That's a beautiful shot right there! Very nice build and very nice truck.
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1977 lq9 k10 stepside
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y5mgisi
1 ton status
Looks like fun!
TheBeast_88K5
Banned
So.... Umm.... This is the nicest "beater" Ive seen, in a while... 
I re-iterate my post from 5 months ago.I am extremely jealous of your truck. Basically my dream squarebody, but alas I'm stuck with a 73 K10 longbed
Thanks, guys. I definitely put more money in it then I thought. I did leave it in primer though.
It did pretty good ripping it up in the snow. I am still a little scared of braking things though. I am a little worried about the trans. I need to get 4:10's under it and it professionally tuned. It sometimes slips pretty bad when shifting into 3rd.
I think I found a 6 lug 14 bsf for a decent price and I am going to try to pick it up this weekend. We will see how that goes.
It did pretty good ripping it up in the snow. I am still a little scared of braking things though. I am a little worried about the trans. I need to get 4:10's under it and it professionally tuned. It sometimes slips pretty bad when shifting into 3rd.
I think I found a 6 lug 14 bsf for a decent price and I am going to try to pick it up this weekend. We will see how that goes.
TheBeast_88K5
Banned
Nice....
Yea man... Definitely get it tuned, etc.
Yea man... Definitely get it tuned, etc.
cracked flat top knuckle
I finally found and picked up a 6 lug 4:10 14bsf the other weekend. This was the longest road trip for the truck and it did good. I was hoping to swap axles next weekend.
I was also going to pull the trigger on crossover steering tomorrow but this what I found when taking the knuckle off of the dana44 I bout a month or two ago.
I know I can get a reid knuckle with crossover but this is a big bummer. I'm debating using my 10b knuckle and not doing crossover. Im not going to be taking this truck offroad much. I feel like steering is the weakest part of the truck right now though.
I finally found and picked up a 6 lug 4:10 14bsf the other weekend. This was the longest road trip for the truck and it did good. I was hoping to swap axles next weekend.
I was also going to pull the trigger on crossover steering tomorrow but this what I found when taking the knuckle off of the dana44 I bout a month or two ago.
I know I can get a reid knuckle with crossover but this is a big bummer. I'm debating using my 10b knuckle and not doing crossover. Im not going to be taking this truck offroad much. I feel like steering is the weakest part of the truck right now though.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
I think i would just locate a knuckle in the junk yard and follow through with the cross over.
I finally purchased a drop pitman arm from ord and swapped in the 4:10 dana 44 I got. I installed new moog ball joints and used my corp 10b knuckles and backing plates. As the dana44 didn't have the steering stabilizer mount, I got a new Rancho stabilizer.
Also, while I was at it, I drilled new holes and shortened my front shackles to 3.75" and removed the small bottom leaf. This helped level out the truck some.
I have been driving it the past few days and something is wrong with the alignment. The truck feels like it is all over the road and doesnt feel like it is pulling back to center. As caster and camber are not adjustable, I am not sure what is wrong. I didn't change the two in and it looks to be 2mm narrower at the front of the tire.
What do you guys think the issue is?
Also, while I was at it, I drilled new holes and shortened my front shackles to 3.75" and removed the small bottom leaf. This helped level out the truck some.
I have been driving it the past few days and something is wrong with the alignment. The truck feels like it is all over the road and doesnt feel like it is pulling back to center. As caster and camber are not adjustable, I am not sure what is wrong. I didn't change the two in and it looks to be 2mm narrower at the front of the tire.
What do you guys think the issue is?
You shortened your front shackles. That can throw off your camber and cause odd handling.
We have a 78 K20 at the shop with 3.42's, apparently that was an option too.
Yeah, I was doing some looking through the GM Heritage Center page, and apparently you could get K20's with 3.21 and 3.42 gears. I've never seen one, but it was available.
Martin
Martin
I slightly increased the toe in today. It helped some but not much. The truck is still wondering. The Dana 44 must be different or the new ball joints changed the geometry.
The only things that should have changed was the steering with the drop pitman arm and a new steering stabilizer.
The only things that should have changed was the steering with the drop pitman arm and a new steering stabilizer.
I finally got the truck on level ground today and measured my caster and camber with an magnetic angle finder on the bottom of the knuckle. Is this the best way?
Caster looks to be between 2-3*
Camber is around 7*
I changed the toe from 1/8 to 1/4 this weekend but this helped very littl
These numbers looks okay to me. I really don't know what is causing the truck to wander more than it did before.
Caster looks to be between 2-3*
Camber is around 7*
I changed the toe from 1/8 to 1/4 this weekend but this helped very littl
These numbers looks okay to me. I really don't know what is causing the truck to wander more than it did before.
What kind of condition are the tires? What PSI are you running in them? Are they all the same?
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Got an alignment shop around? Probably best to start there.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
I just know that when i had my burb lifted it drove like crap but drove fantastic before i lifted it. I took it in to get aligned and they said both my camber and caster was off a few this or that. I never fixed it and just lived with it.
