1964 C10 fleet side swb

[Justin71105]

Heck yeah, local guy in the chevy truck club says he has some 30 spline axles and a posi carrier oit of his 66 c10 I can have. Just need to replace bearing/seals and have the ring/pinion set up.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Justin71105

Heck yeah, local guy in the chevy truck club says he has some 30 spline axles and a posi carrier oit of his 66 c10 I can have. Just need to replace bearing/seals and have the ring/pinion set up.

That's nice of him!

[Justin71105]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

That's nice of him!

Yep, offered to buy them but he said I could have them. He swapped to 5 lug rear axles and didnt need them any more. Will not go to waist, saves me a couple hundred bucks I can use on other items to put into the truck. His truck looks really good as well, baby blue and white paint.

[Justin71105]

No more one wheel peel, got rear end back and put in. New 3.73 gears, positive carrier, new moser axles and wheel studs with full rebuild/setup.

Need to reinstall all brake stuff and lines and then can move on to engine/trans install.

Will install fuel tank when it gets delivered and run fuel lines.

Then can get drive shaft measurements, run wiring harnesses for body and engine and try to start it for the first time.

[Justin71105]

Rear end back in truck, brakes and lines reinstalled. New shocks installed along with new adjustable panhard bar. Going to try and get engine and transmission bolted togethor and sat in truck tomorrow.

[Justin71105]

Motor and trans are in, need to get trans aligned with each side of frame rail here in a little bit and bolt it all down.

I had to knock a dent in one of the header tubes on the passenger side to clear the motor mount but not very much at all. Have motor mount in most fwd position on adapters and bolted to rear holes on frame rail.

[Justin71105]

Just testing out my new angle finder, where would the correct spot be to measure the pinion angle and crank angle to calculate drive-line angles.

Just have it on jack stands right now so angles probably aren't correct, should have wheels/tires in this week. Just want to make sure I am measuring the correct spots. Also putting in 2" drop coils to go with my 2.5" drop spindles so probably change trans angle more.

Took pictures of where I placed angle finder, got to different measurements. Looked online and it is pretty confusing, hoping when I get wheels and tires on the front the trans will angle down some more. It is reading less than 0.5 degrees downward angle. Rear is reading between 3.9 and 4.7 and while to me it appears to point up it shows a down arrow.....

[Captainfab]

Yes you should have the truck sitting on all 4 wheels. Ideally you should also have all the weight on the front and rear suspension as well. That arrow on the angle finder is a indication of what way it needs to move to become level or 0.0 degrees.

[Justin71105]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

Yes you should have the truck sitting on all 4 wheels. Ideally you should also have all the weight on the front and rear suspension as well. That arrow on the angle finder is a indication of what way it needs to move to become level or 0.0 degrees.

Ok so its up 4.7 in that pic, trans reads 0.5 down as it sits. Hopefully I will see +3 and -3 when i get it on the wheels tomorrow.

Got tank just about installed fully today, need to drill 3 more holes and bolt the drivers side in. Had to remove rear most cross-member for it to fit and not lose the bed rail support spot

[bigmoe]

Originally Posted by Justin71105

Just testing out my new angle finder, where would the correct spot be to measure the pinion angle and crank angle to calculate drive-line angles......

I like to measure the engine angle on the front pulley. Just put something flat across the front of it.

[Justin71105]

Originally Posted by bigmoe

I like to measure the engine angle on the front pulley. Just put something flat across the front of it.

So like the picture:


Looks like 4.3 degrees down, I can lift it a little would like it around 4 degrees or maybe even 3.8. May need to massage the trans tunnel for some more clearance though. My rear is 1.8 degrees up and I could get 2 degree shims and get them perfectly opposite or within 0.2 at least.