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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    2 weeks ago now after mostly finishing the seats up, I had jumped right into building the roof top tent bed rack with no real design in mind just wanted to keep it simple and not to stick out to much yet high enough I could walk under it without ducking down. I used 3x1x1/8 and 1x1x1/8 for all...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Started doing some fab work on the truck I picked up a set of seats from a 2006 trailer blazer so tried my hand at building mounts for those. Not as simple as I first thought but got it done. Will be building a center console next time off. I did how ever find some rust on the floor boards so...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Well was able to finally wrap up all the brake work today working around the rain, snow and hail we’ve had over the last few days well working in the forest I call my garage haha. Found that the passenger caliber was quite seized and the one pad was worn right down and full of cracks. I ended...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Rears are all finished up test drove fine today wasn’t able to get the front apart due to rain and working outside and being kind of soft. Picked up a cheap set of steel wheels I like a bit more for 125 bucks I will be stripping the paint off them and redoing them once we get some nice...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    I was able to get the rear brakes back to normal operation and the shoes have lots of life so I'm going to run them for another year, in the front the rotors will just get resurfaced and new pads, lines and calibers.
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Finally back working on the 98’ I’ve been having brake issues the rear brakes have been sticking and binding. The fronts aren’t much better and no pad life. After getting the rears off I found the adjuster on the passenger side was seized and on the backing plate are some gouges on the wear...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    May have been some confusion with the shop as i was just looking up the part number for these springs and they are rated for 2025 lbs and i was under the impression the ones we were replacing them with were 2235 lbs ones same as the factory ones. will have to clear up tomorrow im sure they will...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Trucks back from the shop after getting the Leaf srpings done hurt paying the 1400 for it all to get done but time is not a thing i have right now. Trucks riding better and sitting a few inches higher now, Wondering if anyone knows the stock distances from axle to Bump stop for the Front and Rear.
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Well I may as well post some of the small and maybe interesting other jobs that have taken me away from fixing this truck. Half ton truck turned into a trailer with a rack all built from scrap, I did this in trade for my buddy to do my front end work. The diff on my hunting buddy’s truck he...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    After crawling around under my truck and getting tired of the terrible ride quality i found a cracked leaf spring both springs are riding on the over loads, and each leaf is wearing into the spring above it so tomorrow the truck is going into the shop in the town im in for work atm. 1200 cdn for...
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    Installing GMT900 rear Cab mounts in a GMT400

    since the original link doesn't work and i cant seem to find solid info anywhere does anyone have the part numbers for the GMT900 rear mounts ? I did read there are hydraulic and non hydraulic mounts ? seem to have found some part numbers all though the pricing for me in Canada is much...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Also decided to do a lazy rim repaint, tired it on the rear wheels but now to cold to do the front wheels. Now that I’m all caught up on the truck related work and am waiting for brake parts to come in the front calibers and rotors are pretty tired and one seems to seize here and there, the...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Photos of the tent and headlights.
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    With the Salmon fishing season coming to a end and Deer hunting season for my finished as my work schedule wont away for any more hunting i wont need this truck for a while so ill be starting back doing some maintance and hopefully some upgrades and rust repair on the truck. over the last...
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    1998 k2500 light duty off-roading

    Back home now, started to tackle the rotten fitting from engine to heater core hose. It mostly crumbled apart was able to die grind most of it away and then re tap the 1/2 npt port in the lower intake manifold. Got the new much heavier steel fitting in and seems to be all working well now. Now...
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