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Old 03-20-2014, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by corbo1962
Test trail drive went well. The steering is great, no slop. Very Pleased with the Redhead steering gearbox








Looks bad@$$!! Redhead works good eh? Ill probably upgrade to one of those down the road eventually Your truck is pretty well everything I want to do to mine :-P
 
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Old 03-20-2014, 09:09 PM
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Hey You, Thanks for the tip on Redhead! The truck didn't scrape or touch, I thought it would and was surprised that it cleared with 2 inches to spare


Tincan, There are two options on gearboxes, 15:1 three turn and 18:1 four turn. They were going to send me the three turn for my half ton, but when I explained that I was running 37's and 1ton axles, they said the 4turn would be better. I believe the stock gearbox had three turn. It steers great going down the road and I've had it up to 60MPH. It's a little slower on the turn because of the slower ratio but its really not noticeable. I think because of the slow ratio, it turns with more power to the wheels. I am very pleased with it. Thanks for the compliments on the camo job, it does get attention on the road from all ages and both sexes.


Johnn123, Thanks, You will never regret the axle swap. I went with 5.13 gears and with the 37's, I feel the power is very well matched and have better than stock power. My speedometer is spot on and at 65MPH I'm turning around 2500rpms. When I was running 35's and put in 4.56 gears, they were alright, but the power was a little less than stock power.
 
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Old 03-20-2014, 09:26 PM
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I have always loved your wheels corbo.

And yes axle swaps are the best overall upgrade for your truck.
 
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Old 03-20-2014, 11:36 PM
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But I already have 60's front and rear.......
 
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Old 03-21-2014, 12:04 AM
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Corbo, thanks again 15:1 three turn for the 98. K.
 
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got the grill and front/back bumpers painted flat black new smoked headlight lenses and fog lights put in with a blue HID kit also got the bed painted flat white waiting on the new doors to show up to paint the rest also got the black background LED tails on and the new white gauge cluster in ive got a picture of it at night
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10628262@N00/
 
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Old 03-21-2014, 04:08 AM
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^ Looking good Shawn. K.
 
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Old 03-21-2014, 11:44 AM
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Thanks Ham Bone.
I hope that info helped you Tincan on making your decision.
I got my Staun ii internal beadlocks in yesterday, Hopefully I'll get the installed next week. I have some Dynabeads coming in and will have to wait till they get here.
 
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Old 03-21-2014, 06:54 PM
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Crawled under a truck to fix an exhaust leak, found a leak:

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Old 03-21-2014, 07:27 PM
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Shawn, the gauge cluster looks awesome, so do the lights
 


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