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The rear seal isn't hard at all and pulling the d-shaft will take up most of your time. On the front, I've never changed one, but you have to pull the yoke. There will be a larger nut in the middle of the yoke when you pull the front d-shaft... Once you remove that, pull the yooke off and you shoul dbe able to get to the seal. Thats all a guess since I haven't done a front seal....
I am from Masury, OH which is about an hour southeast of Cleveland. Sorry to hear about your bad dealings.. I dont know many people from cleveland though... Dont know how some people live with themselves. /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
So how is the body on the 89? Most around this area are pretty bad due to the winters with the salt and stupid chemicals they use on the roads.
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Thanx for the info
short version story on the blazer
Well K5s are hard to come by here in florida, most i found were over priced and broken. I found this guy selling one in ohio.
He gave the impressiong he was fixing it up and "the last peice of the puzzle was the paint" Claiming the drive train was in exelent condition with no problems. Also all new brakes, new tranny, transfercase was resealed up and no leaks, rebuilt motor. Body was listed as minor rust to the front fenders that is repairable.
I asked him to send me pics of all the rust he could find on the car and he sent me just one lil spot on the back, and the fenders.
I think its a good deal, send him a deposite and buy some plane tickets.
He picked me up from the airport and in the car ride to his house he informed me:
1. He ruined the steering box by cranking down the bearing preload nut(he had no idea what it was, but as he described it to me i was cringing)
2. He forgot to telll me theres a 1.5 inch hole in the side of the truck where a cb radio once was
3. in the very back of the bed near the tail gate..it was totally rusted through.
We got to his house and the blazer was covered in mud and dirt, hand prints all over it and leaves. No a huge deal, but this guy had no clue about sellers etiquette.
I guess he thought i would not look under it, but i did and found several startaling things.
1. no cats, no exhuast. pipes dumped under the drivers seat with two rusty mufflers.
2. The eniter floor pan was rusted. the drivers seat could move with just your pinky and the floor borad was soo weak you could push on it with your finger and hear it cracking.
i told him this is no acceptable and there no way he didn't know about it. he got under the car and said "where???" i wanted to hit him lol.
I told him the seat would fall through the floor on the drive home and it did... i have 2'x4' under it now.
The front fenders where not repaiable, you could poke hose through with blades of grass...and i did to show him
I drove it and almost crashed it at the first stopsign. the brakes were marginal at best. he claimed totally new system.
Two steer the car straight you look like you in one of those 60s movies were there constaly moving it 60* right...then 60* left lol
I told him i was very mad he didn't tell me this before and i didn't want his truck. I want my deposite back and im going back to the airport. After an our of aguing...and explaining to him repairing something thats broke to original condition does not add valve to the car, but simply returns it to the original price.....we agreed on a price...$400 off
I would not have bought this car if i saw it here local. i just didn't wanna fly back after waisted the $$$ used for flight tickets.
Also asked him straight up "what in this car does not work in the car?" and the more specifically, "does the crise control work??"
He said everything but a/c(i did already know about this tho)
Leaving he place...the cruise control, blinkers etc didn't work. more pissed of.
Oh well.
Fixing stuff now. Got the brakes and steering safe again. did a tune up. the transfer case leaks about a qt every 200 miles.
Looking for a new floor pan, and fenders
some ppl
