What caused the crossmember twist/frame dent? Was it the broken motor mounts or did you hit it or the skidplate hard?
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BB2018 carnage thread
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What caused the crossmember twist/frame dent? Was it the broken motor mounts or did you hit it or the skidplate hard?
It was just loose did not break.....
I have no idea, could be either. the extent of me looking has been glancing at it from the side. i need to crawl under and look. i am pretty sure i hit the crossmember but i don't think i hit it hard enough to do that. one day i will crawl under and figure it out
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Why the zip ties???? Seems like youz had some of that there carnage that ya'll ain't ownen up to son.
Loose bolts that fall out are carnage, pretty mild carnage but none the less.
and for those wondering I don't know of anything wrong with mine, however I won't know until a week or two before I take it out again. There's a real possibility that could be next year, maybe even just before BB.
I call bullsheet on @kgblazerfive!
One thing I absolutely to not miss about a K5 is having to deal with the tailgate and the window in it.
I got a crappy night of sleep lest night so I am really tired.. Was already loaded up and was ready to leave this morning. Fired up the Frankenliner and realized I forgot to grab my ice chest. Flded the ladder down, climbed up into the camper. Grabbed the ice chest and headed for the cab. Got on to the 191 before I realized I did not fold the ladder back up. It seems a lot bent now. drug all of the way out of the RV park. I am sure everyone was awake after that, Aluminum dragging on pavement.
Tires begin to degrade significantly after only 5 years and I wouldn't trust a 10 year old tire for anything other than yard duty.I blew a trailer tire 10 miles North of Moab on the way home, and limped into home with a second about ready to go. Neither of the tires that let go were even on my radar as possible, the one I was pretty sure I would have a problem with is still hanging tough.
Guess it's time for another $500 in tires, they only last about 8-10 years for me
And a squeaky alternator that just had to be removed mid way up Moab Rim. I saw the hood up on twinkle an awful lot.
He also had a leaky hub seal on the 14 bolt and topped off the power steering with 1.5 pints.
I am betting that you have the same carnage as @500$k5 .I have no idea, could be either. the extent of me looking has been glancing at it from the side. i need to crawl under and look. i am pretty sure i hit the crossmember but i don't think i hit it hard enough to do that. one day i will crawl under and figure it out
The crossmember gets smacked and bends the frame flange.
I sadly have no trail carnage to report, since it didn't runnage to Moab.. .
I know, most of my tires have tread left but the carcass gets bad and once the first one blows I just buy a whole set of new ones, anymore I don't typically go any farther than Moab and that's three hours from home so I kind of let them go a bit. If I was about the head across country I would deal with it much differently.
I have what are apparently super rare 15" 8 lug wheels, the crappy part of this entire thing is someone stole my spare tire and wheel, (I borrowed a 16" spare for this trip) A new wheel is really hard to come by and the only place I have found one as of right now wants nearly $150 shipped for a steel wheel. I found 16" 8 Lug trailer wheels for $37/ea. this am. I can damn near buy 5 wheels for the cost of 1 new one. I can fit 235/80 or 85 16 tires on the trailer barely and have a normal heavy duty wheel tire package that actually matches the real axle capacity of my trailer 6K axles but tires limit it to 10K. The 16" tires are at least $100 more total than the just buying 15" tires again, my trailer ride height be higher by about 2", which is a big deal since I don't use ramps to load and unload and I don't have issues with the 15" tires at all when they are in the typical service life.
Broke the exhaust hanger on Steel bender apparently. So that laid the exhaust on the 205 and cooked out some 90w going up Vail pass. Also pissed of the injection so it ran meh
Did some redneck fix in the Walmart parking lot
Did some redneck fix in the Walmart parking lot
Ditching my rear glass is one of my favorite K5 mods. Definitely worth the effort, and doubly so if the glass is already broken.
How did you manage to get most (or all?) your sheet metal damage on the side that didn't roll into the rocks?
Many many trails. The only real damage to the left side was the tail light. Just a couple of scratches.
Best mod I’ve done. Truck gate and softop.
I agree. I did that on the last Blazer I owned. Was able to shed weight in doing it. Truck gate just bolts right in. Wonder why that is?
‘Cause Chevy’s are awesome...
