Building "Nightmare" (78 GMC Jimmy)

[the_blaze]

Another question is cosmetics...
Should I leave the stock dana 60 cover or swap to the armored cover? Again not planning on wheeling this anymore but I have the beefy cover.

 

[kgblazerfive]

Leave the stock one on it.

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

If its just a street driven truck, why switch to cross over? If you don't need a steering box I would be inclined to just let it be. Half the reman 2wd boxes are junk out of the box. Seems like a bunch of extra work for not much gain.

 

[Truckman4life]

If its just a street driven truck, why switch to cross over? If you don't need a steering box I would be inclined to just let it be. Half the reman 2wd boxes are junk out of the box. Seems like a bunch of extra work for not much gain.

I've always heard crossover adds the possibility for death wobble and wander issues. I would also just leave it push pulm style if it's never going offroad again.

 

[Chevman88]

 

[the_blaze]

I have bad bump steer, whenever I compress the suspension my steering wheel turns pretty good and I swear I lost some range on my steering. When I switched my other rig to crossover it fixed all those issues.

 

[AgDieseler]

Crossover and tight king pins go a very long way to having very good steering response. Spring for the PSC box, which is brand new throughout.

David

 

[centexk5]

I’ll disagree on the PSC box but agree on the rest. The last two PSC boxes I got for the blazer were garbage from the get go and the last two I got for a previous vehicle were the same. My cheapy o’reilly’s boxes have been worlds better than any ridiculously priced PSC box ever was.

Fwiw I run crossover on mine and have no issues with bump steer or death wobble.

 

[the_blaze]

Crossover and tight king pins go a very long way to having very good steering response. Spring for the PSC box, which is brand new throughout.

David

I'm definitely thinking psc, I did that on plan B and have been very happy with it.

I’ll disagree on the PSC box but agree on the rest. The last two PSC boxes I got for the blazer were garbage from the get go and the last two I got for a previous vehicle were the same. My cheapy o’reilly’s boxes have been worlds better than any ridiculously priced PSC box ever was.

Fwiw I run crossover on mine and have no issues with bump steer or death wobble.

Sucks you had bad luck with them I hope it's not becoming typical.

It's funny this truck had death wobble a while back with its current setup (it has been fixed)

 

[centexk5]

Do a little searching. I’m not the only one on here with issues.

 

[Fastereddie]

I have a PSC box and it’s been dead nuts perfect

 

[Fastereddie]

I’m pretty sure @Desert_K5 has been good too

 

[72gmck5]

Good report from psc box here too.
They are a reputable company that has been making steering easier for a long time. Sucks some have had issues but that can happen with any product from any company.

 

[the_blaze]

Haven't even washed it this year but I took some pics for the gram. Happy 4th everyone ! (Pretend today is the 4th)