67-72 K10/20 owners, please read.

[Senator350]

hey guys... i post much more often on pirate 4X, but i do some very cool mods, that i think a lot of guys on this board would appreciate.

things like 52" front spring swap, 1 ton axle swap, larger front upper shackle hangers, firewall modifications...

but, i'm not the most dilligent at taking pictures throughout my progress. i especially suck at taking pictures right at the begining, when i'm just unbolting things and drilling out rivets.

SOOO... if anyone has pictures of the following things, i'd really appreciate it if you could Email them to me at senatorfrisky@excite.com or just post 'em up here.

pics should all be of 67-72 K10/20

- outside pics of frame-rails from the body mount forward. please have as little bolted on as possible. (it would be great if the shock and shackle was out of the way) close-ups of the shock mount, and shackle bushing assembly would be appreciated.

- any and all angles of the front spring hanger. i especially need to see the rivets that attach it to the rad support bracket and the frame. (also would be excellent if the spring was out of the way)

- i'll update this list as i complete sections of the write-up, and of course i'll post detailed descriptions of the modifications with pics included, for you guys to sticky, or do what you want with...


thanks much,
-ian

[vtblazer]

Show us some pics of what you do, have done, a finished product pic is fine.

[timcos]

What is Pirate 4x?

[qksilver]

How's your rebuild coming. I sold the bike for 7200 and banked it. Now in process of trying something with a 83 3/4 6.2 and a 68 burb

[Yukon Jack]

I will post some pics on Monday from my office computer. I have lots of pics when I had my truck's body off.

[Senator350]

i'm in the middle of my build right now, so finished product pictures (and really... when is the truck ever FINISHED?!?!?) will be a while off still.

i'm in the middle of a 2" drop spring hanger, 52" spring swap, larger FUSH (Front Upper Shackle Hanger), 7.25" Shackles... all greasable and polyurethane... oh and ford shock towers for a 14" travel rancho shocks.

that will shore up the front suspension. which will sit firmly on a Dana HP60 front axle pushed 1.5" forward with a zero-rate.

rear suspension will be a shackle flip, revolver shackles, 63" spring swap.
rear axle is a Dana HD70

then a diesel, then a 4L80E, then 44"s.
do you guys want me to post a build thread on this site too?

[vtblazer]

Absolutely.

[Senator350]

Originally Posted by timcos

What is Pirate 4x?

pirate4x4.com it is a website.
with forums.
where people make newbies cry for asking dumb questions..

basically, if you don't know how to calculate a 4 link suspension, you're just going to get a hard time. and the members aren't shy about letting people have a piece of their mind.

it's for the hardcore rockcrawling guys

[Senator350]

Originally Posted by vtblazer

Absolutely.

well... let's get those pictures then!!
i really need them to visually explain the process of each modification. granted, it is my fault i don't have any...

[Senator350]

Originally Posted by qksilver

How's your rebuild coming. I sold the bike for 7200 and banked it. Now in process of trying something with a 83 3/4 6.2 and a 68 burb

god that was a beautiful bike! i just bought a honda bike. an '01 Erion racing CBR929 RR. it's nice, but not nearly as refined as the XX.

what are you thinking for the burb? lift or lower? diesel tow rig or tough-truck?
oh the options

[krue]

It's the opposite of this place, other than the info to be found.

[Yukon Jack]

Here is a link to various pics I have from when I had my truck apart. Unfortunately I don't think the pics will be very helpful. I left the pics large so there would be as much detail as possible.

My truck has a bodylift at this point so I can probably get you some better pics now that I know what your are needing.

I will try to take some specific frame shots in the next few days and get them posted.

[Yukon Jack]

I added alot of pics I took this morning in the above link. The new pics start out frame01.jpg and there are like 25 or so new pics. Let me know if they are helpful or if there is something else you need better pics of.

[trkklr77]

Originally Posted by timcos

What is Pirate 4x?

the greatest site ever!!!!!! pirate has insanely wider and more diverse group of people and can help you with ANYTHING!! as long as you arent a jerk ass about it.






oh, and it is the origin of the great "wenzle" and all hell breaks lose on spamers and newbies who get mouthy. its fun and you dont have to be nice.

[Senator350]

Originally Posted by trkklr77

the greatest site ever!!!!!! pirate has insanely wider and more diverse group of people and can help you with ANYTHING!! as long as you arent a jerk ass about it.


oh, and it is the origin of the great "wenzle" and all hell breaks lose on spamers and newbies who get mouthy. its fun and you dont have to be nice.

if you are going to sing the praises of pirate, you better at least warn people to keep simple questions to the NEWB section and read every article in the tech section before they ask a stupid question. people come to pirate because the average pirate member knows A LOT. but we get annoyed with people asking the same newb questions over and over in our hard-core-tech forums.

just something to think about before you send the lambs to their slaughter

[wolfthing2000]

Pirate 4x4 to me is a rude group. Causing lotsa trouble on said trail Rubicon and ruining it for others.

[trkklr77]

Originally Posted by wolfthing2000

Pirate 4x4 to me is a rude group. Causing lotsa trouble on said trail Rubicon and ruining it for others.

thats right

they never do the largest organized trail cleanups for the last 6 years running.
they dont voulenteer as trail patrols to help keep people in line.
they dont ever hold annual trail fund raisers to keep it open.
they dont expect every one to clean up there own fawking mess.
they dont ever do orginized trail vehicle resuces.

theyre just a bunch of rude a$$hats

[vtblazer]

Fair Warning:
This isn't Pirates and threads running in the direction this one is going get closed.

[wolfthing2000]

I agree. We do not need any of the activity or words they use to start up on this forum...............please!!!!!

Their format is not anything at all like ours and even the mention of it here is disturbing.

[krue]

As I said earlier, attitude wise they are the opposite of the guys here. And it's gonna stay that way. If you wanna be rude, do it somewhere else. vtblazer is right about another thing, pissing matches will be closed.

[krue]

Here's an example of the difference between pirate and here. This would NEVER happen over there. If you like their attitude better, fine, but don't bring it here.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=215250

[Senator350]

i'm not too worried if this thread gets closed.

yukon provided EXACTLY what i was looking for.
thanks a ton, brother!

i'll get around to organizing a couple write-ups this week... but this damn weather is so nice i jus HAVE to be outside working in the yard or on my truck!

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by Senator350

i'll get around to organizing a couple write-ups this week.

Looking forward to seeing what your doing.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Write ups are cool...