Once I find a brake pedal from a 88-94 truck with Hydroboost I’ll report back on how it drives with all the changes, for anyone wondering. Everything has been replaced so it will be hard to tell what all made the biggest difference, but it has
-Cunningham Machine steering shaft
-Cunningham Machine tie rod adjustment sleeves
-Mevotech TTX tie rods and balljoints
-Energy suspension poly control arm and end link bushings
-Cognito pitman and idler arm braces
-BlueTop steering gear box
-New AC Delco Pitman and Idler arms
-New center link
-Belltech shocks and lowering keys
-Forged lower control arms off a 3500 truck
-Knock outs in upper control arm removed for alignment with new alignment cams
While installing the poly bushings in the upper control arm I had to buy a new set of upper control arms bushings and remove the caps/inner sleeves from them to install them into the new poly bushings as the energy suspension kit only comes with the lower control arm sleeves.
The Cognito pitman and idler arm braces are a bit of a pain to install, even with everything removed there just isn’t much room to get access to things. I had to install the center link/idler arm and idler brace after assembling it out of the vehicle and then slide the pitman arm and brace on as I installed the assembled center link/idler/brace all at once. Having 2 people is needed to do this as it’s very difficult to do by yourself. I had to use a 1-5/16” wrench to install the nut for the pitman arm to steering gear box as there is not enough room to get any kind of socket on it, more so with the added thickness of the brace. I used some red-loctite on the pitman arm nut as well and tightened the nut as tight as I could (spec is 184 ft lbs according to my alldata account) since I couldn’t get the torque wrench on it. The sway-bar needs to be removed to get access to this. If anyone has any questions on that feel free to ask any questions and I’ll help the best I can. On my GMT800 the braces themselves made a huge difference in steering feel.
Along with all new brakes/stainless lines and a hydroboost brake conversion. Should be a completely different truck compared to the worn out parts that were on there. Turning with the wheels in the air felt very firm and precise, hopefully all the work paid off in the end when I finally get to go on a drive again.
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