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Wl: 1982 k30 3+3

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82355 said:
I took it down the road after I installed the Hi-steer, and had some serious death wobble. I then bolted the OEM tie rod back in, so I had a steering stabilizer. I have since built a mount for the steering stabilizer coming off of the driver side spring U-bolts. When I finish it up, I will take some pictures (with only one tie rod . . . ) and post them up. I was wondering how long it would be before someone noticed that.

Martin
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Haha I figured you had already removed it and figured somebody else had already said something..but nope so I had to give you some friendly ribbing :wink1:

It is kind of fun, because everyone tells me it is too big, and won't work as an offroad rig. The last time we went to Tuttle Creek in Kansas, a buddy of ours went with a Samurai. He was impressed with the full size Chevy's.
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Haha yeah I get that from the Jeep guys a lot up here on the tight trails of the Pac Northwest :D

82355 said:
I am not sure if you can view these Facebook links, but if you can, here is the very limited selection of pics of me offroading it at Tuttle Creek ORV Park in Kansas.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=2198081&id=17215458&op=36

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=505876410&ref=profile#/album.php?aid=91826&id=505876410&op=6

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=505876410&ref=profile#/album.php?aid=127735&id=505876410

Martin
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Have to log in to see them.
 
MTBLAZER89 said:
Haha I figured you had already removed it and figured somebody else had already said something..but nope so I had to give you some friendly ribbing :wink1:
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I totally understand. I would question it, if someone else posted it. I need to finish working on it, but I moved two hours farther away from Tuttle, so I haven't spent much time on it lately.

MTBLAZER89 said:
Haha yeah I get that from the Jeep guys a lot up here on the tight trails of the Pac Northwest :D
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Yeah, but you Blazer (which I love), is tiny in comparison to my K30.

MTBLAZER89 said:
Have to log in to see them.
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I figured as much.

Martin
 
A friend just sent me a text, and told me to check out Google Street View of my old address. My address use to be 1240 West Washington Street, Lincoln, NE 68522. So I checked it out. You can see my Suburban (with it's half painted roof), a bunch of parts I took out of my pickup box to go to Tuttle, and my K30 backed in at the end of the dead end street.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&r...e&cts=1256699438882&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Martin
 
82355 said:
Yeah, but you Blazer (which I love), is tiny in comparison to my K30.

Martin
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Oh yeah I know I have an 89 6 pack. It would be impossible to wheel a Crew LB on the trails up here. My K5 is huge by comparison to 95% of the rigs up here. Width is the main issue, but if I was much longer I couldn't run the trails at all.

Here is one of the corners..I have to three point this turn, and there are lots that are tighter with trees :D Reason my doors look the way they do!

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My bedside above my left rear tire is on a tree out of the frame in this pic. I'd love to see a longer fullsize and the carnage that would ensue on a couple of these trails :D

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Yeah, I have mashed up some tin work on mine, getting around in trees. The last time I went, I had to use a sledge hammer on my rockers, in order to get my passenger doors to close again. I should probably build a set of sliders . . . .

Martin
 
Hey Brian, is that Walker Valley???

And a big X2 on how tight the trails are up here... The Busy Wild trail at Elbe you can't fit a fullsize in until you've smashed the sides, front, back and all four corners in a few inches...


And I can't see the vids you posted on facebook... Do you have them uploaded anywhere else???
 
They are just pictures. There was a guy taking videos of me last time I was there, but he said he didn't use the internet.

Martin
 
dirtygoat said:
Hey Brian, is that Walker Valley???

And a big X2 on how tight the trails are up here... The Busy Wild trail at Elbe you can't fit a fullsize in until you've smashed the sides, front, back and all four corners in a few inches...


And I can't see the vids you posted on facebook... Do you have them uploaded anywhere else???
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Yeah they were both taken on the lower portion of Upper Mainline.
 
Wow that is a cool truck. Can't wait to get mine done. But, mine is gonna be a mall crawler, no hard core wheeling, that is what the other truck is for....
 
I haven't done much with this thing for the past couple of years. I am several hours away from anywhere to go wheeling, and I bought a much nicer (and smaller) 1990 K5. That being said, I popped the engine in my K5 so I put the tires from it onto this until I get around to swinging a new engine into the Blazer (I have one in a 1994 K1500 I bought, I am just short on ambition).

Here is how it looks on 38's (325/85R16 Michelin XML's).


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Martin
 
I am still running two tie rods. Need to break down and finish the hydro assist, but there are a lot of things I need to do (shocks?). I did however finally change the rear lift. I removed the 4" lift blocks that were originally on it, and replaced them with 1" zero rates. I also installed a u-bolt flip kit from ORD while I was doing the zero rate install. I installed the zero rates so they moved the axle back 1". I should have moved it back 1.5", but oh well. I also replaced the OEM rear shackles with 7" DIY4X shackles. My rear shackle angle is not good. They are pretty much straight up and down. I should move my shackle flips forward a little bit, but I am going to see how this works. After I got done, I took it out and beat on it a little bit. I am going to have to pick up some more sawzall blades, because I am in need of some serious fender trimming up front with the 38's. Here are some pictures from flexing it out in the ditch.

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Martin
 
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