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97 sas'sy Sierra/ 80 Cheep 10: tales of a phat block

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max 02 said:
I don't have the truck yet... But it is the one up the road from me that I stole some hydroboost part off.

I would think it has 373s might be 342s :dunno:
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Ah That one. 3:42s woud be nice. Prob just get em other axles and called it good. Don't wanna dump a bunch of time and money into 10 bolts. You know my long term plans dean :whistle:
 
Picked up da new axles, tore the front down. Inner axle seals changed, all back together aside from the wheel bearings. Gotta clean/grease em this week.

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Been sidetracked a bit, unit bearing went on the Sierra, brake rotors, have a wheel cylinder to swap next. Would have liked to do it in the garage but there's a big blue lump sitting in there :doah:

Dropped trans off for rebuildin Tuesday.

Got u joints done in both drive shafts last weekend as well.
 
Stock, from top of tire to fender well:

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After, about 2.5-3`over stock.

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Used a set of 56`springs I got from a suburban, 3 leaves added for a total of 6. Looks like a stock rear shock should work on the front.

Got a lil cali lean going on. Front is back together, drag link angle isnt to bad either. Might do brake lines yet, prob will anyways just so I dont get hassled by DOT.

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I did something similar to Ratbag...but I used extra front springs I had.
Took them and arched them in the 50 ton press.
I had 5 leaves in the pack...rode like sh!t...took 2 out and made a 0 rate out of a overload spring. I use back shocks on the front, they work.
 
I've got 2 long leaves and one super short on the bottom. The 2 are only giving it the lift. Can't see it riding to bad.

Buddy bastard packed a set of 52s under his stock leaves in there drag truck, got a 4" lift. Bout as stiff as my pro comps on the k10.
 
Well got some time today, the lady friend had suddenly come up with the 24 hour flu :haha:

Got the ten bolt torn down, changed wheel seals/bearings. Appears shafts are new, bearings had a slight bit of play. So I changed em anyways. Tossed locker/wheel cylinders in.

Looks like 10/12 bolt share the same outer's, should be able to swap majority of it over. Most of the ten bolt stuff was seized from sitting on the ground for a couple years.

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Got the back of the truck on stands, U bolts spun right off on the "new" spring side. Other side I have soaking in kroil, but I hold no hopes for them :haha:

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Finally, yokes are different sizes on the 2 diffs. Looks like I need a conversion joint? Did some googling, found a post that Renee had some info in. As well as a good description with sizes/measurements on fleabay.

10 bolt runs a 1344 Ujoint, 12 bolt has a 1310 fwiw.
 
Got the rear in, built my own add a leafs. Used 1 extra to fix the saggy side out. Truck sits pretty close to level at all 4 corners.

Crappy pic, might roll it outside so I can change door handles on the 97 one of these days.

Picked up 88 C1500 brake lines as well, stock rear shocks for the front.

Conversion Ujoint is a moog 372. Realized I could have swapped yokes off the old front 10 bolt and ran 1310 joint :doah::haha:

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I run those same brake hoses you're talking about. They're actually a bit too long. You can see places where they've rubbed up against my tires and burned the outer rubber part on both front tires. I have to move them back away from the tires all the time so they won't get a hole rubbed in them and spring a leak. Just a heads up. One day I'll get the proper length stainless steel hoses, but those things are expensive. My money tree died a while back and it's not producing anymore.
 
Not worried about the lines, I've got pro comp braided ones on the 83. I took a rubber insulated wiremount and put it on the bump stop. Keeps them out of the tars. :waytogo:

Nothing like a dwindling money tree :doah:
 
So the front 10 bolt yoke is bigger than a 10 bolt rear and they swap?
Why didn't you think of that sooner!?? Lol! :D

I was thinking you should bring me your spare front 10 bolt yoke...but if I was you I'd save it...
 
Sold the old diffs once I realized :doah: Forgot that both 84/88 k5's I had ran the bigger rear u joints.
 
Sorry to high jack your thread, but what year is your diesel tach from?

Martin
 
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