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383_Gladiator · 03-13-2011, 08:16 PM

Need help with a vin. Just bought a frame for my project and the guy said its an 84 GMC 3/4 ton. I cant seem to decode the number on top of the frame to find out whether or not its 3/4 ton or 1/2 ton. the suspension seems a bit light to be 3/4 ton. The number on the top rail is TE1514302. any help?

muddnutz · 03-13-2011, 08:21 PM

Any suspension pics? Lug pattern? Could be wrong most 3/4 ton here I've seen are 8 lug 12 bolt rearend
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383_Gladiator · 03-13-2011, 08:24 PM

no axles. its just the frame. they guy had them tucked away in his shop. as far as the springs go, the front leaf pack is only 2 leaves and the rear has 4 leaves plus the overload.

muddnutz · 03-13-2011, 10:05 PM

Sounds Luke 1/2 ton to me. Have to check mine tomorrow
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383_Gladiator · 03-13-2011, 10:10 PM

Well come to think of it my 75 k20 only had 2 leaves up front and I found a page that lists the rear spring pack it has as being available for 1/2 and 3/4 ton trucks. It's possible it just wasn't a heavy gvrw truck
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Your41Plague12 · 03-15-2011, 01:34 PM

My 3/4 ton had 2 or 3 leaves up front (it's been lifted for a while, I can't exactly remember) and 8 leaves in the rear plus the overload. Yours definitely sounds like a half ton.

383_Gladiator · 03-15-2011, 02:14 PM

I had read the half tons used slightly thinner steel for the frame rails. i think it was .125 for 1/2 ton, .180 for 3/4 and .250 for 1 tons. any truth in this? most of the chevy guys on pirate4x4 seem to agree. Mine measured in at about .187 on the digital caliper

muddnutz · 03-15-2011, 02:29 PM

If so I didn't know that. Hmmmm
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03-13-2011, 08:16 PM	#1
383_Gladiator Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Spokane Valley, Washington Posts: 12	GMC vin? Need help with a vin. Just bought a frame for my project and the guy said its an 84 GMC 3/4 ton. I cant seem to decode the number on top of the frame to find out whether or not its 3/4 ton or 1/2 ton. the suspension seems a bit light to be 3/4 ton. The number on the top rail is TE1514302. any help?

03-13-2011, 08:21 PM	#2
muddnutz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Canton/Holly Springs Ga Posts: 89	Re: GMC vin? Any suspension pics? Lug pattern? Could be wrong most 3/4 ton here I've seen are 8 lug 12 bolt rearend Posted via Mobile Device

03-13-2011, 08:24 PM	#3
383_Gladiator Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Spokane Valley, Washington Posts: 12	Re: GMC vin? no axles. its just the frame. they guy had them tucked away in his shop. as far as the springs go, the front leaf pack is only 2 leaves and the rear has 4 leaves plus the overload.

03-13-2011, 10:05 PM	#4
muddnutz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Canton/Holly Springs Ga Posts: 89	Re: GMC vin? Sounds Luke 1/2 ton to me. Have to check mine tomorrow Posted via Mobile Device

03-13-2011, 10:10 PM	#5
383_Gladiator Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Spokane Valley, Washington Posts: 12	Re: GMC vin? Well come to think of it my 75 k20 only had 2 leaves up front and I found a page that lists the rear spring pack it has as being available for 1/2 and 3/4 ton trucks. It's possible it just wasn't a heavy gvrw truck Posted via Mobile Device

03-15-2011, 01:34 PM	#6
Your41Plague12 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,009	Re: GMC vin? My 3/4 ton had 2 or 3 leaves up front (it's been lifted for a while, I can't exactly remember) and 8 leaves in the rear plus the overload. Yours definitely sounds like a half ton. __________________ Steve Member of the Foot Pedal Club '83 Chevy K20: 6" Rough Country, 3" Performance Accessories BL, Bushwacker Cutouts, 38x15.50 Mickey Thompson Baja Claws, 350 HP 350 crate engine from Jegs, Turbo 400

03-15-2011, 02:14 PM	#7
383_Gladiator Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Spokane Valley, Washington Posts: 12	Re: GMC vin? I had read the half tons used slightly thinner steel for the frame rails. i think it was .125 for 1/2 ton, .180 for 3/4 and .250 for 1 tons. any truth in this? most of the chevy guys on pirate4x4 seem to agree. Mine measured in at about .187 on the digital caliper

03-15-2011, 02:29 PM	#8
muddnutz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Canton/Holly Springs Ga Posts: 89	Re: GMC vin? If so I didn't know that. Hmmmm Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1986 K-10 "ole blue"



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