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Originally Posted by glimmertwin01
Being you are up in MN. I see you got a ton of snow in the last week or so.I guess she isnt plowing much snow yet.? I feel your pain... the 68 K1500 I was hoping to use to plow with isnt any where near ready, so I will continue to use the 86 CUCV M1008 i snagged a yr ago... she plows like a beast ..and burns oil! I always find that my ..."just get it working" plans always morph into much more... My first truck is still packed away in my garage Its a 68 K20 4 speed 292 truck.
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Seems to be the way things go! although i had to change the springs anyway with the heavy front plow and the eaton drums werent feasible to replace. we havent gotten hit too hard yet this year right where i am, probably 5 inches so far. north of here got dumped on!
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Originally Posted by swamp rat
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thanks for the links. the dodge one is installed wrong, hes got the right caliper on the left side and the bleeder on the bottom. the other thread is a good one, but he has an extra set of holes in mounting plate. i suppose i could add some to mine.
after no luck finding parking brake lever brackets, i have a new set of calipes on the way from speedway with them included. I can then mock it up agqin this weekeend and see what angle works for the park brake and drill additional holes in the plate if necessary. i hope these calipers provide enough stopping power, thinking maybe i should have just played around with a set of big ones, like off a 2001 to 2004 2500hd. course that would involve custom mounting probably.
now i need to see about retuning the other caliper set to rock auto and the shcoks to summit
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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher
Whenever I rebuild a rear end or have the hubs off I always fill each hub with lube before installing the hub and fill the diff with lube, then jack one side of the truck way up and let the fluid fill the hub. Then I repete for the opposite side. I do this one more time with less angle after the first 2 to help make sure each hub should have the same amount in them. I used to pack the bearings but a lot of wheel bearing grease will gum up these newer type semi synthetic gear lubes and a lot of the stuff I work on require it.
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good to hear another method