86 suburban

[brandon85465]

Stuffed the tires into the wheel wells on both sides without a peep from the fan. Took this out for a few hours of stop and go driving, and it never climbs over 210. It was also my first real test of the front driveshaft. The last picture is my shock maxed out. Looks like this thing is ready for Tuttle again.

 

[82355]

I love this thing so much!

Martin

 

[brandon85465]

Ditched my cheesie 6” rear shackles for a beefy ORD 4.5” set. I’m hoping it makes the rear drop slightly. I’m planning to head to Tuttle creek this weekend to do some real “testing”.

 

[brandon85465]

Made it

 

[brandon85465]

Had a pretty good day wheeling. Ended a few hours earlier than anticipated due to a u-joint failure. All in all I’m happy with how this performed. The clocked up 208 is a game changer.

 

[brandon85465]

Went to go run some errands in this yesterday, and the clutch pedal was non existent. Fluid was leaking out of the clutch master cylinder at the firewall. I swapped the clutch master cylinder with a used one from my 87’ parts truck. I got everything bled and it seems to be working well. I’m hoping to take this to Tuttle this Saturday.

 

[Taylormade]

Nice build! I like your build it fast, not perfect mindset. I wish I could do the same, but my ocd won’t let me

 

[brandon85465]

Nice build! I like your build it fast, not perfect mindset. I wish I could do the same, but my ocd won’t let me

Crude, fast, and functional.

 

[brandon85465]

While running errands on Sunday I noticed a rear brake hanging up. I tore into it tonight and I was able to barely pry the caliper free. I decided to go get some reman calipers since I needed brake pads anyway.

 

[brandon85465]

Headed to Tuttle

 

[Fastereddie]

Headed to Tuttle

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You gotta can of white spray paint?

 

[Wes Harden]

That weld line gives a Frankenstein look, Halloween is right around the corner

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

Don't see many single cab long box trucks anymore... nice tow rig

 

[brandon85465]

That weld line gives a Frankenstein look, Halloween is right around the corner

This thing will never get any paint work

Don't see many single cab long box trucks anymore... nice tow rig

I had it on order for 6 months before I finally got it

 

[brandon85465]

This was the best trip out with the Suburban so far. It did great, but under full flex it pops the slip yoke apart when you have to get into the throttle. A temporary axle limiting strap (ratchet strap) kept it together for the day. I think I’m going to make one out of square tubing.

 

[82355]

Love it!

You can buy a longer slip yoke fairly cheap, and weld the stub into your current shaft.

Well you use to be able to.

Martin

 

[Wes Harden]

I believe Denny's still has long slip shaft part available

 

[brandon85465]

Love it!

You can buy a longer slip yoke fairly cheap, and weld the stub into your current shaft.

Well you use to be able to.

Martin

Thanks! It was a great trip. I added 2” to my current shaft thinking that would resolve my issue. It worked great on the last trip, but in this trip I got into a lot of max flex situations. A longer slip yoke would solve this problem (I hope).I will do some digging and see if I can come up with one

 

[Blue85]

Here's the old rabbit hole: https://ck5.com/forums/threads/how-much-front-driveshaft-slip.324435/

 

[brandon85465]

I guess I was wrong about never doing any paint work on this. Since I busted out both of my backseat windows last weekend wheeling; I decided to throw some white tractor paint on these doors I had laying around.