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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
game on, say hello to my little friend, it sucks, and that's good!
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
I also swung by Grainger [pronounced: "opposite of Harbor Freight"] and picked up another window for my media blasting cabinet, and oh my god, you can actually see inside that thing, who knew?
so then I went to town blasting everything in sight, no matter how big or small, though I have no idea what I'm going to do with these fender bolts now that they are naked? any ideas / suggestions Last edited by Gregski; 07-16-2022 at 08:44 AM. |
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
remember this drive shaft bracket
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
reserved for pics of powder coated bracket
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
nothing to see here folks, just drive shaft #5
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
media blasted its center support bracket plate thingie
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
I also decided to spreadarize it as it's easier to shorten a drive shaft than to lengthen it, and this will allow me to measurize it more easier and better (we think)
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
this update brought to you by Rock Auto
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and AMAZON ... keeping landfills full of cardboard boxes since 1994
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
big day today, hope to accomplish quite a bit, install brand new steering linkage, and get the radiator core support and inner fenders back on, among 7 million other little things, you know how it goes...
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so with a help of a friend got the steering linkage on, the inner fender, and the radiator core support
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then we took on the Prius power assist steering and decided to graft it into the GM intermediate steering shaft
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this is the side that will connect to the GM manual steering box using the stock rag joint
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here we are re clocking the Prius gizmo
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we also extracted the steering wheel shaft from the upper part that runs to the steering wheel
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then we sliced and diced the north pole, GM just calls this the Intermediate Shaft Coupler
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the GM intermediate shaft coupler married to the Prius upper steering column shaft
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and poked a hole in it to rosie weld it once it slipped on to the native Prius splines
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you are going to need a dance partner for the next part
Step 1. cut a bunch or random pieces that look like this |
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Step 2. welder them all up in any random formation
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mount it to the frame, and back away 50 feet
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enuff already mount the damn thing !!!
alright, alright... mounted it looks great, is strong as hell, and it even turns them wheels |
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the flux capacitor
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The Iron Maiden
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