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'72 K5 - Where do I go from here?

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X2, remove bolt, slide cross pin out, push shafts in and drop the C-clips, then pull shafts. Be careful with that bolt, you'd think something immersed in gear lube it's entire life would come out easy...yet it's not uncommon to hear about people breaking it off trying to remove it.
 
tRustyK5 said:
X2, remove bolt, slide cross pin out, push shafts in and drop the C-clips, then pull shafts. Be careful with that bolt, you'd think something immersed in gear lube it's entire life would come out easy...yet it's not uncommon to hear about people breaking it off trying to remove it.
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Been there, done that. :doah:

On the plus side, it was pretty easy to get the well-lubricated stud out.
 
Problem of the weekend.....Two hours with steel plates, bearing installers, hammers, crushed fingers - this bearing will not go in more than shown in pic. I slid the axle shaft in to see if I had room to get the c-clip on, and I have plenty.

Thoughts?

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I know brakes are pretty damn simple, but I was trying to figure out where the "tube washer" went and came across this pic I thought might help someone else in the future:

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From: http://www.pbase.com/nufsed/image/49448862
 
Brakes together, new wheel bearings installed, axle shafts back in. Would have put rear end back under springs, but slammed same thumb for third time this weekend it's done, I'm done. Next weekend - rear end in. Now I'm contemplating transfer case.........pull it apart, or just change out the easy gaskets........

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Transfer cases are stupid easy to take apart. Probably worth doing just to check things out, especially if you are going to bust open the case for gaskets anyway.
 
Thanks Ashman, but even if they are stupid easy - I hedged my bets. Quad 4x4 came through - on the doorstep when I got home from work......(I tried to bail on Date Night so I could start......wife was not understanding. Women.)

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I wanna find the moron who thought this plastic was a good idea and kick him in the jimmy! What a freakin waste of time peeling it off 1/8" at a time.

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Friggin wonderful. I start up the C20 to pull it outside and hear a loud clanging sound. Sounds like something is hitting the valve cover on the driver's side. I checked vacuum lines and such, all seems fine. Oil pressure is fine, but it is idling really rough as well. Great, more money and time down the drain........
 
Crisis averted! Two of the rocker arms were loose for some reason. I did a quick tighten/rough adjustment with it running. It quieted down, so I let it idle for 20-30 minutes and it sounds good. Of course the shop is filled with smoke from the oil hitting the exhaust manifold, but that's a small price to pay considering what it could have been.......

I'm going to order those clips that keep the oil from coming out if it is running with the valve cover off and do it more accurately next weekend. I'll watch a few YouTube videos one night this week in preparation.

Back to the Blazer project - Gonna put those rear tires on, push the frame outside and do a quick Field Day of the shop, and then it's time to really clean that transfer case in preparation for that journey.
 
do yourself a favor, get a couple new locknuts for those rockers.. they WILL come loose again.. cheap at Napa...

loosen till they clack, than a 1/2 turn tighten...
 
Good call - will do. I'm also gonna cut a hole in the one of the old valve covers off the Blazer and use it instead of the clips.

I'd say I got a decent amount of lift since the two Blazers were about the same height before I started, and the tires on the '72 (frame) are 32s, ones in '88 are 33s.

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I can see why I had tranny fluid in the transfer case! So I read that both seals go in 'backwards' (flat part facing in). However, this one has flat part in on the transfer case adapter - transmission end, but the transfer case adapter - transfer case end is in 'normal' (flat part facing out). Anyone know which is correct? The only downside of the manual I got - it does not cover adapters.

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This pic from the Chevrolet overhaul manual leads me to believe they both go in backwards, but I'm not sure.

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