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Rear brake shoes. Looking into rear disc conversion

Finally finished it. Took it on a 2 day camping trip. Lots of fun driving through about 20 miles of rugged terrain filled with steep climbs and many a mud hole.

Realized that my front driveshaft was shot. Slip joint is shot. Pulled the shaft off today so i can rebuild it.

Everything else seems tight. Real tight! I replaced all of the balljoints ang bearing when I did the swap.

What was happening was that the steering wheel had too much play. I had to turn the wheel a quater turn before the wheels moved. Screwing the sector shaft bolt on the box adjusted the ring gear to engage with less play. Lifting the truck pulled the gears in the box away from eachother just...

The wheels are aftermarket 16.5's.....crager I think. After a little more digging online, I adjusted the sector shaft bolt on the steering box and it helped out ALOT! It's now drivable. Still needs attention but it's much better. Now it just feels like it's a tad out of allignment.

It handled great before the axle swap. Before the swap, I was running 33's though....now there are 37's on it. The frame is fine. The toe? No, I didn't check. Don't know what to look for.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I was hoping that I could get away without having to buy the crossover steering kit.....at least for awhile while I saved up the money.

Hey guys. Hoping I can get some help here. I just got my truck back on the road (an m1008 clone. it was an 84 K10. I bought a used set of m1008 axles of an 86 CUCV). The problem is that it wanders like crazy. Steering feels waaayyyyy too loose and sloppy. Everything looks tight. I have...

Went outside and took these pics. That's all I did today. Almost completed. I may feel almost sad when it's finished.

Cut out some rot on the tailgait and welded in fresh sheet metal. Tomorrow's bondo and paint of the tailgait should be the last bit of body work that I'll have to do.

Routed and wired up the headlights, ran the wires for the new gauges, more body work, some interior work......then took her for the 1st test drive since the rebuild.

Nothing...I took the day off. But I did go out to admire her a few times.

Bled the brakes and did more body work. 2 chores that I hate.

Welcome from Sterling, Ct