What have you done to your square lately??

[TotalyHucked]

Hmmm...road trip maybe...to Texas?? There's that classic truck throwdown thingy this weekend. I hope I can go to it but gotta get some other stuff accomplished first.

Yep, that's where we're headed

 

[TotalyHucked]

Trailers are for horses....

Lol I pride myself in driving this thing everywhere but I don't think she'd make this one. Plus it's getting dropped off at Level 7 Motorsports after Classic Truck Throwdown for some super top secret upgrades

 

[bluex]

Lol I pride myself in driving this thing everywhere but I don't think she'd make this one. Plus it's getting dropped off at Level 7 Motorsports after Classic Truck Throwdown for some super top secret upgrades

Just giving ya a hard time.

Can't wait to see the updates, Level7 does some nice work.

 

[Ajax19]

Old girl started to death wobble around 30+ if I hit a bump so I got the front end bushings and stabilizer coming all this 40year old rubber starting to let go still got to get the rear bushings found it more affordable piecing it out than getting the front and rear kit

 

[Blue Ox]

Old girl started to death wobble around 30+ if I hit a bump so I got the front end bushings and stabilizer coming all this 40year old rubber starting to let go still got to get the rear bushings found it more affordable piecing it out than getting the front and rear kit

Death wobble is usually from worn components such as tie rods and ball joints. Spring bushings aren't likely to fix it.

 

[Ajax19]

Death wobble is usually from worn components such as tie rods and ball joints. Spring bushings aren't likely to fix it.

Everything feels good stabilizer has been leaking for awhile and is totally blown out I remember my Jeep did the same awhile back everything was tight stabilizer was leaking I believe it to be my main culprit the leaf bushings are pretty bad and the sway bars rubber is missing bushings either way want to have new rubber or poly in this case

 

[Ajax19]

Death wobble is usually from worn components such as tie rods and ball joints. Spring bushings aren't likely to fix it.

Went ahead and jacked up the front end to double check and everything feels good no play in anything stabilizer should be here soon so I'll pop it on and see how she handles

 

[hoagster]

Cab is going back on today! Got everything set up in the barn for the install.

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[82sbshortbed]

I placed some heavy-duty electrical tape over two rust holes in hopes of keeping water out until I can fix them. Lol

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[Grit dog]

Just a little paint work

Well that looks just a little awesome then…nice work!!

 

[Grit dog]

Went ahead and jacked up the front end to double check and everything feels good no play in anything stabilizer should be here soon so I'll pop it on and see how she handles

Death wobble is usually from worn components such as tie rods and ball joints. Spring bushings aren't likely to fix it.

I’d argue that DW has contributing factors that involve any and all front end components as well as caster. Especially spring bushings.
Bad shocks or stabilizer won’t cause DW and imo there is a small chance they could partially mask the real causes but who’d want to do that.

 

[Grit dog]

I placed some heavy-duty electrical tape over two rust holes in hopes of keeping water out until I can fix them. Lol

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Quick preview of what it may look like once you remove the windshield.
Note before poking around under the windshield gasket I could see no holes and only 2 little rust spots.
Good news was it rusted from the outside-in, so the cancer hadn’t really spread past the actual holes hardly at all.

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The yellow arrows were what I was originally planning to cut out.
Ended up taking out much smaller which was a good thing.

This was on an otherwise, literally 100% rust free truck. Like every single factory bolt I removed anywhere came right out like it was just installed last month. Bed bolts and everything. Not even a spec of paint bubbling on the body.
Had to do a few patches on the rear window frame along the bottom as well.

 

[bucket]

Not quite finished still got to put lights on went ahead and primed it

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Recently, I've seen two different crew cab twins to your truck. One in Ohio and one in Illinois.

Death wobble is usually from worn components such as tie rods and ball joints. Spring bushings aren't likely to fix it.

Unless it's a left front bushing on a truck that still has push pull steering. That bushing can be a major contributor.

 

[Ajax19]

I’d argue that DW has contributing factors that involve any and all front end components as well as caster. Especially spring bushings.
Bad shocks or stabilizer won’t cause DW and imo there is a small chance they could partially mask the real causes but who’d want to do that.

Replacing what I see is bad king pins and tie rods are good and tight spring/sway bushings are toast could be the tires are really old but they still hold wind

 

[Ajax19]

Recently, I've seen two different crew cab twins to your truck. One in Ohio and one in Illinois.



Unless it's a left front bushing on a truck that still has push pull steering. That bushing can be a major contributor.

That's awesome , and that left front bushing is definitely done for