89 S10 Project

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Little update. Been acquiring some tooling ,and working on misc stuff. Here is what I have been working on .

Doubler Had a friend weld a block off plate in , and cut a plate for the doubler. Need to call madrooster , and get a shaft ordered. Other than that I need to cut the center , and drill some holes. Started working on building a bender , almost done with it just need to finish boring some holes.

I finally bought a tank for my welder , and got a plasma , and it is great.

This weekend I also bought 5 Hummers , and Tires (to cheap to refuse, and seeing as I am dually F/R . )
Doubler stuff....

 

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More Doubler.....

 

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Rear sitting on tires. It is rediculously soft....

Plasma....

 

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I have my doubler just about done. I keep recieving parts to do stuff , but have been short on time. Here is a few pictures.
Sorry for crappy pics... Cell phone .

Doubler is home made. More pics later.

So far the parts list is as follows.
GLO Diff Covers
Sniper Fab rear 4 link kit (Brackets)
Shocks
Air Shocks
High Steer Arms
GLO Clocking Ring
Doubler
Bender Die
Calipers
Brake Pads
Lockright.
Heims
Poly's
Tube Inserts
H1 Beadlock Inserts

Gonna order a double ended ram this weekend , or next week once I get an answer to a tech qustion. Also ordering a Steering Valve From Midwest Directional Services.

 

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Well been making slow progress , waiting for parts. This weekend the plan is to blaze through the links ,and get the full hydro all done . Then make some Cross members ,and other misc things. Anyways I will update as I progress hope she is sitting on tires tomorrow night. Today we started at 4 made some decent progress but called it a night after the cops showed... Here is pics...

Started out by chopping the front of the frame....

Temp X Member..

Frame Chop time...

 

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Oops, forgot to notch out and plate the crossmember for link droop clearance...........

 

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Well Small Update. Truck Has been out at RoxRoes Place for about a Month and a half.

He Just started on it , and Is telling me a 1 Month Time Line.

Beginning to Rotating the C's

Started on my c rotating jig..........

Also the Decision was mad to go 3 Link Up front . The packaging with the 4 Link wasn't working to well with the Drive Shaft.

I've got the c's ground so I can see a crack between them and the tube with a few outward schwacks with an 8 lb sledge.

Gonna try to rotate them without heat, with a little hydraulic assistance. Gonna finish dismantling the axle tomorrow and get started on the fixture to hold the axle.

Shop is a little too crowded to put the axle on the table.

 

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Well, I hope to get the stand done tomorrow, that is unless I host a beer pong party.

I'm totally digging my buddies kingpin wrench, I can pull shafts and whole outer assemblies as one easily. He ordered the hex stock, bent it, then sent it out for hardening. :grinpimp:

At least got a little start on the stand, yes its galvanized and was free. I'll gouge it where I'm going to weld and do so outside with a mask on. I'm going to put casters on it as my buddy recommended so I can scoot axles around the shop easily.

Well finished the stand today, and got the one c rotated about 4 degrees in about 20 minutes. Going to get a new bottle for my butane torch, think a little bit of heat will make it even better. Just gotta get some castors for this thing next week and weld them on.

Philip, I'm thinking a tandem axle front suspension would be awesome on the 10!

 

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Well, c's are welded. Pics taken are with the pinion at 12* and castor is at 6-7*'s. Time to start on the links.......

 

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Alright Philip decision time. The pics below are with the ram centered on the axle and bolted on top of the steering arm. Just figure to get proper steering geometry at full lock the ram will be back about 1.2 inches. In this position you will get 4-5 inches of uptravel. If I go under the arm then I have to offset the ram about 3" to the drivers side and you'll gain 2.5 inches or so of uptravel. Both scenarios are described with the ram up in the proper position, not hanging down as shown.

Alright Philip, this will get us under the high steer arm for more uptravel. And you won't have to muck with the steering to pull the diff cover.

 

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Been a busy afternoon. Blew a tire playing in the new boulder garden lastnight and that delayed me getting home today.

 

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Figured I'd throw up some pics of the front axle all welded up to give Philip some encouragement.