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81 k5 build (wheeling pics/vid inside)
- Thread starter down4thakrown
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So I thought id share my trailer winch box I built before blazer bash. (I got the bend out of the lid).
Some unseen footage I cam across
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-fZw4tpoq_zHzgy2Z2RVcg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-fZw4tpoq_zHzgy2Z2RVcg
Got around to checking out the k5 after bb18 and got alot of stuff to do, new front brake lines and reroute hard lines, new spring pin and shim, both king pins on each side need rebuilt,replace front seal on steering gear box, some ****ery going on with the driver's side front shackle, more fender trimming, and non bb18 related is the put new plexiglass windows in the shell and weld up where can meets shell is starting to seperate.
stock upper bushings/hangers or have you upgraded to the beefier ones?
Your running into the same problem I have.
The frame gets fatigue there and it's never quite right . Hopefully you blew a bushings out and that's all it is .
The frame gets fatigue there and it's never quite right . Hopefully you blew a bushings out and that's all it is .
There aftermarket bushings and hanger. And I boxed the frame around them and welded them on the inside. But I had to cut them out and move them and the 2nd time I welded them it wasn't very good. I still gotta tear it apart and it looks like it's the bushing.
And that's the side that I sheared the pin for the spring and spring moved to inside of bad and pulling the shackle that direction, I ran the entire Behind The Rocks trail and the very end of prichett canyon with the pin sheared. I just got out and cranked my ubolts down every chance I got.
Running smasher canyon with the guys from wrecked off-road
This was from playing in the snow and running dead doe trail when buddy ripped gear box off the frame
Went and played in the mud
Got off work a little early today
Here's my girl driveing. You can say she was holding back on the salsa some
A little Saturday night action
Good job staying with it.
That would have been a bad spot to be stuck
I've ran that line numerous times before just not as deep as water and not as slick. Felt like we were goin to lay it on it's side at the end
I had the same thing happen yesterday in my buddy's farm tractor 4x4 little 3 cylinder diesel, I just kept my cool and kept it floored in the highest gear, it flip flopped and twisted and at one point felt like it was stuck for a second then started moving and fishtailing and got out the other side
Ya definitely need some deeper gears. 4.56's barely cut it with 39.5's and run flats.
So I did my rear spring bushings. They all came out like a dream except the last one. Which turned into a nightmare.... Destroyed my socket, and Yes that's a broken screw driver and theres a broken drill bit some where in the rubber. Also had to do some frame repair also.
