Before and after sandblasting the front axles

 

got all my axles blasted and painted

 

those axles look great after paint... now get them under the truck

 

Ya i am working on it. Waiting to get the frame blasted and painted. The place i am doing it at has been really busy so they havent been able to do it. but hopefully some time in the next two weeks.

 

Finally got the frame blasted and painted. i will get better pictures next weekend.













And my new coils


Sorry if there is to many pics

 

nice dude looks great

 

Thanks Man!

 

This is going to be a fantastic build!

 

I got some 63 in. Chevy leaf springs and got them blasted. i will be getting them painted soon. other then that i havent been able to do too much besides cleaning transmission and transfer case parts. i have just about all that painted and almost together.

 

I had gotten a NP435 transmission rebuild kit and had taken my transmission all apart. i managed to keep everything in the right order except one piece. Can anyone please tell me what this is and where is goes. all the diagrams i find on the internet dont have good enough pictures and i dont know the name of the part. so if you can tell me what it is or where it goes that would be great. Thanks!

 

looking good! nice progress. and dont worry about the pics. the more the better!

 

Transmission and transfer case pretty much put all back together.

 

Anything as of yet?

Can't wait to see this thing done.

 

im looking forward to seeing this one completed

 

Sorry guys i havent gotten a whole lot done. I have had to wait on getting parts that i need to continue the rebuild. What i have gotten done is my leaf spring painted and put back together. Also i have my front leaf hanger repositions and all bolted up. I am currently waiting on my leaf spring bushings so i can put the leaf springs on. Once i get these on i need to measure the correct distance for where the leaf springs sit on the axle and then cut them off and re-weld them with the correct distance. Once i get those welded back on i will be sending them off to get them rebuilt with new seals and bearings and the correct spacers for the different gears i will be putting in them. I am also trying to get tubing to extend my radius arms and get some plate cut out to strengthen them up. Once again sorry the process is so slow. I wish i could get it done faster.

 

I was thinking i might buy a new cab if i find a good deal for one. Will an extended cab fit on a regular cab frame?

 

you'd have to cut into the floor of the extended cab. there is a raised portion of the frame for the bed and you have to compensate for that. it happens closer to the front of the frame on a reg cab since they are shorter.
i've seen it done in another thread (maybe from another site) so i can't give a link to it.sorry i forget where i saw it. i do remember seeing pics of that guy cutting the floor out at the rear of the cab.

 

Alright, it sounds like i will stick with my regular cab. Thanks for the info.

 

I finally got to do some more work on my truck this weekend. sorry its been so long since my last update. Here's what i have gotten done. Friday i got to go and beef up my radius arms. I designed some plates that would fit with profile of the arm and extend back and tie into the extensions.











Friday night i rebuilt my rear brakes for my ford 9 in. and then Saturday morning i was able to put my extended shackles on to complete my 64 in. leaf spring shackle flip. Also i was able to measure the correct distance between the leaf springs in order to relocate the leaf spring mounting pads on my axle.











If you happen to see something wrong with this setup please inform me. Thanks.

 

Looks so good!

 

Thanks!

 

plz tell me you are using all grade 8 hardware on your suspension parts

 

Well the bolt are the original so i dont know if they were grade 8 or not. and the nuts i bought are grade 8 so i beleive its all good.

 

This weekend i got my axle leaf spring mounts moved in to the correct width along with getting my radius arms blasted so they should be painted this next week. I also got some pictures taken of my bumper which is now painted and a few tires i picked up.

 

If you cant tell... I cant afford to buy new tires... these will do for now