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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    The 14’ ball joints aren’t designed to run inverted. I would not rely on all my trucks weight held in by a 1/16” snap ring, yes there is a press fit.
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    All burnt on
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    After realizing I had a bad bump steer issue, I had to whip out the paper and pencil, and yes LEGO to come up with a solution, best one I had was to notch the frame, and lower the upper control arm mounts 1 3/4” to get everything all happy again. I used 1/4” 2x6 tubing and filleted it. Took 4...
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    You would have to go with a long travel arms and modify the lower. Or drop the factory lower and use lift knuckles off of a 08+
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    Then what caliper do you use? And I’m running 6 bolt to use a 14bolt rear end. Make it match upfront.
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    Now it’s all down hill from here, you can fiddle fck a beautiful aluminum knuckle on your old beater truck. It’s pretty sweet. Upper arm all you have to do is cut the rivets out and flip it over to the underside. Pending how low you go, you will need to space that balljoint down further to get...
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    Next, it’s best if you can remove the lower control arm. Press out your old balljoints, and sand blast the area you need to work around, for best welding results. Then followed by pressing in your new races, heating up all of the metal, to ensure proper penetration, and to get any impurities out...
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    I’ll start fab work with the hardest part, the lower control arm, now I spent as much time as I could looking for a aftermarket control arm that I could simply cut off there balljoint mount(race) and simply weld on mine. No dice. Only ones still in production are the DJM’s which is just a mess...
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    I’m going to edit and add as I go along. I work long hours and don’t have much time so plz excuse till it’s complete. Tools list: -Basic grinding and cut off tools, angle grinder, Zip disks, flap disks -welder capable of welding min 1/4” with good penetration -some form or torch for preheat...
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    Who wants a 2wd brake upgrade write up

    Write up coming in bagged and lowered suspension section. Swap is complete
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    ‘14 2wd front brake swap

    Well it’s official and done. I’ll have to do some digging to get all the part numbers and sit down on my laptop to do a write up. But as I stated in my other post, no frame chop required and all over the counter parts were used.
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    Who wants a 2wd brake upgrade write up

    I did all of this in a day, and I have a rather simple, over the counter/wrecker parts solution for the proper steering components.
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    Who wants a 2wd brake upgrade write up

    Teaser haha
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    Who wants a 2wd brake upgrade write up

    Just checked in to see if anyone was interested, didn’t realize you could “like” a topic in a forum these days.
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    Who wants a 2wd brake upgrade write up

    as title states, I have almost completed a successful 14+ front brake upgrade to my 1997 2wd gmc. Minor work from a Machinest and basic hobby tool equipment was required. No modification to the frame was required. If 6 ppl are interested I’ll take some pics and make a write up. Would take...
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    NBS brake swap on 2WD GMT400 almost complete

    I just found this thread and it’s saving my build, which is the road block I’ve hit, swapping the gmt900 front end.
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    Let’s see those 17’s!

    looking to order tires next on my build, got some sexy 17x9 -12 wheels for my truck, I think I’m limited to running a 28” tall tire in the back due to width that I want, but I’d still love to see everyone who’s running a 17” wheel, please include tire sizes and wheel widths!
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    Carb swap 97

    hey all, after searching google, and searching this forum, I didn't come up with much for a answer so I joined seeking answers. I'm not just a one timer I have a lot of knownledge to bring to the forum and 2 pretty heavy builds. Anywho, I have a 97 sierra I picked up, and I have my 383 stroker...

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