Recent content by keeph8n

Most likely my next plan of action things will be weatherstripping on the doors, tailgate, and top along with a full rebuild on the tailgate. Then it’s pure go fast stuff.

Was able to get the passenger rear axle out and inspected. As we thought, the shaft was shot and the bearing was toast too. Also looks like a bit of wear on the housing, so we put the repair bearing in it to make up for any slack along with the new Yukon axle. Fresh fluid and spicer gasket as...

Thanks! Indiana for me. Planning to move to the AZ/NV/CA area, but not sure how quickly that’ll happen. Means Silver Lake up in Michigan will be home to this truck for awhile. Yes planning on doing glass front and rear. Was looking at McQueen, but saw a few people here have issues with the QC...

So we got home with the truck this past Saturday and Monday I set it up to get some tires. Just a temporary thing while I get parts stacked for this for the build. Noticed while driving it, the truck has a decent growl that my friend and I believe is coming from a rear axle bearing. So I...

Love the look of that, but one question and excuse my ignorance. Could you have moved the bottom him up to come out of the body like the top one for a bit more ground clearance, or not that much of a concern being there are more likely things to get tagged before a swing out?

Well I’ve lurked here for long enough, and was a lurker on Race Dezert and DezertRangers for years, figure it’s time to make a thread on this truck and my progress? Being located in the Midwest, I’ve usually built lowered trucks, big lifted mud trucks, and the occasional rock crawler. My...