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so new smaller tires showed up today so I got them mounted up and installed on the front and that seemed to have fixed the rubbing issue on the driver side only but the passenger side still dragged over the speed bumps but only at higher speeds
so I decided to trim about a foot off the front fender antler bracket and hammer flatter the wheel well ridge thingie and that finally did the trick, now I need to put a gentle bend in the cut off fender bracket and extend it a couple inches Last edited by Gregski; 04-15-2021 at 01:24 AM. |
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haha, can't hit nothing if nothing is there to hit!
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On my last few builds I always removed that brace and also rolled the fender edges. These were a must running 20" wheels and a decent sized tire not to mention on bagged truck. I never seen any issued not running those braces.
Nice fix Marc
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Were you tires marked with "Prop 65?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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hey bud I really appreciate this type of feedback I was wondering which way to go on these, I notice the fender now flops and rattles in the front because I don't have the grille on her yet, but once that goes on it should pull it in nice and tight, I still may fandangle that bracket a little bit and weld it back on
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aint that rights?! now come over please and help me find that annoying squeak coming somewhere, exactly, specifically in the TRUCK, ha ha that's as far as we've narrowed it down
seriously though it's coming from the front and only when we are driving, that or when we try to jack up the front end up from the front with the jack right under the engine crossmember, something will squeak for the first 2 to 3 pumps of the jack as we take the stress off the suspension then no more squeaking the rest of the way up, and I've re greased both the upper and lower ball joints on both sides again last night and still no dice! we can also recreate the noise, with the wheels on the ground by rocking the top of the cab with our hands above the doors, it honestly sounds like two teenagers in a drive in should we start removing parts until the noise goes away, or until there's nothing left, ha ha |
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alright, so now with the smaller tires and the "trimmed" antler I'm thinking about pushing my luck and removing these knuckles out of the front coil springs!?
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well this puts a guy in a better Moog
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got some important stuff done did today
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Safety Third... let's see how many of you will get that? ha ha
of course we only did one side, and won't get back to it for six months and we shrimp wrapped that sucker Last edited by Gregski; 04-20-2021 at 03:41 PM. |
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Quote:
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time to go fishing
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we got one in a beautiful 1993 GMC Sierra 1500 in a fully reclined position no less
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I prefer the ones like this one which came out of a 1991 Chevrolet GMT 400 K2500
note the full base without the notch for the handle like the one above, that's the good stuff right here and since it has a tear it is a good reupholster in black pleather candidate to boot |
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did I mention these seats were only $15 bucks, and this one came equiped with a "gold" handle
I think this one came with no Ace of Base but we found a matching base bracket on a different style seat later on in the day and snatched that |
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I also scored this center console cup holder thingie out of a 2005 Pontiac Montana and let me tell you it weighs 712 lbs it is not all plastic by any means
lemme tell you it is covered in some funky stuff, these people knew how to party, but it ought to should clean up real nice and fill that gap between them buckets |
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and the new (old) proper length Pitman Arm arrived today off of eBay
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Great deal on seats! Wish we had them around here.
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please check out the Vehicle Search on Row52.com maybe you will find something close by, and I may be letting some of mine go as I have three sets I think now
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Thank you sir. I see some screen time in my future.
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so the Jumagee cleaned up nice
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I should be chasing those front suspension squeaks, I know that, you know that, we all know that, alright!? ha ha
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