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    Intermittent steering wander?

    I haven’t had a chance to get a video, I did order a sway bar drop bracket and new bushing, along with a dual stabilizer setup. I keep telling myself the sway bar should hold the axle better in place and prevent it from rotating
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    I’ll try and get a video this evening see if someone else can see something I can’t. Blazer rides what I’d call average. It’s not terrible but a little bouncy. I just can’t tolerate the steering problem. It’s a chore and a half to keep it in one lane. It corners fine but just going down the...
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    @Grit dog the actual axle rotates clockwise looking at the driver side, I sat there and looked at everything while having a buddy turn the wheel lock to lock and back and forth and this and that lol. The only movement k find anywhere is the axle twisting the leaf spring upwards. Rechecked torque...
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    Long time break from the blazer since weather got cold, I went and messed with it today and the only movement I can find is the front spring between the axle and the hanger rotates up when steering and the axle is “wrapping”? Similar to the rearend with excessive torque? Could a lack of sway bar...
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    @Keith Seymore is caster something I can measure at home? With no local alignment places I can’t get a computer number.
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    Here’s a few pics
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    Supposedly 6” rough country with the include raised knuckle. It’s not level but it’s not super steep either.
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    I don’t believe I’ve checked that, I can but as far as I can tell it’s never been off? I know the steering wheel isn’t perfectly lined up after the drag link replacement but I just haven’t bothered to fix it yet. I don’t have a local alignment shop so I don’t have any numbers on where everything...
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    Understandable, yes I’m fairly familiar with these trucks this is the biggest one however, I probably wouldn’t have lifted it but I got a good deal on it. You could probably describe it as a dart, it wouldn’t be as bad if my correction didn’t lead to me just steering back and forth trying to...
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    LS swap CEL

    I’ve been daily driving my 83 K5 for the most part but I’ve got three reoccurring codes, P006F(Boost Control), P1800(ECM to TCM Engine Coolant Signal), and P0006(Fuel Shutoff Valve). I’ve tried googling it and I can’t figure anything out. I can clear the CEL and drive the whole way to work...
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    Intermittent steering wander?

    I’ve been driving my 1983 K5 blazer (5.3/4L60E/NP208, 6” lift, 15x12MT, 35x12.50r15) pretty much everyday, and there’s a weird steering issue I’ve never experienced before. Sometimes it’s driving perfectly fine with little to no wander and other times I’ve having to constantly over correct it...
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    Windshield slow leak

    Long time no see, anyhow, I’ve been daily driving my 83 K5 blazer while also somewhat trying to “restore” it. I’ve done everything I can think of but I’m still getting drips of water in the bottom corners of the windshield and around the hvac box. I’ve removed the heater core box side, cowl and...
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    Adding AC after ls swap

    After a very long time, and replacing the LS the blazer finally runs. So I’m back to ac, can I use a full system from a 88-91 k5, burb etc? And a bracket to move compressor to the top and have a factory system? After reading alot about vintage air it just doesn’t seem like the cost is worth the...
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    83 K5 Blazer LS swap issue

    New issue? I just attempted to start the blazer with a code reader hooked to it and it started instantly and died and puked fuel out of the passenger exhaust manifold. What could this be caused by? I’ve had the same codes the entire time during the swap I did have to swap the intake manifold...
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    83 K5 Blazer LS swap issue

    @Camar068 I have it plugged in now, I had broken it during removal from the donor, I replaced the part I just forgot to plug it in or something. Maybe it was all the goo on it I have no idea, this has been an every chance I get kind of project, definitely taken way longer than my k10. I had the...
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