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  1. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Thanks! It's really starting to feel like it's getting somewhere. I'm hoping within the next month to have it running/driving/stopping again. Then I'll take it to the shop in town to get an alignment and list of what I need to do in order to pass safety. That will guide what I do next, the idea...
  2. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Slow and steady... Took December off, and was sick for a chunk of January, but I'm a few steps farther. Front suspension, steering. and brakes are all done, other than torquing up the control arm bolts once it's on the ground. All new calipers, braided hoses, rotors/pads: Onto the rear...
  3. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Not a very big update. Managed to get both pitman and idler arms on properly, hubs and CV axles in now. It's been colder so not very motivated to spend a lot of time lying on concrete lol. Just need to get the steering linkage in and the shocks on then the suspension is done, and it will be...
  4. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Things have not been going to plan. The idea was for this past Saturday to be "big assembly day" with my brother, both because it would be easier with two sets of hands, and because it seemed like it would be really fun to just hang out, drink a bunch of beers, and bolt a bunch of clean new...
  5. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Refinishing my knuckles: The brake dust shields are toast - one disintegrated when I took everything apart, one lives but might as well be a lace doily. And since the only ONE I can find is on Ebay for $48 USD plus shipping, I'll probably just run without.
  6. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Yep, it's in storage in the barn. Plan to clean up the underside before it goes back on the truck. No holes but a bit of rust in the usual places. Way better shape than the old one though. That'll be a next-year project, I'm already having to watch the weather for days warm enough to paint.
  7. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    I think I'm just about ready to reassemble the new front end, a few more parts to clean and paint this week and then hopefully get my brother to help me get it all together next weekend. Here's what I've gathered so far AC Delco: UCA's, Drums, Rotors, pads, shoes, wheel cylinders Proforged...
  8. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Time for another sporadic update. Picked away at tearing down the front end and cleaning things up over the summer. I was unable to get either end of the torsion bars out, so I ended up cutting the crossmember so I could drop the ends out. Once it was out I cut the keys off. I just left the...
  9. RCSB_jonny

    Front Lower Control Arms

    Lol, this great to know, but I just finished painting my LCAs and torsion bars (rusted together) after first having to fight to get them out of the truck, then to get the bushings and ball joints out. I probably spent more money doing all that too...
  10. RCSB_jonny

    $800 97 K1500

    Lol you're quick, I pulled the photo since I realized it wasn't actually the Uhaul one. Yeah that trailer was horribly unbalanced. Should have flipped the truck end for end but it wasn't running and it was already a huge hassle loading it on my urban residential street. Uhaul trailer is much...
  11. RCSB_jonny

    $800 97 K1500

    I can confirm that for you, we used a U-haul trailer to bring my bro's RCSB home.
  12. RCSB_jonny

    Daily truck pics

    Nice! Reminds me a lot of my grandpa's old truck, it had pinstripes like that but they were light blue. I'm not sure whatever happened to it, probably scrapped as it was a beat up farm truck. After that he ended up with a blacked out RCSB cateye that he bought off some teenager (got a LOT of...
  13. RCSB_jonny

    I had a local body shop put a later style bumper on my truck and it looks nice

    Was the plow truck n HD? I believe those switched styles a year later, so it could be from a 2014 HD which would be the same style as a 2007-2013 1500.
  14. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Got everything off the truck on the driver's side, except the stuck torsion bar and the ball joints. But the frame is clear anyway. Passenger side is not quite as far, I was aiming to get to the same point but I got a bolt stuck in a socket and it was late.
  15. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Started tearing into the front end last night, but had to stop since I don't have a big enough socket for the ball joint castle nuts. It looks (and is) hella rusty, but so far I haven't actually had to fight anything very much yet. The inside faces of nuts are still shiny metal once I get them...
  16. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Yeah the step guy ghosted me actually, I still have them. The Chevy grille and fleetside has always been my ideal truck, and I just figured they were easy enough to swap that I was willing to compromise on those when I decided it was time to buy one. Haven't done the grille yet but I came out...
  17. RCSB_jonny

    1993 Shortbox Build

    Well, it's been over a year an unfortunately I don't have much of an update, but I figure if I post something it might motivate me to keep at er. It's pretty hard to work on it in the winter, between the cold and my dad piling a bunch of junk in the garage around it. He lives an hour away from...
  18. RCSB_jonny

    I see a red truck and I want to paint it black ....

    That sure is a red-Chevy neighbourhood!
  19. RCSB_jonny

    WTT stepside for fleetside

    I went through this same swap, took around a year to find a taker for my stepside. It was rusted through on the rails so not that surprising. Used FB Marketplace and Kijiji, a few hits on both but Kijiji had the better quality responses. Edit: I didn't actually end up swapping. Bought a...
  20. RCSB_jonny

    1990 GMC K1500 restoration

    I also want to say that I've been loving your videos! Do you have experience with AC Delco suspension parts and how they compare to the Mevotech? I'll rebuiidling mine within the next year, my parts approach in general has been GM OE > AC Delco > best "other" that I can find.
  21. RCSB_jonny

    1989 c2500 Long bed

    Damn that's clean! Awesome truck!
  22. RCSB_jonny

    New truck

    That paint is in good shape from this far away!
  23. RCSB_jonny

    1989 chevy rclb "faded glory"

    Looking great so far! What rust inhibitor are you using?
  24. RCSB_jonny

    Why are 88's-98's special?

    To me they're special because my dad drove one when I was a kid, and I learned how to drive in one. Not very much experience actually driving one regularly, but I love the looks, an all-time classic. Hoping to have mine on the road soon, bought it last summer and started restoring but budget...
  25. RCSB_jonny

    91 RC stepside

    Totally agree with you. The tradeoff is that the GMT800 stepside has no "step" behind the wheels.

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