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A guy with a truck
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My weekend project
I'll let the pics do most of the talking. This was as easy as pie- maybe easier- I don't even know how to make pie
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Re: My weekend project
Nice job, wish i could get that much done in a weekend, is that a reqular blazer tank
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Re: My weekend project
Thanks! Yep. Poly Blazer replacement tank. Bolts right in like it was meant to be...
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Re: My weekend project
quick question about your notch, first off where did you get it CPP seems to be the cheapest ive found yet, and secondly seeing as you had a chance to look at this would it still be structurally sound if the part where the airbag bolts go thru was cut off?
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Re: My weekend project
I see alot of nice parts there. How hard was it to locate the trailing arm crossmember? Did you us a stock one or the ECE version? Is this one getting the dropmember also? Again,... nice work.
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Re: My weekend project
You love those trailing arm conversions
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Re: My weekend project
the trailing arm forward mounts will bolt right up to the center X member. no holes to drill or anything.
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Re: My weekend project
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As for cutting it off: The frame is already triple thick there before bolting in the notch, so you end up drilling through a inch of metal. I still would not chance it without welding/boxing it in. In that case, I would just build a custom notch out of pipe/plate. Quote:
The leaf spring trucks already have the trailing arm crossmember in place, just no trailing arm brackets on it. I just pulled the old one and replaced it since a previous owner somewhere along the way took a cutting torch to the one on the truck. It's a stock piece I modified by cutting 4.5" holes in for exhaust routing. Just bolted it in place with grade 8 hardware. There is some info in a few of my 4wd to 2wd Blazer conversion posts about locating the trailing arm crossmember in a chassis not originally equipped with t-arms. No Dropmember for this one- yet... ![]() I do! Can you believe this is what I do for fun? ![]()
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Re: My weekend project
Yepper. That would be a whole hell of a lot easier than what I had to do to replace the whole crossmember. It did not want to leave its home!
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Re: My weekend project
I am getting ready to do the same thing, except my truck is a coil spring truck so I have a few questions. How did you mount the air bags? did you have to fab some brackets or plates. Will the axle bottom out in the c-notch if you fully deflate the bags?
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Re: My weekend project
Man oh man... and I thought I got something accomplished this weekend. Looking good gringoloco! Is the front for next weekend?
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Re: My weekend project
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The axle will bottom out in the notch. I am using button style 3/8" tall bumpstops so it won't clang if it hits.
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Re: My weekend project
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First thing I need to do is get the bed back on so I can route my exhaust. I plan on raising the floor 3", so it's not just a bolt-on deal...
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Re: My weekend project
Damn man, over a weekend, You make the rest of us look bad. Did you have to weld on your axle to change over to the trailing arm perches? I have leaf springs and this is my next mod.
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Re: My weekend project
Thanks for the answers. Looks great so far. What kind of bags are you running. What about shocks?
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Re: My weekend project
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I did not weld this one, I just swapped axles from a '73-up truck into a '70 housing- direct swap. I did, however, weld new perches on the rear I used in my Blazer conversion using the ECE pieces. They are very nice and worked perfectly. They are Slam Specialties RE200 7" diameter. The shocks are some drop shocks I had laying around- I will swap to Monroe-Matics as soon as I get a good part# for the needed length.
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Re: My weekend project
Here's phase 1 of what I'm doing to provide a little room for the exhaust. Pay no attention to my bed floor- it's not all rust, some of it is dirt- except for the holes, they're dirty rust...
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Re: My weekend project
Nice job Gringoloco, but I agree you are making the rest of us look bad! I wish I had raised my bed floor before I sprayed in the bed liner, oh well I will on the next one.
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Re: My weekend project
Do you think trailing arms are better than the leafs? I am looking at picking up a swb truck that has leafs, and I definitely want to lower it and notch the frame. I won't use it for hauling anything other than a small trailer occasionally. I would rather have a better ride. With that said should I ditch the leafs?
Nice looking job btw. I just wish I had something to tinker on right now. |
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Re: My weekend project
wish I could get that much done in a weekend.....maybe when I get home I can knock some good projects out
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Re: My weekend project
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Re: My weekend project
I created another mount at the middle support that normally rests on the framerails. I didn't feel like there was enough support there with just the wheeltubs to keep it from bowing. I just drilled a 3/8" hole through the flloor, support, and frame and notched the floor for the square head on the carriage bolt with my jigsaw.
To the untrained eye, it will appear factory- which is kinda what I'm going for with this floor raising. Hopefully, at first glance, even those 'in the know' won't spot it... ![]()
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Re: My weekend project
What did you do on the bedsides? I've got a plan, just curious to see what you did before I execute...
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Re: My weekend project
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1 'short' bolt @ the F/R of each side holds the 'frame' to the floor & is bolted to the floor only. The remaining holes get bolts long enough to go through the SQ-tubing 'frame' + the bedsides. I call it my plan because I haven't bolted the bedsides on yet.... I was waiting on a new front bed-panel from Mar-K (which I now have) & I didn't want my primered parts out in the weather any longer than absolutely necessary. What did you have in mind? What about your filler neck for your blazer tank?
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