My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by D.B

Yes I understand. I would say I am feeling you but that just does not sound right.
Your friend is correct the rivet that helps hold the front crossmember brace on does have to be removed when installing a sway bar on a truck that did not come with one.
Thanks for responding back to me. Now I will look for a 85 GMS 2500 front bar. Since I am in Texas, the Land of trucks. Maybe I can locate one cheap.

yeah, try Walmart, lol

ok seriously though it only took a gentle tickle in the vice to expand them ever so slightly just so that we would not muck up the threads trying to force the bolts through the holes, I mean I put pressure on them in the vice by hand until I felt it budge and that's it I stopped, and they expended perfectly

[Blue GMC]

Man looks like you made a heck of a lot of progress while I took a nap or let real life kick me in the teeth for the last 6 months. Keep up the good work can't wait to see the first drive

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Blue GMC

Man looks like you made a heck of a lot of progress while I took a nap or let real life kick me in the teeth for the last 6 months. Keep up the good work can't wait to see the first drive

thank you so much, yeah when I catch a second wind I go like mad, but I also have the 50th birthday to go to [ahem mine] god daughters wedding, daughters HS graduation, etc, and when the lazy hits me (I'm looking at you NFL season, ha ha) I just ground hog it and don't feel guilty at all, just relax and re energize, glad you're back!

[Gregski]

so while the Ken Stablerizer bar is getting painted I ordered an adjustable panhard bar for the butt of the truck as it was pointed out to me that with the truck being lowered (ever so slightly using only lowering coil boinger boingers) still the rear end seems to have shifted to the right aka passenger side 1/2" maybe(ish)

so Classic Parts broom stick to the rescue ($60 bucks plus finders fee, environmental fee, shipping, under coat fee, tax and license)

[8man]

Ken Stabilizer? Seriously? You need to do a poll to see how many know who that is a reference to.

On another note, nice progress on the truck.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

Ken Stabilizer? Seriously? You need to do a poll to see how many know who that is a reference to.

On another note, nice progress on the truck.

hmmmm EXACTLY, funny how [ahem] a Cowboys fan got that, I'm waiting on the Steeler fans to chime in [hint hint people]

[Gregski]

seems like we all are getting along quite nicely on this thread, so time to start a fight

tell me what you think of these BLUE MOOG stablelizer bar bushings, I for one am not a fan, I want my rubber bushings to be made ... well, of rubber, black rubber, not this what ever recycle plastic material these are "PREMIUM MATERIALS -- Made from high-quality natural rubber material for durability and ride performance"

now in their defense the pics did show blue bushings but how many times have you ordered something only for it to arrive and not look like what you ordered

and I didn't spend all this time getting rid of all that purple on this truck to now only install blue stuff, sheeminy shimmies

Thermoplastic ??? don't make me GOOGLE that, cause I will !!!

[8man]

I vote they should be black.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

I vote they should be black.

My Man! I agree, so:

thermoplastic = synthetic

synthetic = imitation

so Imitation Rubber is what that Smurf stuff is !!!

[Gregski]

rig going back together

[Gregski]

couldn't get the rotors mounted cause guess who forgot to buy some bearings?

[Gregski]

the tips of the spindles were buggered up ever so slightly preventing the outer bearings from sliding on freely, nothing a gentle tickle with the cheese grader couldn't take care of

[Gregski]

used an impactor to press the lower control arm ball joints

[Gregski]

so nice to put clean bits back on

[Gregski]

test fitted the 1 1/16" (smaller of the two) stabalizer bar

[Gregski]

and here she is back on her feet - and I couldn't be happier

[yuccales]

Lot of work you've done in a short time. Looking good.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Lot of work you've done in a short time. Looking good.

thanks I definitely had help with the reassembly, and four months later I'm basically back to ground zero with the electric conversion, except on a nice clean canvas, which I love the way it turned out by the way

[Gregski]

So I ran out of the one pound of gloss black Eastwood powder coat to finish the anti swear bar brackets, as well as the brake bracket and it look's like the next bag won't arrive for yet another week: "Delay in delivery due to weather or unexpected circumstances." I just love FedEx

so I decided to work on something else and buy a pan friend bar

man my new buddy and your forum buddy pjmoreland helped me remove the old one with his feet as it was cranked down to infinity and beyond and we installed this one and within minutes adjusted it a few turns and that brought the butt of the truck back on center, so much better already

[Gregski]

Wait till you see what's holding up my rear coil springs! Any guesseses?

[biketopia]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Wait till you see what's holding up my rear coil springs! Any guesseses?

Nerf footballs!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by biketopia

Nerf footballs!

Excellent guess, but no, but here's a clue:

[Gregski]

and you thought door striker plates were only for the doors, silly rabbit

[Gregski]

and texter side off

[Gregski]

and both sides off