1990 5.3 Jimmy

[rderosier]

In case your upper link comes in contact with it, i saw this somewhere on the internet and saved it to my phone. I thought the idea was pretty clean.

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I’ve seen some guys cut the mount off too and make their own body mount with tube.

I did track the source of this though, adventurek5 on instagram. Only because it was driving me crazy remembering where I had seen them before.

 

[skunked]

I remember he reinforced the mount, here's a better pic.

 

[AgDieseler]

In case your upper link comes in contact with it

Figuring that this build is going for max up travel, it almost certainly will make some contact. It's practically impossible to avoid, but easy to work around.

Although, it's not tig welded so it might not be.....

I'm pretty sure I still have the same spool of MIG wire in my welder from when I did the links in 2020.

He appears to be a cutter like the rest of us...

Carving deeper and deeper. Can't wait to see your truck, transformed!

David

 

[Babaganoosh]

I think I’m the only one that didn’t cut the body mount, but I also don’t have the high clearance bracket like the rest of you.

 

[Raggedy_Ann]

Awesome, your doing front links now. This brings back head achs for me haha.

I wanted to drive your truck when you only had rear links done to compair to my truck with front links only. I plan next winter to do rear links and new head achs

 

[rderosier]

Awesome, your doing front links now. This brings back head achs for me haha.

I wanted to drive your truck when you only had rear links done to compair to my truck with front links only. I plan next winter to do rear links and new head achs

Tons of headaches in the rear. On the flip side, I never got to drive a truck with just links in the front.

 

[rderosier]

Started with some cardboard, not sure if it's in its final spot but it's close enough I can put the links on and start checking my clearences.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Tons of headaches in the rear. On the flip side, I never got to drive a truck with just links in the front.

Come drive mine in Moab next year, it’s a street friendly linked rig

 

[rderosier]

Come drive mine in Moab next year, it’s a street friendly linked rig

That sounds like a great time to me!

 

[rderosier]

Knuckles and arms drilled today, thanks to @Tnsejed for his expertise, equipment, and quite frankly doing everything while I pretended to help.

 

[Tnsejed]

Once the Beach Boys came on I was ready to just start machining parts. It's like hitting the go button.

 

[mrk5]

Knuckles and arms drilled today, thanks to @Tnsejed for his expertise, equipment, and quite frankly doing everything while I pretended to help.
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That's what happens to me when Nate comes to help. He just jumps in and goes.

 

[Raggedy_Ann]

Knuckles and arms drilled today, thanks to @Tnsejed for his expertise, equipment, and quite frankly doing everything whole I pretended

Once the Beach Boys came on I was ready to just start machining parts. It's like hitting the go button.

Now I know how to get awesome parts from you!

 

[rderosier]

Started making some sweet pcv links and promptly realized I didn't get hardware from ORD
So in the meantime I got the axle eyeballed under the truck and all put back together. I'll probably go buy some bolts to at leat be able to mock things in place while I wait for hardware.

 

[mrk5]

Now I know how to get awesome parts from you!

Catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world!

 

[rderosier]

Front link ppl, what's your uptravel look like?

 

[Fastereddie]

Front link ppl, what's your uptravel look like?

 

[rderosier]

Do you know how many inches up you're getting?

 

[Fastereddie]

Do you know how many inches up you're getting?

Depends how good looking she is!

 

[Fastereddie]

I’m running about 5-6” of uptravel.