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You should save this on a word document so you can just cut and paste it into people's threads. All you'd have to do is change the term "drivetrain" out for "fuel filter" or "stater relay" or "glow plug resistor" etc. It could save you a lot of time.That is why I just keep all mine stock. I don't need to rethink any of the engineering that went into the original drive train design. And everything works as planned. Millions of dollars were spent designing these vehicles and for the most part it was well spent and the design was flaw less. Add a few dollars worth of modifications and that throws the million dollar design into the dumpster. That is my opinion on this. I seen a lot of nice trucks go down in value because of lift kits and exhaust modifications. Also with the ever changing vehicle code laws. The cops love to single out easy targets to cite for vague vehicle code laws. My sons M1028 is proof that I never want a lift kit. He works on it more then he drives it and is always being ticketed for something that deals with height and tire size. Not this guy.
Just my two cents. But I agree with cucvrus. Time after time over the years I have had guys with all kinds of 4x4's bring there trucks in cause the have probelms after doing a lift. I for one have never done one on any of my trucks and never will. My 1028A1 is as stock as they come and drives just fine. Along with all the Chevy trucks I'v had over the years.That is why I just keep all mine stock. I don't need to rethink any of the engineering that went into the original drive train design. And everything works as planned. Millions of dollars were spent designing these vehicles and for the most part it was well spent and the design was flaw less. Add a few dollars worth of modifications and that throws the million dollar design into the dumpster. That is my opinion on this. I seen a lot of nice trucks go down in value because of lift kits and exhaust modifications. Also with the ever changing vehicle code laws. The cops love to single out easy targets to cite for vague vehicle code laws. My sons M1028 is proof that I never want a lift kit. He works on it more then he drives it and is always being ticketed for something that deals with height and tire size. Not this guy.
different tools for different jobs. Will your truck do this :My 1028A1 is as stock as they come and drives just fine. Along with all the Chevy trucks I'v had over the years.
Brian G.
You cant be serious LOLI go everywhere in a stock M1009 that big lifted trucks go. The only place I don't go is thru really deep water. And the lift don't help that much anyway. The axles are still only a few inches higher then stock. If you had portal axles or independent suspension I might buy into that. But the lift kit is only an appearance thing. Besides the state inspection laws are constantly changing against suspension and tire size modifications. I had a 1942 GPW that would wheel just about anywhere. It was all stock. Wish I would have kept it but that was 35 years ago and I know a military vehicle collector has it now and it is better off then me having it back then. A lift does not change the wheeling capability that much. Sell that somewhere else. 40 years in the garage I have seen the horror of poor modifications and big tires gone bad. All I ever hear is how junk these 10 bolt GM rears are. I never had an issue with them. Everything has a breaking point.