The Great Critter Revival ‘09

[Critter]

Originally Posted by 1985-GMC

I was just messing with ya, ive been slacking on my truck lately.

Would you be interested in a big hub D44? I know someone who might let one go.

I knew you were just messing around, but unfortunately you were right!

At this point I am interested in anything with 8 lugs. You aren't talking about Dan out by the Canyon Damn are you?

[1985-GMC]

Actually yes I am. I guess you've bought parts from him before?

[Critter]

Nope, never heard of the guy!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Yeah I bought a 95-98 console from him back in august. He has the motherload of axles that I need but last time I asked (2 months ago) he didn't want to part with any of them. Has something changed that I should know about? Is he tired of tripping over them and wants to give some away???
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[Critter]

Ha, just realized I spelled "dam" d-a-m-n.
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[1985-GMC]

Well he has three of those things so I figured he might let one of them go, he might even trade for your 6 lugger?

[thor]

Dana 60

[Critter]

I know, I know. I really don't have any use for it though. I plan to run 35s with light trail driving being the roughest I would take it through. The rest would be pavement. BUT as hard of a time as I'm having finding 8 lug D44/corp10 stuff, maybe I will just bite the bullet and get a d60. Heck, they are out there everywhere...they just have a 4 digit price tag attached to them.

[thor]

Originally Posted by Critter

I know, I know. I really don't have any use for it though. I plan to run 35s with light trail driving being the roughest I would take it through. The rest would be pavement. BUT as hard of a time as I'm having finding 8 lug D44/corp10 stuff, maybe I will just bite the bullet and get a d60. Heck, they are out there everywhere...they just have a 4 digit price tag attached to them.

I know. Just havin' fun. Everybody says you have to have a Dana 60 up front. But if you're only doing light wheelin', then I say rock the Dana 44. Here's an very complete article about swapping from 6 lugs to 8 lugs. Hope it helps!

http://coloradok5.com/8lugconversion.shtml

[1985-GMC]

Here you go: http://austin.craigslist.org/pts/2717192967.html

[Critter]

Sure! Get lucky and find the CL add that was placed TODAY and make me feel dumb!

All kidding aside, thanks, I'm gonna call them this afternoon.

[mcmlxix]

Well its been almost a year ... any progress?

[Critter]

Not really. Since July 2010 my wife and I (well, really it was mostly her) had a son and a just recently a daughter. Plus I started a business earlier this year so the Blazer has been somewhat put on the back burner.

BUT, I did buy this a few months ago. It is something to work on here and there but still keep in one piece. I realized the Blazer needs A LOT of attention to the body and I just don't have the time or skills right now to really devote to it. The good news is it and all its drivetrain swap parts and perfect sheet metal is tucked away in the dry garage waiting to go. In the mean time I am always on the lookout for the remaining parts it will need, most importantly a front D60 or at least 8 lug D44 components.

After thinking about it, I guess I have made some progress to the blazer, the motor is going up to my shop to get the 6.0s computer and wiring harness work taken care of. Hopefully I will be able to run it on the engine dyno pretty soon. Got to grab a TAC module first, didn't get that with the drop out engine for some reason.