1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

you want to cover my time off this year? im thinking i'll have no vacation time left by june at this rate.. im having to use vacation time to makeup for 15-20 hour weeks.

 

Had the Duramax aligned. I ended up setting the camber right on but she told me to check my eyeballs. Toe was 2-4 deg off each side

 

Talking about Christmas Eve

 

#foreverbroken

 

You get vacation? I'm not even accruing any more

 

Why do you think I'm getting a CEL tattoo

 

That really, really sucks that you are in that situation


Hopefully the slack pics up again Soon

 

If I can keep my job and start the SAS it will be an ongoing condition

 

Yea what a freeloader

 

Wat

 

A good number of us were going to meet up at Hollister Hills.

Only Ryan and I went

 

I thought you were talking Moab

 

So, there were 2 issues... One, Alcan sent me the wrong size U bolts, they were too wide. I sent them the specs for the OME ones off their website so they should have been identical to my old ones, which was weird. So I had to reuse my old u-bolts. No big deal I'll just order new ones and replace them soon.

Second issue is it looks like the Alcans moved my axle back pretty far just like they did to Dan's truck in his build thread (turbodb).



It looks like I'm going to rub the back of the fender when I stuff them, or at least be super close to it. Gonna have to ask Alcan about that or possibly get relocation plates.

The good news though, these springs ride WAYY better than the Expos, are dead silent, and on the freeway ride home I had zero driveline vibes so I think the shims worked out great

Also they don't sag at all with all my tools in the back like the Expos did



Only thing I'm concerned about is that rear fender rub but I'll have to take it out and see if it does or not

 

Well atleast none of those issues are something you weren’t warned about.
I’d just ask them to make another top leaf like they did for dan.

 

hmm and that brought the axle forward?

I mean the wrong size u-bolts wasn't expected lol, but luckily my old ones still fit fine even with the shims on there.

 

Yea, I’d rather have that then a relocation plate

 

@Empty_Lord

next time you’re around your Frame could maybe snap some pictures of the C channel at the back with a measuring tape held up to it

 

yea, i'll get some photos later today. what exactly you need measured?

 

Just the very end where the bumper bolts up. I can’t remember exactly what it looks like, do the bumper mount leg things go on the inside or outside of the frame?

 

Outside.