Went on a road trip after work today to pick up my 60 and steering parts. Got the axle, 2wd steering box w/pitman arm, drag link, extra set of new lock-outs, set of drive flanges, spring plates and some hardware. The steering box is ported/taped to hydro assist too. It's taped on the side, and from reading the recent thread is the better way to go. So that's a nice bonus I wasn't expecting. Not a bad haul for $700....well $800 if you count the $100 I gave my friend for gas.
Can sort of make out the "60". He had some allen head bolts holding the cover on, stock cover still.
Passenger side steering arm for crossover. Not sure of what make it is, real thick and beefy.
Whole thing. Drag link just in front of it.
Box, flanges, lockouts, hardware, spring plates.
Brand new Selectro hubs were included. Don't know much about them, just that the wheel hub is machined differently for them vs. and internal one.
If I end up having problems with the hubs I can always throw these on. Look to be an OEM part.
Garage is getting even more cramped now, with the tires and axle in there now. This was taken a couple days ago after I picked up some.
Plan is to pull the brakes/hubs/kingpins/cover apart and check everything out. Replace what is needed and maybe give it quick cleaning/paint job. Hopefully this week I'll have enough extra money to order some zero rates and a shackle flip. Probably going to go with Diy parts, used ORD on my last k5 so time for something new. Plus I met Kurt at Daves a couple years ago and he supports/is active this site a lot (not that ORD doesn't). I'm pretty sure I have some new u=bolts around here from a 14BFF swap that never took place, might be able to thread them down some more and use them up front. When I get to the rear I'll get some new ones made if the current ones don't come off easy. Eventually I'll find a locker of some kind for the front, just concerned about getting it under there first.
On a side note....I've been having some carb problems with the new motor. It was only at idle and low rpm's. Never could get it tuned right, once I'd get it, it'd be different next time I drove it. It was annoying me so much I was ready to rip it off and throw some fuel injection at it (which I still plan to do...just not this soon). I bought a carb kit way back when I started driving the truck (last May?) but never actually pulled the carb apart to go through it. The problems I was having back then went away on their own and that motor ran great for what it was (tons of miles). Figured I didn't have anything to loose so I pulled it apart and decided to see what was going on. After finding what I did, I'm surprised it even ran at all. The primary rods were both bent bad and not even in the jets. Which would explain my low rpm stumbles. The accelerator pump was also torn but was still working. I went though my stash to try to find a set of replacement rods but struck out (this carb is the pre 75 style, all my others are 75+). Did my best to straighten them, reset the carb back to factory spec and re installed it. Motor runs soooo much better now, still plan on FI though....probably around Oct '14.
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Unsure if I want to pull the pan and deal with it in the truck or pull the motor again to do it. If I pull it again I might say screw it and put it in my 78 TransAm.
