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    Retainer clip alternatives for door pushrods

    1998 K2500 Howdy folks - I come to you with freshly scabbed over hands, and a fair bit of discouragement, although progress has been made. At present, I can lock and unlock with a key, but the pushrod to attach to the interior door lock is not attached. I have picked up the retainer clip many...
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    serpentine belt tension 5.7L

    Hi gents - 1998 K2500 5.7L 255,000miles. Lots of parts replaced, and overall very pleased with mileage I've gotten out of it as a reliable daily driver this year, since changing head and intake gaskets last March. I look over the engine every time I check the oil, which is about every other time...
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    Bolt size?

    1998 k2500 5.7L - does anybody happen to know off top of your head what size bolt holds the front brake line braket to the top of the steering knuckle structure? Installing new ones. Thanks, Tommy
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    Why is this bolt wet?

    This steering box frame was repaired, as you can see, and today I found the bottom bolt loose, and the steering box flexing and shifting within its compartment, and the weld cracking some on the bottom. I'm going to pull the whole steering box and lay eyes on it, but I was wondering what one...
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    getting new exhaust system, need advice on headers

    Hello! 1998 K2500, 5.7L 250,000 miles, recent new head and intake manifold gasket installation. Turned my attention to the exhaust system, and the components aren't totally rotted out, but some parts of them are. Recently patched it up to keep it going, but now the donut between the passenger...
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    Upper ball joint boot stuck up?

    Hey folks - 1998 K2500, 5.7L, 250,000miles. Upper and lower ball joints several months ago with other work done as well, but I made the mistake of filling them with oil before installation, and there wasn't a good way to get it out, I tried a couple, and it was a sealed boot with grease going in...
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    Wheel hitting bumper - will new torsion key fix it?

    Hi folks, I wanted to ask a question for the collective wisdom - I have this weird situation where the tire on my truck hits the bumper when I make a hard R turn, but only on the driver side. They are slightly larger tires than stock I believe, and the truck is not lifted. I turned the torsion...
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    Is my front suspension safe?

    Hello - 1998 K2500, 5.7L, 250,000miles. Recent suspension work including upper and lower ball joints, steering box and shaft, pitman arm, inner and outer tie rods on both sides, sway bars, brake calipers, shoes, and hoses, and front end alignment after all that. Two nights ago, driving at about...
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    Broken muffler exit pipe and emissions issues

    Hey folks- 1998 Chevy K2500 5.7L, 250,000 miles, very recent head, intake, and exhaust gasket changes. Had to do quite a bit of jacking on the exhaust pipes down below and had a rough time of it trying to get the manifold bolted back onto the block. I’m sure that was the last straw for the pipe...
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    Throttle cable

    1998 k2500 5.7L I am at the very end of this head gasket replacement project and trying to put the throttle cables back together, and the round barrel looking one does not seem to want to seat properly in its hole. I can feel a hole on the other side of the flange but it doesn’t seem to go into...
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    Head gasket replacement 1998 K2500

    1998 K2500 5.7L 250,000miles. I know the folks who will see this have been commenting on my other thread where I was trying to gather info on a new motor vs doing this. Well, long story short, the evening of the same day I was at O'reillys looking at crate motors, I got a large tax bill...
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    New crate motor?

    Hey guys (and gals) - I have a 1998 K2500 5.7L with 250,000 miles on it. First of all, I just want to say that I appreciate the info and responses I've gotten very much. I've started to notice a few members in particular who take the time to respond, and I'm very thankful for that, I have...
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    What now?

    Hi all - 1998 K2500 5.7L 249,000miles. So this is where I'm at. I have mechanic notes stating that the intake manifold gasket needs to be replaced, and I am planning to do that very soon, and have the parts. In the meantime, I knew I was having some coolant leakage issues, so I replaced the...
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    Vibration at idle...

    Hey foks - 1998 K2500 5.7L pickup with 248000 miles. Had it in the shop for some misfiring that was going on, and they said it needs a new intake manifold gasket, which I have and am planning to put in. It had been running smoothly up until a few minutes ago when I noticed a sudden vibration at...
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    Broken frame??

    Hey guys, I don't even know what to call this. I have a 1998 K2500 4X4 5.7L truck. Replaced the steering box a hundred miles or so, torques bolts to spec. Yesterday I start hearing a clicking sound while turning, and I look, and the entire gearbox is shifting in its place, back and forth, when...
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    Torsion screw mystery

    1998 K2500 pickup, 5.7L. Howdy folks, would love to benefit from the combined wisdom here. I replaced the LCAs on both sides which involves removing torsion bars. While doing so, I counted the number of turns as I loosened them, then replaced them accordingly. Afterwards, I had the L front tire...
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    Power steering fluid in brake system

    1998 K2500 pickup - So yesterday, as I was finishing up replacing the steering gearbox and steering shaft, I realized that about two weeks ago, in an effort to fix developing issues with the steering system, I had added power steering fluid, not to the power steering reservoir, but to the brake...
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    Pitman arm to steering gearbox shaft

    Hey guys- question for yalls, I’m replacing steering gearbox, and was going to replace the pitman arm as well but they sold me the wrong one, and the old one looks fine so I figured I’d reuse it. When I went to torque the pitman arm onto the shaft of the new gearbox, it went very reluctantly...
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    Back on four wheels again, and my gratitude

    1998 K2500, 5.7L- I’ve only been a member a short time, but this forum has already been invaluable in this recent suspension work. Thank you so much, everybody who took the time to comment and share your experience. I’m not as dumb as some people are, but I’ve truly never done this work to the...
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    Sealed ball joint - newbie problems

    Hi all - so I made a mistake and filled my upper and lower BJs with grease before installation while replacing both sets of control arms, then found out that I was going to have to get it all out of there in order to install the steering knuckle. I made an effort to get the grease out, but I...
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    Suspension work - 1998 K2500, here’s a proper thread

    I’ve been jumping around and commenting here and there, so I figured I’d make a proper thread and stick to it. I started out to change the lower ball joints, then damaged a LCA trying to get them out. Went through the fiasco of trying to find new LCA for both sides, at this point I have the...
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    K2500 LCA help identifying this piece

    Hey guys, I’m trying to fit Astro lower control arms to replace my on my 98 k2500. Somebody else seemed to have good success with this, but there is this post-looking piece bolted into the old ones and I’m trying to identify it, any help would be most appreciated.
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    Pretty bummed- running into problems with suspension work

    Hi folks, this is my first time posting, and I’m elbows deep in some work I thought somebody might be able to opine on, and help me out. I have a 1998 k2500 5.7L and I’m trying to replace upper and lower ball joints. At this pint I’ve pounded on the lower ball joint about a million times, the...

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