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    anyone ever heard of this happening?

    when i took the 14 bolt outta the doner truck, and checked it out. when i turned the yoke by hand there was quite a bit of slop before the axles turned. thats part of the reason i installed the new locker and ring and pinion. im sure the broke 10 bolt had similar slop, as it was original to the...
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    anyone ever heard of this happening?

    you must have not read the original post. did not break a axle. the carrier developed cracks all through it, and floping around. i don't drive hard. most of my driveing is on roads. although some would say coming down my driveway is considered going off road. when you spend lots of money and...
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    anyone ever heard of this happening?

    i'm fully confident, that the tranny was responsable for cracked carrier. that tranny shifted violently, i would brace myself when shift coming. it would startle passengers. they would ask, did you just hit something? id say yup, 2nd gear.
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    anyone ever heard of this happening?

    i should add, that i took out the offending tranny, gave it back. and built the snot outta my origanal tranny. i put every upgrade, used the red alto clutches, ext.ext. the important thing is while i still made a firm shift, the accumalaters are still in line to obsorb the shock. it works great...
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    anyone ever heard of this happening?

    i used the yoke from the 10 bolt, so no ujoint, or drive shaft issues.
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    anyone ever heard of this happening?

    i took care of the problem, i found a 95 parts truck, with a 14 bolt, 6 lug, 9 1/2 ring gear. bigger brakes, bigger springs. then i installed a eaton tru-trac locker. did i say bigger brakes. wow it will stop on a dime.
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    88-98 Bucket seat alternatives

    i have a 98 cheyenne, reg. cab. manuel windows, trashed interior. i bought a 97 silverado ext. cab. parts truck. has buckets and console, and dash in perfect condition. gonna put in cheyenne. along with electric windows. one of the things i have always liked about gm, is the interchangability of...
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    anyone ever heard of this happening?

    HI. been away from forum for a while. but not away from working on my 89 Z71, off road, and my 98 K2500 cheyenne. this is in regards to my 89, my tranny went out. the 3-4 shift. 700r4. was gonna rebuild, but a friend said i could have the tranny out of a parts truck he had. well it worked good...
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    Looking to Purchase a 4.3 - 5 Speed Truck

    either a nv3500. or go big, with a nv4500
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    Lot of oil leaking from bellhousing area

    its a no brainer, stick your finger in it and smell it, if its tranny fluid, front seal gone, or dipstick tube leaking. if motor oil, then rear main, or oil filter leaking. if filter or tube, easy fix. if other your screwed.
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    any nv4500 experts

    update again. the broblem was, is, the koyo race, is thicker than the timken race it came with, i ended up drilling two 1/4 in. hole through the face of the aluminum cover, and used a punch , and drove out the race on both covers and compared them side by side. then i drove the lod race in new...
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    cracked carrier

    don't the detroit use clutchs? the tru-trac uses straight gears, nothing to wear out, its what they use in military vehicles
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    any nv4500 experts

    never mind, i found the problem. i got a new front bearingcover, cause i could not figure how to get old race out to install newone. well no matter how much force i use, the race wont seat that last little bit, there must be somthing lodged in there, so now i got two bearing covers i can't get...
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    any nv4500 experts

    rebuilding my nv4500 tranny, replaced counter shaft, input shaft, front bearing retainer cover, 3rd gear, syncros, all bearings. setting end play on countershaft went perfect, used the thinest shim, gave me 2/12 to 3 thousants. the main shaft, no shim at all and no endplay. in fact bearing cup...
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    cracked carrier

    i think im gonna replace the cracked carrier with a eaton tru-trac. and all the stuff that goes along with it, at same time gonna convert to disc brakes, dont know what im gonna use yet. i dont feel the need for the ebrake, ive had the truck for 15 yrs, dont ever recall useing it. but thats...
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    cracked carrier

    I HAVE A LOVE HATE THING ABOUT CRANK WINDOWS, ITS A REAL PAIN WHEN YOU GOTTA TRY TO GET TO IT. BUT IM ONE OF THOSE WHO WILL GO FOR A MONTH AND NOT CLOSE MY WINDOWS. THEN IT'LL START POURING, SO ITS NICE NOT TO HUNT KEYS,
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    NV4500 PLEASE use right fluid

    there is no stock gm engine with to much torque for a nv4500 tranny, did they at least hand you a jar of vasaline, when they took your money? thats why i dont let nobody touch my stuff. TIC.
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    cracked carrier

    ive been watching craigs list. for a parts truck, also need a tail gate, and driver door, upgrade 98 cheyenne to power windows. i didnt even think they still made crank windows
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    putting it back together

    thats how i feel about the 98 k2500 im building the tranny for. to me a perfect truck. reg. cab, 8 ft bed, 5 spd, and i even like the color
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    Changed Out My Wheel (Steering)

    i want to get a custom wheel for my 98. wasnt sure if it had a air bag, some on here said what to look for, and so i dont think it does. so when i get it up and running, i'll look into it
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    cracked carrier

    not sure what to do about it. dont want to just rebuild it and be done, cause i hate the drum brake design on that truck. they never stay adjusted. theres supposed to be a 14 bolt 6 lug, semi floating rear end out there on some trucks. i would love to luck up and find one. or im gonna go ahead...
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    putting it back together

    that is a massive tranny, 200 lbs. huge main and counter shafts. but ya gotta use the right oil, or youll kill the syncros. grinding like crazy going into 3rd. need to get it back together. the 59 is strictly a fair weather ride, no heat, wipers, gauges, lights, but it does have signals and...
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    cracked carrier

    well i pulled the rear dif. cover, raised back wheels of ground. started engine, trying to figure were bumping coming from. the carrier bumping into end of pinion gear. wtf. crrier cracked in about five places, ready to fly apart. this is a 89 z71, got a fctory locker. not sure what im gonna do...
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    putting it back together

    finally find the time to reassemble my nv4500 tranny. rebuild kit, plus 3rd gear, pilot shaft, counter shaft. this in my 98 k2500. the other day, im driving my 89 z71 to a funaral, started making bumping, when i step on gas, stops when i coast. now what. now im driveing my 3rd pickup.
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    NV4500 PLEASE use right fluid

    im building a nv4500 as wa speak, bad syncros, 3rd grinding. out of 98 k2500

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