drive it again and floor it and see if the RPM goes up without the truck moving. On a side note, would you guys buy an used tranny for $150? There's one on craigslist and he said he parted out his truck and it only had 72k miles...
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    Someone clarify shift kits for me?

    The kind of "hard shift" the truck has is a hard clunk. As it clunks the rear tire chirps due to the transfer of power to the wheels. Only does it under very hard acceleration. As it reaches the redline it will hover high and then BAM! shift into second, truck will shake somewhat and tires will...
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    Someone clarify shift kits for me?

    Oh okay. Is there a way to know if it's slipping and slamming into gear (sign of a bad tranny) or if it is really a shift kit? I guess the tire chirp might explain it but then it could be because the rear has a detroit locker.
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    Someone clarify shift kits for me?

    Yeah I mean i have no reason to doubt the previous owner cause he races and the truck had a locker put in with regear in the back and he did the engine swap himself. The truck has things like a beefed up suspension and custom A-arms and push bumpers but it's always a possibility that someone is...
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    Someone clarify shift kits for me?

    My friend just bought a truck and the previous owner said he had a shift kit and torque converter put into it. The truck will chirp the tires and shift very hard when going from 1st to 2nd. Like from a stop if you take off and accelerate hard it will go up to a high RPM and then slam into 2nd...
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    1994 C2500 ...<insert something clever here>

    Does anyone know if you can buy a steering column with tilt and replace one without tilt? The seats caused the steering to be a little low and I dont have tilt. How difficult would this job be? If I have time today Im going to hit up the junk yard and try to grab some parts.. maybe the...
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    1994 C2500 ...<insert something clever here>

    oh cool thanks im going to try to bleed a little. I really dont know how much or how long to hold it for cause i dont have a pressure gauge so maybe a couple seconds at most. hopefully itll fix it.
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