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Cool, yeah, I was already afraid it wouldnt fit after the 4" and 37s.

I should have the tub sprayed VERY soon for you to come check out.
 
I personally would remove those sheets of black insulation/deadener, just to verify there's no rust started down there underneath it. Do it right now, so you don't have to redo it later, besides you are already this far into this project, what's a few more hours for the added piece of mind!!!
 
yeah, I am removing it. my heat gun died on me last night....cheap harbor freight one.

I need to just try the map torch and a wire wheel maybe...
 
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and by "go all the way to paint" you mean to scuff it all the way to paint right? thats what I have been doing so far. if I accidentally go through the paint and onto bare metal, I just hit it with some self etching primer.

is that right?
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Uh, no. It means primer, then paint, then bedliner. From what I understand it's just that one more layer of protection against the elements. Sorry for the confusion.
 
hmmm, not sure this makes sense to me.

remove clear coat, remove paint, primer, then paint, then bedliner? Surely no one does that.

Instructions say just to scuff the paint to help the bedliner bond. Everything that I am bedlining already has factory paint. I am simply degreasing it, scuffing it up (self etching primer if I end up scuffing thru the paint and exposing bare metal.) then gonna clean again with prep spray, and the hit it with bedliner.
 
No, no, no. Building up from bare metal, not taking down from the clearcoat.

I was talking about the bare metal spots. Not the whole thing. A couple pages back you were talking about the repair areas you were addressing. That's the only area I was referring to with primer, then a coat of paint, then bedliner. Everything else already has the factory primer and paint on it, in those areas just scuff, clean, and bedliner.

Does that make sense now? :waytogo:
 
much more sense....I mis read you

Ok, so paint over and spots I primer as well. Im gonna run that by my buddy that does antique restoration....his shop does bedliners as well.

thanks for clearing that up. I REALLY hope I can get it done this weekend...I just keep obsessing over it and over doing everything. which obviously takes more time.
 
Bedliner prep work sucks

Can I just say, im going crazy. This prep portion of the bedliner spray is awful. I see why so many people just go for it. scrub it and spray. This is the worst "mod" I have worked on so far.

i sure hope its worth it to do this the best i possibly can. I feel like a weekend project has taken me weeks! Bedliner spray kit is just sitting here mocking me.

.........what about this crack in the drivers side floor. Just weld it into a seam? what could have caused it?

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Your hard work will pay off by protecting your investment for years to come! Just imagine if you had just covered all of this up without fixing it... Try and get rid of all the rust now or it will come back. I'm not sure what would have caused that crack, was the previous owner a big guy? It almost looks like the seat area flexed and tore in that corner? What are you using on the rusty areas? Keep up the good work, it will be worth it in the end!!!
 
On the rusty areas I am using a heavy duty 4" cup wire attachment for my dewalt angle grinder. I am hitting the rusty spots until I have gotten as much rush as i can get (there are some very small pin holes that seem to be brownish colored inside the hole...but we are talking needle sized holes)

once i have them "ground' down to as much bare metal as possible, i hit it with some self etching primer.

so far, the few holes I had, were about the size of a pencil eraser, and I was able to just fill them in with a big welding "bead" ....then grind it down, and hit with the primer.

....but with the crack its different...i was gonna press it together and just weld it together???

here are some pics of the areas I had to work on. those pics are BEFORE I got the cup wire wheel....it does wonders. It prolly cleaned up 95% of the left over rust you see in these pictures.

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The seat mounts cracking the floors were common in these trucks, as evindence in some of the plating you have found welded in your floors. I would start by welding the crack back together. Then I would take a couple small strips of sheetmetal and 'fishplate' over the repair.
 
Basically, yes. Make 2, 1" strips. Lay them out like band aids over the crack, after you weld the crack together. Then weld them in. This will stiffen up the area as a whole and prevent it from happening again.

When I put the Silverado seats into my truck, I made plates for the seats to sit on top of the floor. To spread the load out. The one in the top left is the one that goes in the area of your cracked floor (IIRC mine was cracked there too). You can see I bent it down and out to spread the weight out past the cracked area (on yours).
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Surprise

so, some of you knew...but I got lucky and was right location right time.

This project just got a boost.

(1) 14bff rear with 4.10 gears and a detroit locker
(1) spare 14bff with 4.10 missing hubs etc
(1) 10 bolt assembled with wheels, steering, shocks, springs and brakes still attached
stainless steel brake lines
4" lift for the front
(5) good condition military surplus 37" tires (4 rims)
(4) below avg condition spare tires same size and type
swaybar disconnect kit

i have much to learn!!!!!!

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Now that your truck has Chalet genes you're going to get these unresistable urges to drink Lonestar and paint things OD green.
 
well, im set on the lone star, it does seem to help me sit and stare at stuff....now I just need a bigger garage!

i wont have a chalet unfortunately, but my goal is the ultimate camping/exploring/coast fishing rig.

I have much to learn, but im sure the local guys wont be too far behind. I need a few weeks to build back up the checking account before I can start to piece the remaining parts together...but its a GREAT start, and i cant wait to dive in.

thanks again chalet..
 
so I am really needing to wrap up the interior bedliner prep and spray. Here are some pics. I think she is ready to spray, but you will see one of the pics that has some rust reminants. should i

a. just spray the bedliner already!
b. fill the remaining rust hole with something like jb weld, then dry and grind it down, primer and spray
c. other

im about ready to go for it unless yall think i need to do more. I have hand scuffed all the paint with a scoth brite pad, and hit it with the grinder if it was needing it.

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so, the PO of my new axles had a leaking axle shaft on one side, bought a speedy sleeve, but never installed it. he also gave me a "spare" 14bff with the same 4.10 gears in it but no locker, or hubs etc.

my plan is to swap the missing parts and detroit locker from the current setup over to the 14bff that doesnt leak. is this easy to do? how well do the speedy sleeves work? should I just install the speedy sleeve on the current leaking axle and roll with it? am i thinking right?

the first pics are the "spare" axle that I have started to clean up, and the later pics are the donor/axle the PO was running, but has a slight leak.

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