Ole Rusty-86 3/4 4WD

[Dudewith4x4]

Lol see mines on 15. lol I wish mine would give me money. Check out my build page man.

[Zoerb]

GMC91- Check out LMC truck. Some guys on here swear by them, some swear at them, but their catalogs are worth it (free).
Also, a Chiltons or Haynes manual is also a good thing to have ($20 or less) and look on Ebay for the Gm Service manual. The last one I got was bout 40 bucks. Definately worth it for the torque specs and what not.

Looking good!!

[GMC91]

I got the chiltons manual for an early Christmas, I got LMC catalog ordered, have no clue when it shall get here. And right now just doing a lot of wire brushing.

[GMC91]

Today I decided to list my TH350 that came out of the truck on craigs list. I dont need this truck to race, or pull or anything, just to drive and cruise. So Im selling the Th350 and gonna get me a 700r built up for it.

[GMC91]

Well this throws a wrench into things. Last night when driving around my DD decided to take a dump on me. Driving home and I heard a loud thud, then the truck didnt want to get up and go, then it didnt go at all. Damn TH350 went out. So now I gotta see if I can take the tail-shaft off the blown TH350 and put it on the TH350 that came outta this truck. And hopefully Ill have a truck agian.

[GMC91]

Alright, well its been awhile since Ive done anything to this truck. Got a new GF that didnt work out(go figure, couldnt handle my love for trucks), my 91 DD took a dump on me then soon as I got it running agian it gets totaled out by another car hitting me. But everything should be settling down now, got me a new car, no GF to worry about, and finally getting my hours back at work. So its back to wire brushing and painting.

[GMC91]

Alright got some done tonight, wore my @ss out lol. Havent worked on this truck in over a month and dove right back in it tonight. Got one side of the front axle apart. Gonna get it all cleaned and painted this week. I also built a little cart thingy to carry my frame around for me since that think is HEAVY.

Here is the axle were it sits, were I work on it in my own little bay.


The side I got apart, Im still debating replacing the universals and what not(or what ever there called), why I got it down this far.


Got this almost ready for paint, sorry my lack of names for parts, I dont know what there called but I know how to put it back together.


This is the littlt cart I built.


And if anyone wants to help me out, you can tell me the names of stuff so I know what to call them.

[GMC91]

Dumb question here, but how in the hell do you get the lower and upper ball joints out. Ive been trying for over 2 hours and cant get them to budge.

[Moody Blues]

some advice for you which will save you time, maybe some money, and allot of aggravation.

1. Try to keep your area organized, and picked up.
2. get a Chiltons or a Haynes manual.
3. This is going to sound crazy but get a notebook and write stuff down, draw diagrams of how stuff came apart. It is easy to forget stuff if you walk away from your project for a couple days, keeping a notebook helps refresh you memory.

Just a little advice take it or not.

[old Rusty C10]

also take pics and store em on the computer they help me more than anything

[GMC91]

I know, I got to get the organization part down, Im a very unorganized kinda person. But I do keep lots of pictures of everything, and I do have the haynes manual. But I dont understand any of it in the manual.

[GMC91]

cleaned my shop today, got some more wire brushing done. Here are some pics. Did more playing then working lol.


My buddy Grant working on the axle.


Me just being me, Grant bet me I couldnt pick it up over my head. Well I did hahaha.

[Chevy623]

Looking good. Your doing a great job.

Also, that front bumper was kinda scary haha, looks like something that might have fit in with the movie "death race".

[GMC91]

Havent been able to do much, Im out of thinner for the chassis saver and I aint got paid yet. But I did manage to paint the top half of the axle and I got the u-joints out of the axle shafts.

Can anyone tell me exactly what I will need to put the front end back together? I know I need new tie-rods, ball joints, wheel seals, and new u-joints, but what else?

[oldblue1968chevy]

cool build dont know ya cause im from 67-72 side lol im 17.5 here and in 11th grade north of ya in TN

what paint did ya use on theframe? looks good so wat ya drivin to school now?

[GMC91]

Im using chassis saver on the frame and everything else Im painting black. Some parts will be silver just to set it off. And now I drive a 98 firebird t-top v-6 to school. I do miss the hell outta my truck though. Mostly cause Im tired of my knees hitting the steering wheel.

[GMC91]

Made a little bit of progress tonight, sand blasted, primed, and painted my steering knuckles( think thats what there callled). Anyway here some pics.

[GMC91]

Got a lot done last night, pulled an all nighter too. Not tired but my back does hurt. Anyway, I sand-blasted, cleaned, and primed my trans cross-member, and the front axle shafts.

Here they are after I wiped them down. Getting ready to prime them.




Here they are after the I primed the top. I still gotta flip them and do the bottom.




And here is what I look like after last night.

[GMC91]

Does anyone have a nice exploded view of the GM 10 bolt front axle? I got a Chiltons manual but I dont understand any of the terms in it. I would like to see a diagram of the axle so I can learn the names of everything. If anyone can help me out with this, I would muchly appriciate it.

Also, here are what the axles look like after I sprayed them semi-gloss black. Turned out pretty good considering they were covered about a inch in grease and mud.

[bm*]

my tip of the day...hang the parts by a coat hanger to spray them.....just my 2 cents, keep up the work

[GMC91]

Well, just went and talked to a friend of mine. Im getting a whole front clip, hood, both doors, and a tail-gate for free. They only have little knuckle dints in them. Im excited for the new parts.

[GMC91]

Just ordered me another sandblaster. The one I had, it wasnt very good to say the least. I also traded my dad my old Edlebrock carb, so when he gets paid, he his buying me all the stuff I need to put one side of the axle together.

[GMC91]

OK, as said my dad bought me the parts. Now I got the lower ball joint in tonight after work. But I did find out that my snap ring pliers aint big enough to open the snap ring wide enough to go over the ball joint. So now Im at a stand still till I can get me a set of pliers. Sucks being 17 and having to start buying all your own tools. Oh well, better start collecting now.

[Adams74Chevy]

Originally Posted by GMC91

...Sucks being 17 and having to start buying all your own tools. Oh well, better start collecting now.

One source for decent tools at a decent prices sometimes are estate and farm auctions. Depending on the crowd and the items you can sometimes walk away with some tools for just a few bucks.

[GMC91]

Alright, depsite this past weekends events, I did make some progress on the axle. I got it painted and done and just needs to be re-asembled. I got the ball joints pressed in, just aint got around to putting the steering knuckles on. I also got the universals back into the axle shafts. Well here are some pics of the axle.


This is the axle before paint. Just bare metal in most places.


After the frist close fo Chasis Saver.


Just a close up on how smooth it went.


Then, after the Chasis Saver dried for the past two days, I painted it gloss black for some shine.

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Also this past week, I went and picked up a free tailgate for my truck.