Recent content by Jakey77

Roger that. I don’t care what anyone says about you…you’re ok in my book 😉

Did you feel bad and delete your post?? 😂😂 anyways where were you with this information when I was doing the TRE job ?!

Awe shucks…thanks…mostly sits in garage

I already posted on dealing with rust on frame but the leaf springs on the OME are rusty and ugly…I’d like to restore to something that resembles nice without removing. Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks! How would you go about washing? Power washer ?

Ok, the rust has slowly gotten worse over the last 5 years…what is the best way to go about dealing with this? Wire wheel is incredibly tedious and i can’t get in the small nooks and cranny’s ….fluid film? Should incapsulate it? Pics are of the worst spots….obviously worse by exhaust. Front end...

Thank you… I hope I didn’t hurt it but now that’s all buttoned up it seems fine. 🤷

Thanks all…first TRE job done. The puller from AutoZone was a must… There was no way I was going to get that tire rod end off with a hammer. It sounded like a gunshot when it finally let loose after I cranked on it with a cheetah bar… Lord bless the PO… He put anti-seize on the tie rod ends, and...

went to AutoZone to get a loaner and it worked! Cheater bar and bam! Sounded like a gun shot …thanks all

Thanks…I’ll take a look. Is the cross shaft part 81 in pic?

I already wacked on it pretty hard :(

Im mostly concerned about damaging the innards of the steering box up stream from when i already hammered with a 2lb sledge I need a puller that fits better…if that doesn’t work I was gonna cut it off with grinder

So…I decided to replace my TRE…ended up hammering pretty hard on stuck relay arm that’s in the pitman arm…..then I thought …oh crap that’s all connected to the steering box. Did I damage my steering box? The threaded end is still stuck in the pitman arm. I’ve torched it, sprayed anti-seize...

Thanks!

Getting around to replacing front shocks and not sure which ones to get….heavy or light seem to be the options and I’m not sure which ones I have on the truck now..,any suggestions or experience?