[Project] Living up to my username

[xtucking22s]

Quote: Originally Posted by laydoutjimmy

Id tape up the piece that slides into the trans and into the carrier bearing and where the ujoints go then lay down some nice even coats.....or get a aluminum one and dont worry bout it

ya the U joints is where im worried about, obviously i just wouldnt paint where it goes into the cross member and the tranny. I explored the option of an Aluminum one and the place i talked to said they dont make any driveshatfs with the cardon joints, and a new metal one would be $500 so even if someone out there does make an Aluminum one its going to be like $750 or something and thats only for 1 of the 2 pieces of the driveshaft....ya im gonna paint this one haha

Quote: Originally Posted by 93 S-dime

Control arms look good Adam! I have to say though, I'm a little partial to the red haha. Other than that your truck is coming along nicely. I need some more motivation to go back home and keep working on mine.

blue > red

[XtremeBowtie]

Progress looks good. Always unexpected problems come up. Part of the hobby, I guess.

[laydoutjimmy]

those prices are crazy insane to have a drive shaft made call Keller Truck Parts

410-282-7900 this is the one down around my way i know there is another one up around you, but shit i would drive a hour or so to save like 400 dollars

[xtucking22s]

Quote: Originally Posted by laydoutjimmy

those prices are crazy insane to have a drive shaft made call Keller Truck Parts

410-282-7900 this is the one down around my way i know there is another one up around you, but shit i would drive a hour or so to save like 400 dollars

I talked to Keller and they cant shorten a driveshaft with Cardon joints. Or are you saying keller sells an Aluminum one? Like I said i talked to www.drivehaftshop.com and they said Aluminum cardon jointed drive shafts dont exist. let me know if you know if thats not true, or else Im gonna just shorten my stock one

[stevehh]

They do exist so says my mechanic buddy Vic, I don't know who you talked to. Oh yeah and he says your gonna have one hella of a ride when your done with this project

[xtucking22s]

So I came home today to a suprise, another package from SD!!! i got more blue shit!!!
-upper bag cups
-carrier bearing crossmember replacement(stupid extended cabs grrrr)



(i took this pic just to show the cup sin better light, but with the flash on it makes the color look like a different shade of blue, so the other pics above are what it looks like, this pic is with the flash one and it destroys the image of the true color

Then I spent time prepping for welding the notches in on Saturday(90% we are doing it saturday, might be sunday gotta talk to Keily) But ya I cleaned the hell out of the area to give us a nice clean welding surface. I did the outside of the frame rail 2 weeks ago so it has accumalated a little bit of surface rust, but ill get that off right before we weld the notches in, that will take a second to get off, tonight was about cleaning the inside of the C channel

[xtucking22s]

Quote: Originally Posted by stevehh

They do exist so says my mechanic buddy Vic, I don't know who you talked to. Oh yeah and he says your gonna have one hella of a ride when your done with this project

ok i need to look into this more then. Someone find me a reasonably priced Aluminum driveshaft!!!! And thanks for asking for me Steve, and tell your buddy i said thanks

[stevehh]

no problem dude, were just sitting here chillen drinkin some cuervo, we've both been following your thread since day 1. Im learning alot of shit, makes it that much easier when I decide to bag mine.

[xtucking22s]

awesome man, im glad its helping you. After viewing a couple of entire build threads like this it helped me understand everything A LOT more. I like project threads with tons of pictures, if it wasnt for a year+ of viewing other people's baggin project I would have no clue what I am doing, a year ago I knew nothing about a 5 link, now I know so increibly much more about all this stuff. I learned 99% of this stuff from right here, and there are a handful of guys on here who have been incredibly helpful to me via PMs, talking on AIM, and answering questions in threads, Im so grateful for everyone's help

[stevehh]

Im glad you keep throwin up so many pics of those beautiful blue parts...keep em commin'!

[snakenet]

lookin great bro keep up the good work! i need to get me one of those tranny crossmemebers... might order one from sd tomorrow or pick one up from fbi

[AVdime]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xtreme24

you should seriously re think buying the no notch tie rods. you are going to have a hell of a time finding someone to align your truck. plus they don't look very worthy of daily driving. if you just notched your frame it would cost maybe $30 in materials.

