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mess331470 said:
I think that I am going to stay with the 4.88 because of better off-roading, towing, the idea of going bigger tires, and forceing me to drive slower.
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You could stand the drive slower ;) lololol
 
Or he doesn't care about the gas money 😂
 
When I first went up to 33s I did the custom OTT tune with John Brochu which worked wonders on getting my GX back into the proper shifting/powerband and in general really woke up the truck far better than it ever was stock. I need to get it flashed again now that I’m on 34s (which is free, you buy once and all future re-flashes are included). Whichever gears and tire size you go with I would highly recommend tuning the ECUs to be in accordance with the changes.
 
fcowen82 said:
When I first went up to 33s I did the custom OTT tune with John Brochu which worked wonders on getting my GX back into the proper shifting/powerband and in general really woke up the truck far better than it ever was stock. I need to get it flashed again now that I’m on 34s (which is free, you buy once and all future re-flashes are included). Whichever gears and tire size you go with I would highly recommend tuning the ECUs to be in accordance with the changes.
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I don't think we can on the 4.7 sadly.
 
Working on some drawers as well. Bought a set off a guy on marketplace and ended up disassembling basically everything but the outer box. Some trimming, some new hardware, some brackets, a stair tread repurposed into fronts, and some carpet from @Land Shark in exchange for 24 coors and it’s in the home stretch. I am going to mount it on some 4040 extrusion as tracks / a base I am building and using the cargo hook bolt holes as anchors to the body.

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RICVirginiaHJ61 said:
Working on some drawers as well. Bought a set off a guy on marketplace and ended up disassembling basically everything but the outer box. Some trimming, some new hardware, some brackets, a stair tread repurposed into fronts, and some carpet from @Land Shark in exchange for 24 coors and it’s in the home stretch. I am going to mount it on some 4040 extrusion as tracks / a base I am building and using the cargo hook bolt holes as anchors to the body.

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The close-to-end result after one big botched attempt at this and some redesigning on the fly:

The rails are attached to 90deg brackets which sit on top of some diy bushings of sandwiched steel / rubber washers.

When it’s time to install the drawer I am going to drop bolts with fender and lock washers through the floor of the drawers, pre-attach the little spring loaded t-nuts that fit in the rails and then feed them into the long way of the rails. The cross beam also has two nuts loaded in already and the plan is to loosen the cross member a little to slide everything into position for two more bolts laterally. Probably overkill considering I only have 6 attachment points to the body, but oh well.

There are also some leveling feet underneath. Was playing with them, but they’re not really doing anything. I think the rails are mostly pressed into the layers of sound deadening / jute fluffy stuff / carpet.

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RICVirginiaHJ61 said:
The close-to-end result after one big botched attempt at this and some redesigning on the fly:

The rails are attached to 90deg brackets which sit on top of some diy bushings of sandwiched steel / rubber washers.

When it’s time to install the drawer I am going to drop bolts with fender and lock washers through the floor of the drawers, pre-attach the little spring loaded t-nuts that fit in the rails and then feed them into the long way of the rails. The cross beam also has two nuts loaded in already and the plan is to loosen the cross member a little to slide everything into position for two more bolts laterally. Probably overkill considering I only have 6 attachment points to the body, but oh well.

There are also some leveling feet underneath. Was playing with them, but they’re not really doing anything. I think the rails are mostly pressed into the layers of sound deadening / jute fluffy stuff / carpet.

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Make sure to add nail polish or a lite loctite on those t nut bolts so they don't loosen from vibrations
 
Finally some progress! If anyone is ever replacing the internal bearings on one of these semi float axles — skip all the bearing pullers and just go straight to the 6 ft piece of steel pipe thru to the other side and a hammer.

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RICVirginiaHJ61 said:
Finally some progress! If anyone is ever replacing the internal bearings on one of these semi float axles — skip all the bearing pullers and just go straight to the 6 ft piece of steel pipe thru to the other side and a hammer.

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A digging bar will work just right. Even has the head on it to hit with hammer ;)
 
RICVirginiaHJ61 said:
Finally some progress! If anyone is ever replacing the internal bearings on one of these semi float axles — skip all the bearing pullers and just go straight to the 6 ft piece of steel pipe thru to the other side and a hammer.

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Back on 4 tires…

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