New C10 Owner - Washington State - 1970 long bed build - Follow along!

[leadfoot067]

it doesnt look to me like the wheel will take a bigger hole, your best bet it remove the axles and have the center machined down..it wont hurt the axles at all..the drums are hubcentric,and your going to lose that,but the ones ive done this to it hasnt been an issue.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

I have to add, that's a beautiful truck.
Whatever you do, it will be worth the time and effort.

I took the liberty of showing you a new shoe in the front. I don't have time to do the rear tonight. But I did smooth out a couple of your dings.
Personally, I'd be happy to run that rig WITH the dings and all.

Here you go. If you want the rear done, too, let me know.

BTW, There are people that would KILL for those rallys.

[MotoPhotog]

THanks guys. Yeah, for sure, everything is a learning process. I learned long ago its 10x better to put the white flag up and ask when theres a problem/issue, vs guessing or acting like you know. I'm 100% open about the learning process.

@mag, wow, cool thank you. The wheels are quite drasticly different and from what I saw when mounting it, though a tight squeeze, I think they might fit.

I should have taken a photo of the truck lowered back down with 1 wheel on. Oh well. These wheels are called "MB Bruisers" 20x8.5 tires are 265/75/20.

Not sure they'll fit the front. Either way, didn't have 2k to drop on new wheels right now. So its going to come along as business flows. As we all know what that's like.

My friend Mark and his father own a machine shop. Maybe they're comfortable turning them down 1/2" or a touch more, to clear.

After a long long long day yesterday, I was in no mood to poke around, remove drum to see if that aluminum "centering" section can be removed.

[Clavo106]

nice truck, great finding one in the sea-tac area with little rust..

[Chucks72Longbed]

The truck is a beaut. Welcome from up north. Love them longbeds. Dirt bikes fit it and you can close the tailgate! Awesome truck.

[leadfoot067]

long studs are a common drag racing part try summit racing,many companys make them..

[graymond1967]

Nice truck. Looks great

Ray

[GASoline71]

Did you buy that truck from a cat named Dean? Truck looks very familiar.

Gary

[88Stanger]

Welcome. Glad to see another Washington state truck here.

[MotoPhotog]

Hi all,

Well, I have an update, and hopefully can help others who have had the same issue. So here we go.

#1 - Wheels wouldn't fit. 3" center hole, 3.5" centering plate on rear hub.

#2 - Purchased 1/2" flat spacers off ebay, for rear. Great. Now rear fits, but doesn't have enough thread for the lugnuts.

#3 - Rear wheel well has much more room, even for a 275 wide tire, so I go back to ebay and purchase 1.5" aluminum spacers (which wrap around original lugs) and now I'm 1.5" out, and it worked fantastic. Front end has discs and power brakes, so no need to alter the front. Good to go, and now I can have the rear wheels out on the fenderwell area, but still keep all 4 corners the same tire size for tire rotations.

#4 - I took my $200 dollar Craigslist find 20's that came off of a 2000 Chevy Tahoe, "MB Bruisers" and I took them to Discount Tire. They wrapped them in 275/45/20 tires. And I was out the door for $638. So my wheels/tires/spacers were a grand total of 630+200+70 = $900. Not cheap, but 900 beats 1500-2500.


Neighbor kid, Mason, 15 years old and loves C10's. I let him drive with me in it, around the parking lot. I should add there is full left and right turning motion, no rubbing, no rubbing with holes or heavy bumps. 275/45/20 seems to be the ticket.



Next up. ditch the family name "squeaky."

[MotoPhotog]

Head over to dads, and we start cleaning all the lubrication fittings on the trucks front end. Couldn't believe how many there were. Each joint took at least 3 full pumps of grease. Some took 5, 1 took 6. DRY!

We get done pumping this baby full of grease, including the steering pitman arm area, and we lower it down only to hear squeaky, say hello, once more... Drats.

Dad looks under the truck, I'm looking from inside the engine bay... and I see what looks to be a 90 degree joint covered in 30 years of gook. I wipe it down, and there she was. The upper upper upper suspension area that bolts to the frame near the left header. We pumped it full of grease, lowered it down and complete silence.

Fixed!

Next up. Replace rear shocks with proper drop shocks, and bed rubber mounts. After that I'll start aligning some panels before the dent pulling process starts.

[Fatherof3]

[MotoPhotog]

^^^

Only slightly....... creepy

[Fatherof3]

Originally Posted by MotoPhotog

^^^

Only slightly....... creepy

Better?

[rattle69]

Looks great! So about the wheels you took off. Wanna make some of that investment back?

[MotoPhotog]

Originally Posted by rattle69

Looks great! So about the wheels you took off. Wanna make some of that investment back?

Thanks much!

The rally wheels I had on it, I sold to a neighbor for $150 bucks.

[rattle69]

Originally Posted by MotoPhotog

Thanks much!

The rally wheels I had on it, I sold to a neighbor for $150 bucks.

Does your neighbor want to sell them for 250😉

[ixei]

So many local folks on here.

Hope to see you around, picking up my first truck this Tuesday.

Keep posting updates!

[mike16]

what defines a "typicall troll"?

Specifically as it relates to peoples social skills on this forum?

[HeloCrewChief]

Welcome neighbor. Looks like a fun build. My newest one is a 1970 K10 I picked up from a fellow member. Looking forward to following along on yours.