My buddys blazer has these installed, his blazer was the one BLF posted in there deleted thread. He has had these for a few weeks now. And he has been driving the piss outta them. He loves them and ive known this guy a for a while and i trust his judgment when he say he likes something. The allignment shop had no problem giving them an allingment. He lives on possibly one of the worst roads in flint with huge holes that taco rims and eat rockers. and they have held there allignment And he drives his truck everyday to and from work, gym, grocery store, ect. This truck is driven all day.
just my .02

[sonomaguy]

With your driveshaft, could you not get a 1 piece made. My buddy had a 2 piece for his full size truck and he just went out and bought a 1 piece and got rid of the carrier bearing? Just a thought. Oh ya, what did you use to clean your frame. I want to clean and paint mine this weekend and thought I would ask you since yours turned out so clean.

[xtucking22s]

Quote: Originally Posted by sonomaguy

With your driveshaft, could you not get a 1 piece made. My buddy had a 2 piece for his full size truck and he just went out and bought a 1 piece and got rid of the carrier bearing? Just a thought. Oh ya, what did you use to clean your frame. I want to clean and paint mine this weekend and thought I would ask you since yours turned out so clean.

if i get a one piece then im going have to notch th living piss out of the extended cab floor area...as far as I know.

And To clean the frame i used a puddy knife(well its actually an old chisel but basically its a puddy knife), then i used a wire brush and McDonalds Degreaser (I used to work there back in the day and I "borrowed" a gallon of the concentrate and the shit it the best cleaning solution I have ever come across, it will clean anything). thats what i did for the notch area on the inside of the C channel, what i used 2 weeks ago when i started cleaning other parts of the frame was the puddy knife then a flap disk wheel on my 4.5" grinder

[stevehh]

Is that McDonald's stuff similar to Western Adam? I know that shit damn near takes anything off

[xtucking22s]

Im not familiar with "Western". but this stuff is red/pink and works wonders. i dont know what im going to do when my bottle is gone, ive been using the same one gallon concentrate botle for like 4 years now (i mix it in like a 1:10 ratio of water)

[stevehh]

wow that sounds like some real powerful shit

[Chris0nllyn]

too bad your truck wont be ready for the meet....and anyone around the MD area check out the MD thread in the northeast section....theres a meet comin up

[rockinguitar876]

hurry up lol

[Mr Blue]

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

blue > red

[Slammed03]

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

blue > red

i think so too...

[xtucking22s]

So the UPS guy is getting to know my parents really well (im at work when UPS guy comes). 3 days in a row, ive gotten packages :-)
Got the switchbox today, damn this thing is tiny! I love it! its a tad bit bigger then my cell phone! And its Billet, which...obviously....looks so good and will match my interior very well

dont mind my mini bar....i bought 3 of these bottles in Mexico when I was in Cancun a month ago....shit was mad cheap in the airport cuz there are no duty taxes, so....i did what any smart guy would do...STOCK UP

[foxracin23]

lookin good

[Dr. Pepper]

i think we all got a lil capt'n in us. love the stuff...

[ACE2790]

[stevehh]

Cuervo, good choice my friend! Seems we have the same taste in parts and booze! lmao

[xtucking22s]

Allright well I never heard anything from Keily...We had talked about doing it today and everything and I called hiim and PM'ed him last night to double check on the plans and I havent heard from him at all. So now hopefully Eric (username optikal-the one who shaved the rear taillights, tailgate, and did the roll pan and all) is going to come down tomorrow and do the welding for me instead. so thats awesome that he has offered to help me out.
So since welding didnt take place today I didnt wanna waste it so I took care of some more stuff
-replaced the evap canister screws with 3/8" bolts
-drilled holes for and mounted my drag blocks (brian blocks)
-raised the 4 bolt holes for the gas tank 3/4" so i wont drag the gas tank (always a good thing)
-drilled holes for and mounted the train horns. 4 total, 2 on each side. these are the hornblasters train horns
drag blocks:


raised gas tank holes:


train horns:








new stronger bolts for the evap canister:

[genx-treme]

Lookin good Adam..

[Slammed03]

hell yeh..

[Wicked Mayhem]

gonna be clean as hell when done!