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    New guy here, 1 ton SAS 2 door tahoe on 44s, Cummins, or turbo LSX?

    First off nice new ride. But some constructive criticism here. I would spend some time on that drivetrain. The D60 will not stand up to 44" tires with any sort of horsepower under the hood. Mine couldn't even stand up to 44's with the stock 350. Also you said you are going to a HP60. That means...
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    Sas questions I couldn't find

    Just my 2 cents here. I would never buy an empty used housing and try to fill it with parts. I hate when I have to rebuild an axle from scratch. Things just don't go together the right way. And you will end up trying to find stupid little things that will make your build take days. Like bearing...
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    Anyone boxed their frame?

    Right draggin. I did it because I slam pound jump and beat my truck against rocks. It would have folded like a pretzel by now. I run an underdrive box triple stick transfer case that equates to approximately 1200ft lbs of torque. For a normal use DD or even light wheeling rig I wouldn't even...
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    Anyone boxed their frame?

    To get that feel it's not in the frame. It's in the suspension. If you freshened up your tie rods ball joints, shocks, torsion bars, and leaf spring bushings, you would get that feel. It's NOT the frame. Also ditch your steering shaft for an xj shaft (look for write up on here somewhere) and it...
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    Anyone boxed their frame?

    Hey thanks. I'll try to shw you some pics. It's fully exo caged. Welded to frame all the way around Hope that gives u an idea. It's all welded to the frame and sliders that are welded to frame.
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    Anyone boxed their frame?

    If you don't plan on doing anything crazy with your truck then don't bother doing it. The frame is a very good frame and plenty strong for most normal to average wheeling use. You can stiffen it a lot by adding additional crossmembers. My trucks frame got cut off right behind the cab and I...
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    Anyone boxed their frame?

    Well when I did that I also 4 linked it, cut the frame off from the cab back, and back halfed it with tube changed tire size, tranny, doubler tcase, and lost almost 1000lbs in weight. So I cant tell what doing that changed. I lot changed the same time lol.
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    Sas questions I couldn't find

    In regards to the rear, that's pretty simple. You didn't say what body truck you have. Just get one out of a longer truck. It's a slip yoke. You have a lot of room to play with there. The ones from an 8 foot bed may work or the extended cab if you have a reg cab. Get it lifted, measure, then go...
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    Sas questions I couldn't find

    I don't want to argue. But anyone running 15 inches of lift on a stock DS doesn't wheel. The bind on those joints would be so horrendous any amount of force put on that thing would snap it like a twig. Im telling you this because I have actually done it, broken about 10 front drive shafts (most...
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    Pics of back halfing my GMT 400 finally complete

    That's 3psi. Double bead lock H1 wheels recentered. They work amazing.
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    Sas questions I couldn't find

    That's because your have way more slip in your rear DS yoke. And the rear DS is MUCH longer than the front. So the angle is much less. The short front DS doesn't have that option. So use the CV front DS out of any box body chevy and the 4 bolt flange for your tcase. if its an early 241 you will...
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    Sas questions I couldn't find

    I used ORU kit and its been great. Yes your gonna need a longer driveshaft if that's more lift than you currently have. Your stock slip yoke only has about 4" of slip. Get and box body Chevy CV shaft out of a junkyard truck and it will bolt right up to your tcase if you have a 4 bolt flange...
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    Anyone boxed their frame?

    I did it. Ussed 3/16 and moved all my fuel and brake lines outside the new boxed in steel. I also plated the whole bottom with 3/16 after that. I then fabbed up new crossmembers and mounted them on poly bushings. Used Dom tube for the crossmembers.
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    Pics of back halfing my GMT 400 finally complete

    Upgraded to Reids, gusseted my inner C's chromo everything and drive flanges and 44's, and added more tube. Things a beast now.
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    Pics of back halfing my GMT 400 finally complete

    Yeah because they work just fine and there's a lot of more important things to upgrade first. The 40lbs I may drop doesn't justify the cost and time when there's so much more to do.
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    Pics of back halfing my GMT 400 finally complete

    orange looks so much better
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    Pics of back halfing my GMT 400 finally complete

    Lol haha, WTF4X4 that sounds pretty good. I got some thinking to do. Anyone else. we're at: WTF WTF4X4 RUKIDN I actually need to get a new plate since I didn't realize while I was doing the winter mods, my reg lapsed and they cancelled it lol.
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    Pics of back halfing my GMT 400 finally complete

    Thanks for the compliments. The competition was Vermonster 4x4 in VT. Its just a mild rock course, its usually way crazier. THis year he moved the show and didn't have time to make a real course. total let down. But still fun. I do a show too. check out my website. www.ultimateoffroadllc.com ...
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    Pics of back halfing my GMT 400 finally complete

    been a while since Ive been on here but my trucks changed a lot since. got her a new drivetrain, th400/magnum doubler/np205, and backhalfed with coilover and 4 linked. works great so far. But you don't see many GMT400's like this so figured I d post it up. IDK who this dude is but he...
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    wheeling the Mabel trail vids

    It was funny at the end of the trail one of the jeep cherokees snapped both front and rear drivelines and I had to tow the jeep back through the entire trail. I cant believe that I was able to crawl up that trail and a couple of big hills with that about 4000 Lbs tied to the back of my truck and...
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    wheeling the Mabel trail vids

    pretty nice time wheeling at Mabel last Sunday. http://youtu.be/R1pBqWESTik http://youtu.be/FU0nLehcw3o http://youtu.be/_U4PdvOmPPg http://youtu.be/YJuGeQQuT2M http://youtu.be/VttE0wu0-rs
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    SAS question.... 1/2 ton axles from 91 K5

    then go with the chevy. The high pinion Fords are a huge help if your going to run a lot of lift or be doing a lot or rock crawling. If neither one of those sums up what you need then the Chevy axle is actually better. While its low pinion it also has some better features. Some of the hardware...
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    SAS question.... 1/2 ton axles from 91 K5

    The biggest disadvantage to using the chevy axles is that you will be using a low pinion setup. And since you do a little wheeling (prob a lot more once you SAS it) you want the high pinion axle. Also like mentioned above you will have to find a passenger drop Tcase which isnt a huge deal...
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    PICS of the 89 after all the winter mods.

    I only have about 6 inches of lift with about three more coming from the shackles. Ive lowered it about 5 inches over the last year and when I four link it it Ill bring it down even more. The blinkers in the grille work. and the lights under the grille are the only headlights I run. I like the look.
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    Rock Crawling Competition last Sunday

    Yes and yes. The ord shackle hangers are meant to index the shackle for more droop. I moved them so far forward that if they were still run like that my shackles would invert at full stuff. I could have moved the hanger back or welded a stop on the hanger or shorter shackle but instead I found...

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