LCDC Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 So do you need to cut anything out to make the one peice drivelin work? These carrier bearings are getting hard to find and expensive for new ones, its gonna be mandatory that we all switch to a one piece driveline soon. Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted April 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 didnt work on the truck yesterday had to take the son to the blazer game last night.........but yes i will have to trim the cross member that supports the fuel tank Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 I got a new carrier bearing for $100 locally. Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 yeah the cost to fix was within a few bucks of having one made but i keep seeing people wanting to do this and there are a few that have but none on kc so i said screw it i am going to do it worst case is that i have to hunt down a nd rebuild a stock shaft but at least i and everyone else asking about it will know what will happen...i have been looking into this since i couldnt take the truck to blue lake last year Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 i had to clearance the fuel tank support which needed to be done anyways..i kept hearing this grinding noise after i put a spacer under the carrier bearing turns out that it was hitting the support this is the shaft after i cut away some metal i took the springs off to let the frame sit on the axle...just does touch this is sitting at ride height Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 hmm. wonder if you would have the same problem on a standard cab. since the wheel base is different.?.?.? Quote Link to comment
LCDC Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 that will work great with the low rider, but with a truck being stock height, wouldn't a one peice driveline not clear the top of the carrier bearing support which also houses the ebrake connections. Seems like you would have to build a different crossmember so the drive line could go through it and move the ebrake connections elsewhere. thats what I'm trying to figure out. A buddy had a truck he got where some one had used a bicycle innertube for the carrier bearing. Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 i would not do it on a stock height truck...as for a regular cab denveratsun has a one piece on his truck with no issue Quote Link to comment
LCDC Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 ah, i got it, you could a one peice drive line if you did irs on the back of the truck and kept the pumpkin level with the tranny. but thats so old skewl. 4 link is the way to go these days. some one will figure it out eventually. on my 74 project truck i'm changing locations of the ebrake so it will be in the center between the seats. since i'll have to rework the ebrake stuff anyway i may just be able to see what could be done about that. well, good luck with the driveline. Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted May 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 finished the last side marker today after removing traced hole onto paper and drew the wanted shape then made the shape out of cardboard and traced shape onto a piece of metal then cut the pieces out with tin snips then ground to final shape on bench grinder welded in place and ground down first coating of mud Quote Link to comment
78kingcab Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 sweet side markers and those door mirrors are cool Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 sweet side markers and those door mirrors are cool thank you it took a bit to get used to the mirrors but now i can parallel park with them Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 i bought some front turn signals from kiznook at canby and have been working on putting them in this week...the batts in my camera were dead so i have no pics up to this point Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) i installed for show only shifter last weekend a friend of mine owns a bar and gave me an off the rail tap handle the tap is made from mdf and wont hold up to daily use Edited June 27, 2009 by fastdadd Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 i more or less finished the turn light today just need to do some sanding and filling work Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 this weekend is the stupid "old fashioned festival" week and i live across the street from it so i went to silverfalls for the weekend here are the pics of my truck up there Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 i did the face gauges on my dash a few week ago but i just put it all back together the other night so i took a pic of it today Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted January 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 got around to putting the caps on the 15x5.5 rims i got....started by drilling holes and using bolts for mount tabs next i will get new tires that are just a bit smaller than this and some trim rings Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Crap man that's gonna be pretty rad. Good job on the simple mod. Can't wait to see it finito Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted April 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 well it has been a year since doing the one piece drive shaft...ended up putting degree shims to straighten out the pinon angle and have had no rubbing or any other problems i put new ball joints in a few weeks ago now i am shredding the front tires but an alignment is going to wait till i replace the tie rods ends and drag link i put a under bumper lip spoiler on this weekend..really cleans up the looks...batts are dead in camera so pics to come later Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Woooooo!!! 15" stock looking wheels :D Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted June 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 i am feeling the canby crunch.....there has always been a very little oil leak at the oil pump so when i was changing the oil this weekend i thought that i would try to tighten the bolt that was leaking when i find that is is striped and had gasket sealer holding it on..now it leaks oil alot...i tried to put a helicoil in but that just stripes the threads of the bolt and wont tighten...tomorrow i am going to take the helicoil out and jb weld and retap the hole to fit a new bolt....hope i get it fixed before canby Quote Link to comment
The Dat-side Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Should have waited 10 days to change the oil. I should be good to drive to Wilsonville on the 11th. But if you see me at work come bust me out. Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted June 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 i got the oil leak fixed today hen cleaned it up a bit....nice to have it back on such a nice day Quote Link to comment
78kingcab Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 i got the oil leak fixed today hen cleaned it up a bit....nice to have it back on such a nice day good work, i hate oil leaks, and sweet that you got r done on this nice azz day.... :cool: Quote Link to comment
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