1983 K5 trail truck/dd/ R.I.P. 03/14/18

[nvrenuf]

Somebody needs to wash a Blazer tomorrow. Maybe some pics will show up.....

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

I'm back.......
Work and life has been sucking up way to much time here lately.
Not to much for updates yet....
I went and played in the mud the other day by request of my son, now my transmission hates me

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Being as this turned back into a dd.... thank you ex
I'm putting in a late model NV3500.... hooray for overdrive!
Plus the th400 is making grindy noises.
Man pedal got put in today and next weekend I'll swap the trans and reseal the back of my engine.

 

[82355]

Nice upgrade.

Martin

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Finished the NV3500 swap last week, loving it! 2k rpm at 65 is a nice feeling.
Only took 2 curbs to remember to push the clutch in when starting .

out with the th400.



The only pics I took haha.

Now I just have to fix the loose pinion that was causing all the noise and I should be good to go for a while.

 

[Fastereddie]

Well you wanted a man pedal and overdrive anyway

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Time for some change, and to make it one color.

 

[Truckman4life]

Ummm...That still looks like two colors.

 

[Tony Vickers]

I see three LOL

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Baby steps...... It's a whole lot of sanding lol

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

So my pinion was loose a while back, and now the bearings and I'm assuming the ring and pinion are trashed.... and 14 bolts are rare around here. So I picked up an AAM 10.5 for $250 bucks, should be a good swap next week.

 

[Tony Vickers]

Great find. I have the same axle. Most of the parts if not all are interchangeable. The yoke maybe a 1410 vs the 1350 on older 14 Bolts. I had to get my drive shaft redone. So if you have your old 14bolt switch the yokes and you will be fine.

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

I'm getting a 1350 to 1410 conversion joint, I'm glad I measured it today lol

 

[Deuling]

Great find. I have the same axle. Most of the parts if not all are interchangeable. The yoke maybe a 1410 vs the 1350 on older 14 Bolts. I had to get my drive shaft redone. So if you have your old 14bolt switch the yokes and you will be fine.

Even the internals?

 

[Tony Vickers]

Even the internals?

Yeap. The only difference I found was the pilot bearing for the pinion. Shafts, carrier, bearings, pinions, ring gear, seals and shims are all the same. This is what I've found. If there is other differences I missed or I'm completely wrong about, I'd like to hear it. In my case it was a win, win. 14 bolt, stock rear disc brakes and ebrake. No matching of parts or fab work to make work.

 

[nvrenuf]

Bump....

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

I replaced my corporate 14, with an aam 10.5 due to worn out pinion bearings....
I didn't take many pictures tho....

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

New color.


Trimmed my tcase shifter bezel and put it back on.

 

[K85 Octane]

ready for some poser pics!!!

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

I need to get off my ass and put the front drive line back in and go get some wheeling pics lol