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ktmoutfront

ktmoutfront

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Jimmy rebuild thread

I never had a build thread. Built it before I knew of CK5. Thank goodness. If not, it would be on leafs and one tons.:whistle:

So I will post when I rebuild stuff. As if anyone cares.

Broke the truck at King of the Hammers. 200 feet from where I broke it the year before.:doah: Hooked a rock with the right front tire, at 2mph. Stripped the splines out of the pitman arm this year. Hit a rock at 2mph last year, going the other way. Broke the ears off of the stearing box. Drove it back to camp both times.

So a fix is needed. I made 2 new pitman arms. They are custom for my cantilever cross over stearing. Now I have a spare. I should mention I stripped one out last summer.

I won a TNA winch cradle at BB last year, so it is time to install. I think I am going to try and use it as part of the mounting system for the hydro assist ram. Yes it is going up high.

I should mention I bought the system after I stripped the pitman are last summer. Just got lazy and never installed it.

As of this afternoon, I remover the stock bumper. Will hate to see it go. Liked having it somewhat stock looking. And removed the hidden hitch.

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Cool. We do care to see your.fixes....and whats up with leaf springs. We all cant have tripple bypasses on each corner. Thats your gig

Are you going to put good (comp mounts) engine mounts too? I have one on the way from TNA
 
Those engine mount brackets are permanent. Welded to the frame and plating. Plated the walls of the brackets also.

Everybody needs bypasses.
 
Surprised that you didn't mention my in the damage. I bet the bumper was easy to remove...
 
Did not feel like being out in 17* freezing fog. Tomorrow we are supposed to get snow. And the Jimmy won't fit in the garage. Next week is going to be in the 50's.
 
Fair enough sometimes I forget not everyone has Arizona weather. Although we are in the made of a good rain storm.
 
Just poking a little fun. The jimmy has to be one of my favorite Chevy's and has been a big influence on my build.
 
Front bumper build. But yhe snow this afternoon and tomorrow may slow me down. And there is a gun show this weekend also.
 
64 yesterday.

Welcome to Colorado. If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes, it will change.
 
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