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Manny's 83 K10 (INDEX)(56K) Manny answers his critics and FALSE ACCUSATIONS

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is this the 7/8" allen needed?

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manny check out the rockstomper diff covers there really cheap. im pretty sure mad4wd carries them.
you can get a set for around 120$
build up is looking great
 
good work mann. Good job BTW you realy seam to be not skiping any steps. You just "doing it right"
 
man youve got a lot of time and money in this thing. congrats on all your accomplishments and I cant wait to see it finished. I have one complaint though, your thread slows my computer down a lot but worth every minute just to read it. keep up the good work and good luck on finishing.
 
I am so freakin JELOUS! that thing will be awsome when it is finished! Killer thread/write up, keep up the GREAT WORK!
One sugestion, put a warning about trying to read this thread with 56K dial up.....took me 2-3 hours a night for three nights to read it all! This thread is getting bigger than your truck!:doah:
I have really enjoyed the write up, lets me know what I am looking at when I put the Dana-60 / 14bFF in my suburban.....YIKES!!! Anyone wanna earn some cash and do the job for me????LOL :bow: :bow: :bow:
I am going to HAVE to drive down to Texas one day to meet you and see this truck, as I am sure the pictures do NOT do it justice at all!
 
Uncle Fester said:
I am so freakin JELOUS! that thing will be awsome when it is finished! Killer thread/write up, keep up the GREAT WORK!
One sugestion, put a warning about trying to read this thread with 56K dial up.....took me 2-3 hours a night for three nights to read it all! This thread is getting bigger than your truck!:doah:
I have really enjoyed the write up, lets me know what I am looking at when I put the Dana-60 / 14bFF in my suburban.....YIKES!!! Anyone wanna earn some cash and do the job for me????LOL :bow: :bow: :bow:
I am going to HAVE to drive down to Texas one day to meet you and see this truck, as I am sure the pictures do NOT do it justice at all!
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Heck yeah...check it out I'll only be 3 hours from ya' when I go to college next Fall...

-Avery
 
You should turn that struggle with the king pin pics into a flip book. :haha:

Also I see the rear corner of what looks like a CUCV in those pics, I wish to know/see more of it.
 
nice...I remember my first u-joint job...it was pre-haynes and all I had was my garage and a little hammer...after asking around on here I got a BFH, a Vice and a couple sockets...*POP* I had them out in less than 10 minutes...lol

So is your buddy on here at all?

-Avery
 
sounds good...like I said you are only a couple hours from the school...

-Avery
 
Yeah I put Mannys reply count to 300. Hey Manny do I get a cookie? Oh and I only have one thing to say about your truck :bow::bow:
 
Hey Manny-

Awesome build! Here's a little chunk of advise for your u-joint R&R jobs. Use the vise you had in your pics to do the work for you. With two sockets you can have the vise press the cups out for you without the need to beat them out with the BFH. Get one socket larger than the ujoint cup and one just smaller than the cup. Open the vise wide, with the large socket on one side to press a cup into and the small socket on the other side of the yoke. crank down the vise slowly and 'pop'. Swap sides and repeat. Two more for the other yoke. Done!

Falls under the work smarter, not harder idea of thinking!

In a pinch you can use a large c-clamp if you can put enough leverage on the clamp itself.

Nothing negative, I just hate beating the snot out of yokes on axles or driveshafts. My dad showed me how to do it that way years ago and it's always worked for me.
 
This is the best build up thread I have ever seen. Keep the pics and details coming. I am watching this thread like a hawk.
 
ZooMad75 said:
Hey Manny-

Awesome build! Here's a little chunk of advise for your u-joint R&R jobs. Use the vise you had in your pics to do the work for you. With two sockets you can have the vise press the cups out for you without the need to beat them out with the BFH. Get one socket larger than the ujoint cup and one just smaller than the cup. Open the vise wide, with the large socket on one side to press a cup into and the small socket on the other side of the yoke. crank down the vise slowly and 'pop'. Swap sides and repeat. Two more for the other yoke. Done!

Falls under the work smarter, not harder idea of thinking!

In a pinch you can use a large c-clamp if you can put enough leverage on the clamp itself.

Nothing negative, I just hate beating the snot out of yokes on axles or driveshafts. My dad showed me how to do it that way years ago and it's always worked for me.
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There are plenty of people out there that have bent yokes and ruined shafts by using the press/vice method. The impact of the hammer actually helps save your shafts in this situation. I'm sure thousands of shafts have been successfully installed using a press/vice but I have heard of ~a 1/2 dozen that half bend and ruined shaft yokes with a vice. My .02
 
38377k5 said:
There are plenty of people out there that have bent yokes and ruined shafts by using the press/vice method. The impact of the hammer actually helps save your shafts in this situation. I'm sure thousands of shafts have been successfully installed using a press/vice but I have heard of ~a 1/2 dozen that half bend and ruined shaft yokes with a vice. My .02
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Hmmm never thought of that...I've only done one u-joint removal/install and I used the socket and vice method...tonight was my second all time attempt at a u-joint and I tried the same exact method and it didn't work...it's stuck.
Even the BFH didn't work...

-Avery
 
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