1964 C10 build

[Sickfast1964]

Originally Posted by Shady Rascal

I didn't want to be a dick and mention it when you posted that picture on the first page. Roll the upper shafts 180 degrees and put the convex square shim inside. The nut should go directly against the flat side of the shaft.

Also, your upper ball joint bolts are installed wrong. The bolt head goes on the underside and the nut goes on top. The reason why is when you fully grease the balljoints, the boots will swell and tend to rub on the sharp threads of the bolt sticking out of the nut if you install them the way you have. That's also why the bolts have lo-profile heads rather than normal tall heads. Most manufacturers of ball joints put a little instruction sheet in the box (which no one reads) that explains this.

Correct on the upper arms. And I had never heard that before on the ball joinfs. Thanks for the information. I will address this asap.

[Sickfast1964]

We have glass and tail lights. Yay !!!

[The1960APE]

Originally Posted by Sickfast1964

We have glass and tail lights. Yay !!!

Looking good, I was pretty excited to have glass in myself!

[Sickfast1964]

Ya, not sure why this was such a turning point, but it was like a hill I had topped and was now on the other side. Now to finish wiring .... Yuck !!!

[Sickfast1964]

Got the rear lights in. Cant afford the real backup lights, so I cheated.

[Sickfast1964]

A quick look at the bed

[Sickfast1964]

I put the dash in for the final time. Like the wiper knob.

[Sickfast1964]

Took it to the alignment shop on Saturday. all looked good. The guy put too much camber in it. I will take it back once its on the road.

[aggie91]

How much camber did he put in the front?

[Sickfast1964]

Originally Posted by aggie91

How much camber did he put in the front?

It had about .5-.6 degrees of positive camber. Tires tilted in at top too much