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She's gettin there
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Only thing I see wrong is its on your truck and not mine.
Leper
1/2 ton status
I don't think the pitman arm nut is tight enough. Did you clean all of the paint of of the arm and the sector shaft prior to assembly? It has been my experience that there should be threads showing past the nut.
Made a little more progress and i hope to take her out for a little play time on sunday. Still a few things i need to finish but the major stuff is done. Gonna do some " X's " for where the doors used to be and bleed the brakes. Minor things. Give me some input on things you thing may need changing.
whose crossover set up did you go with? looks good. i need a new draglink
Look at it a little closer.... WFO.muddybuddy said:
muddybuddy said:
WFO on the drag link (went with the shorty tie rod ends.), steering arm. The pitman arm is for a heep and Trevor sold me the arm that would be best suited for the pitman arm. It's really well made stuff. Props to WFO for the steering and GLO for the beadlocks.
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k5 krawler 50
1/2 ton status
Are you running a 2" ram for your hydro assist?
are you running the steering box brace or taking the "cross your fingers and hope the box doesn't rip off the frame" approach? the ram will take stress off the frame but its an old saying cause its true. "Better safe, then sorry"
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Look closer.. see the shiny bolt heads on the front crossmember? He's got the brace behind that, exactly like mine. 
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BadAss90K5 said:Look closer.. see the shiny bolt heads on the front crossmember? He's got the brace behind that, exactly like mine.
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thats what I figured. I saw the bolt, but had to ask.
Yeah, i have the bolt on brace. I'm sure it will suffice but if i need too i'll get the weld on thing later on. Hoping for the best right now. Anyone see a problem with the exhaust dumping real close to the right side of my 14 bolt? I can move it but i'll leave it if it's not gonna hurt. I dont want it to make the housing to hot.
81jimmyslt
1/2 ton status
If you are doing it you should add the weld on frame repair kit now before it becomes a problem.
Personally we did not! I checked my frame frequently for cracks before and after the hydro assist install, but sure enough maybe a year and a half with hydro assist my frame started cracking.
Other than that looking good!
Personally we did not! I checked my frame frequently for cracks before and after the hydro assist install, but sure enough maybe a year and a half with hydro assist my frame started cracking.
Other than that looking good!
DavidB
1/2 ton status
Mine's Braced But Not Welded No Ram Box Tore Big Hole In Frame - Caveman Dave
