so,my rig has been down 3 weeks today,made it to alignment rack today though so i finally get to test drive on monday and what a 3 weeks its been for her!

trans started puking from the pump so of to a builder friend of mine it goes for a rebuild not going for the band aid manuver,only want to do this once if i can help it..... both planets were starting to look rough and i definatly needed the rear drum.....while looking for a core my boy stumbled acoss the right deal for sure.......brand new,never had fluid,assy lube only 2wd unit.......case and output shaft are the only used parts in it now so im told anyways......had to go the cheap route with converter..not a great time for this expense to pop up......bought a transtar/recon single disc/billit cover $400 with a trans shop discount

as for the downtime re-construction......since i bought this truck in early may this year ive been buying a few parts at a time as i could to overhaul the front susp/steering/brakes/free-spin conv......time to get to work.....finally done with this chapter. hopefully she will feel like a new truck vs.the everything attached to front axle worn out 250k mile pig i had a few weeks ago.....heres the list

HBS 2 1/2" COIL SPACERS
HBS STEERING STABILIZER
HBS GREESABLE SWAY BAR BUSHINGS
HBS SWAY BAR LINKS
USED COILS THAT HAD 8K MILES WHEN REMOVED FROM A FRIENDS TRUCK IN 99
PITMAN ARM
FRONT SHOCKS PLUS STAB SHOCK
ALL NEW STEERING LINKS,ADJ SLEEVES AND ENDS
ADJ TRACK BAR
CARDONE REMAN PS PUMP
VACUMN PUMP SEAL WHERE IT MATES TO PS PUMP
CALIPERS,HOSES,CERAMIC PADS
BALL JOINTS
AXLE U-JOINTS
HUB BEARINGS AND SEALS
SPINDLE BEARINGS AND SEALS
NEW F350 ROTORS
USED F350 STUB SHAFTS
USED DANA 50 HUBS FROM 95 F250
USED SPINDLES FROM SAME DANA 50
USED WARN LOCKOUTS FROM SAME
(BOUGHT THIS WHOLE TRUCK WITH RUNNING 460 FOR $500 AND PARTED OUT......HAVE GOTTEN $1400 BACK SO FAR..STILL HAVE TRANS,T-CASE,REAREND).....MADE MY HUB CONV. PAY FOR ITSELF!
DECENT USED SET OF 315 NITTOS.....SOLD MY 305S FOR $50 MORE THAN I PAID FOR THESE........HAVE A TOTAL OF $200 IN 5 TIRES AND RIMS NOW!
2" SPACERS IN REAR TO MATCH WIDER FRONT STANCE FROM HUB CONV.

CANT WAIT TO PULL HER OFF OF A FRIENDS ALIGNMENT RACK MONDAY MORNING AND SEE HOW SHE FEELS NOW!!!!JUST KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT THE TRANS IS RIGHT

TRANS WENT BACK IN LAST SATURDAY BUT WHILE IT WAS OUT WE KIND OF KILLED LT FRT HUB BEARING TRYING TO REMOVE SO I LET IT SIT DURING HUB CONVERSION THIS WEEK

guess its time to update my sig a bit!

 

I like it, looks great!

 

Pics down the side please. I wanna see how far your tires stick out.

 

Ill snap some and put in gallery when i get it back tomorrow

 

Be sure to link to the gallery...

 

how do you i do that?

 

Nice work man! That front end should feel much better! Does your truck have the HD (T-link) steering or the garbage Y-link the rest of us got shafted with?

 

thanks man,definatly looking foward to finding out!...same y-link bs but its all new and should be good for a while.....nice thing about doing it ALL at once.....especially with the added stabilizer.....should all be good for a long time!

 

Have you read this?

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...-my-truck.html

 

forum newbie question guys.....I added a new album of pics just from the last 3 weeks of this "chapter" thinking you guys could easily check them out rather than using up space posting in threads since the number of attachments you can have are severly limited and I havent explored the whole photo sharing site thing(photobucket or whatever else out there).....looks to me now that isnt the case.......how do i link the album here?