85 K5 Build (What to do this summer...)

[AgDieseler]

Nothing ever goes fast.

Truth.

David

 

[jekquistk5]

Nice work so far.

 

[Sjudy98]

Yeah I was going to change it but it seemed nice and tight

Nothing ever goes fast.

While you were in the diff, did you check for any slop in the pinion bearing?

 

[Deuling]

Yeah I was going to change it but it seemed nice and tight

Thats good.

Hopefully it wasnt nice and tight to turn lol.

 

[tRustyK5]

Holy epic steering arm battle!!

We old farts here could have saved you about 7 1/2 hours of frustration and it would have come off in one piece...if you had asked, or searched. Just an FYI after the fact...

I've done four of them now, the longest one took an hour, the rest were 15 minutes or less.

 

[F.S.F.W]

Like @Mr.Clean said... Looks better than the crap I built when I was your age too!

 

[Sjudy98]

Holy epic steering arm battle!!

We old farts here could have saved you about 7 1/2 hours of frustration and it would have come off in one piece...if you had asked, or searched. Just an FYI after the fact...

I've done four of them now, the longest one took an hour, the rest were 15 minutes or less.

I checked the forums and everyones came off way easier i watched the videos too. How did you do yours because I heated and beat on it with a sledge, used penetrate spray and an air chisel

 

[jekquistk5]

I checked the forums and everyones came off way easier i watched the videos too. How did you do yours because I heated and beat on it with a sledge, used penetrate spray and an air chisel

Loosen the nuts a bit and take it for a drive

 

[tRustyK5]

Hit down and side to side only. Penetrant helps. Keep hitting downward and side to side until the cone washers pop up...and be patient enough to wait for them to pop up. Once they do, use a sharp screwdriver and hammer to turn them out. No cutting required...

 

[Sjudy98]

Hit down and side to side only. Penetrant helps. Keep hitting downward and side to side until the cone washers pop up...and be patient enough to wait for them to pop up. Once they do, use a sharp screwdriver and hammer to turn them out. No cutting required...

I did that for 3 hours but maybe I just wasn't doing it right

 

[jekquistk5]

I did that for 3 hours but maybe I just wasn't doing it right

You need a bigger hammer

 

[Sjudy98]

You need a bigger hammer

after reading how to do it I had to look up what a BFH meant

I was using a 8 pound sledge i think

 

[Sjudy98]

Yesterday I got everything put back together. I decided to get new u joints and after three trips to autozone getting the wrong parts the paint on the axles dried enough to install. Also I got the drag link on with new tie-rod ends

 

[Sjudy98]

What do you all torque you diff cover bolts to?

 

[Deuling]

3/8" wrench tight

 

[Sjudy98]

Set up a spray booth and pulled the cage for paint today

I used Rustoleum Proffessional Primer and semi gloss black

Had a little explosion but not sure how it happened

 

[Sjudy98]

I will spray the black tomorrow

 

[Sjudy98]

I finished the cage and painted my side panels. I forgot to take a picture during the day but will post some tomorrow

 

[F.S.F.W]

I finished the cage and painted my side panels. I forgot to take a picture during the day but will post some tomorrow

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Looks good!

 

[sreidmx]

Yea good job dude.