Balzer
and Mean Girl *truck*
Greetings earthlings,
Im Will and this is my build thread (like you didnt know that)
First off I have owned several of these trucks and learned a few things in the past.
Some of the bad things I have learned
1 there are some really crappy lifts out there on these trucks. My first was a 6" tough country from around 1999-2000 era. It was HORRIBLE! It only dropped the front diff about 3" the rest was crank. The front and rear crossmembers for the front diff where composed of 8 bolt together pieces. This lift gave me fits constantly. The truck ate up CV's, ball joints, tires, pitman arms, unit bearings and needed an alignment every few months.
2 CV joints are happier as straight as possible.
3 turing sharp while in 4wd does not make CV's happy (especially if they already have bad angles)
4 there are a lot of bandaid fixes that usually just cost more money.
Now some of the good things I have learned
1 lift kits came a long way from when they was first introduced to now.
2 the IFS on these trucks are not as bad as their reputation.
3 Wheels are a huge factor in keeping these front ends happy. 12" wide deep dish wheels that poke your tires out a mile are the WRONG wheels!
4 A little product called 4X4 posi-lok is one of the best things you can spend money on for these trucks.
OK got that out of the way, are ya still with me?
Here are some pics of my past GMT400's
My last one was a 99 GMC yukon
before that was a 96 GMC ECSB Z71 (my posterchild for what not to do to the front end)
Im Will and this is my build thread (like you didnt know that)
First off I have owned several of these trucks and learned a few things in the past.
Some of the bad things I have learned
1 there are some really crappy lifts out there on these trucks. My first was a 6" tough country from around 1999-2000 era. It was HORRIBLE! It only dropped the front diff about 3" the rest was crank. The front and rear crossmembers for the front diff where composed of 8 bolt together pieces. This lift gave me fits constantly. The truck ate up CV's, ball joints, tires, pitman arms, unit bearings and needed an alignment every few months.
2 CV joints are happier as straight as possible.
3 turing sharp while in 4wd does not make CV's happy (especially if they already have bad angles)
4 there are a lot of bandaid fixes that usually just cost more money.
Now some of the good things I have learned
1 lift kits came a long way from when they was first introduced to now.
2 the IFS on these trucks are not as bad as their reputation.
3 Wheels are a huge factor in keeping these front ends happy. 12" wide deep dish wheels that poke your tires out a mile are the WRONG wheels!
4 A little product called 4X4 posi-lok is one of the best things you can spend money on for these trucks.
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OK got that out of the way, are ya still with me?
Here are some pics of my past GMT400's
My last one was a 99 GMC yukon
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before that was a 96 GMC ECSB Z71 (my posterchild for what not to do to the front end)
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