Sluggo: The 4 banger build

Hey! Since you're here...i was thinking and started making my chevy shopping list. i can get everything from low range and am pretty sure it is cheaper to buy everything individually vs getting the kit.

Front Hangers-30
Creeper Joints-89
U bolt flip kit-55
6" shackles-28
2 18mm bolts and nuts-20
4 9/16th bolts w/washers & nuts-15
Bushings-16
shock tabs-34

total comes to 287, vs the swap kit which is 200 by itself, and doesent have the creeper joints or shock tabs

 

Ear buds are horrible for killing off hearing.

One of our generations down falls.

You probably just don't notice, but even i know my stereo in Frank fucked up my hearing a bit. My right ear can not hear upper frequencies nearly as good as my left.

But i have trained to hear that kinda shit. You not so much.

I promise you that blasting your stereo is hurting your ears, little by little. It'll all add up and you'll be deafer then a door before your 35 if you keep it up at the pace you go.

 

Ear drum saftey: this was a public service announcement in your local 1st gen build thread lol

 

Sluggo the shitbox. Now only capable of 72. But damn it'll wheel better than your ford.

 

ftfy


i cant wait to get the chevies on this pig and show all the jeep guys wtf is up.

they were impressed with the taco last run I went on, and it wasnt even in the rocks lol!

 

Lolol. Even better. Also. I haz a few questions and Ideas.

 

i have a phone.....

 

Haha now if only your front suspension could keep up...

 

no kidding right



also, i have come up with my plan for the shock relocation. im scrapping dealing with boxing the whole frame btw

im going to take some 3/16th and box the portion of the frame where the shock crossbar will go, make it out of some square tube, then get some round stock and weld it through the square tubing and tap it and make a shock mount exactly like the factory ones and use the factory bolts and lower mount hardware.

 

Chevy leafs are in!

Also got my state and federal return checks, time to order parts.

 

Nice! Make sure you get your upper mount as high as you can especially with the 14's

 

For sure. Ill put that thing through the bed lol

 

ordered front hangers, creeper joints, new shackles, shock tabs and new bushings for the truck.

i need to get some 9/16th bolts and other misc crap, but no biggie, then clean up the leafs and I should be good to

the rest of my LED lights should be arriving in the next week so i can get all of those wired up too

 

removed old chevy bushings....went a lot smoother than I thought! when I did this with my taco leafs it was the biggest nightmare!

pro tip: take the leafs off the truck if anyone is doing this in the future (so you can drill down and not across).


easiest and quickest way to do this: Get a drill. and a bit juuust small enough to fit in between the sleeve wrap. then just drill down, wiggle the bit around drill another hole and do this all the way around the sleeve. once you thoroughly drill out the bushing the rubber should just fall away from the outer sleeve with the inner sleeve as well


easiest way to remove the outer sleeve. i got a cut off wheel, and cut the sleeve where there is a gap in the leaf wrap. this let the sleeve move while I pounded the sleeve and broke its rusty bonds away from the leaf. after pounding and prying all the way around it should almost drop out on its own



boom. pile of bushing and now I have some clean leaves ready for some poly bushings


sanding and painting the leaves are next

 

Decided to go with the creepers eh?

 

yes sir. do it once, do it right. if im keeping the rear the same like I plan to for the next 3 years realistically then i just want to get the most out of it and not worry about bushings as much.

everything is ordered and hopefully i will get the swap all done in the next month.

 

Just so you know the creeper joints wear out too, same as bushings. It's not a "do it once and it's done forever" mod. The nylon in the joints will wear out, the balls themselves can corrode and need to be replaced. All of those things are more expensive and take more time to replace than a set of poly bushings.

The joints are cool, and they should last longer than bushings. As long as you're aware that you'll end up replacing them at some point.

 

leave a can of teflon lubrication spray in your truck too. They will be noisy.

 

good to know, ill look up on maintenance/repair for them.

just one more musician in the symphony of noises that is my truck.

 

You gonna be anywhere near wyo this summer? I would be ok with a drag race now.