Builds Field Crust - Reviving a 1982 Pickup (1 Viewer)

[littlevulture]

Looks good, how do the trident shifters feel? I’ve seen mixed reviews either really crisp or really sloppy.

 

[The Machinist]

Looks good, how do the trident shifters feel? I’ve seen mixed reviews either really crisp or really sloppy.

I think they are pretty good, if they are loose it would be easy to take them apart and add a shim to the bushings I think.

 

[The Machinist]

Finished installing the dual cases yesterday. Was a little disappointed with how much I had to clearance the floor, but it is what it is. One of the previous owners must have had a driveshaft fail so at least the floor was already messed up. The Budbuilt crossmember came out really nice, I'm pretty happy with how low profile it is. The trident shifters feel pretty nice and I only had to shorten the shifters and bend them a little to get them to clear in all shifter configurations.

Going to try to order driveshafts this week and get started on the rear axle ASAP. 65 days left until I leave for Rubithon....

 

[gnob]

is that the final fitment of everything?
if so that is definitely going to be banging the floor.
those stock case mounts allow a lot of movement.
i would also recommend lock nuts and/or loctite on the trident bits

 

[aztoyman]

Those detents sound solid. To minimize movement of the cases on stock mounts, I used a piece of cable to limit my engine from torquing over. There's other methods too.

I still tore the OEM style T-case mounts and ended up making ones similar to the "Bomb proof" ones for sale.