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The truck I'm doing the conversion on has 295,000 miles and still had all the original ball joints riveted in. Someone must have greased it religiously before I got it.

Where did you use the 7 degree? I used the 10 degree on the ball joints and the tie rods but maybe the ES 409RT takes a 10 degree? Even on the original taper in the GMT800 knuckles the 7 degree taper was tight at the bottom but really loose at the top. I just went by fit and feel. I don't have a...

When I priced mine for the brake conversion it was $80 more for the new arms compare to buying the bushings and ball joints and replacing them. I bought a 7 degree taper to do my tie rods but the taper was too steep. Bought a 10 degree and the fit seems perfect.

It took me less than 2 hours to do mine, even with the Western New York Rust to contend with. My bushings didn't look too bad but my upper ball joints were toast.

On the nut side of the bolt, the flat should be visible. I scribed a line at that same angle.

I just did them on my K1500 which are similar. The only thing I wished I had done on the first one was to mark on the mounting towers the angle of the flat portion of the bolt rather than just looking at the washer position. If the arms are made the same it would get you close to where it was...

My guess would be yes considering it's built on the same basic front end platform as the K1500 pickups, but have not tried it myself so not positive.

Depending on how much you backed it off to start, it takes a lot of brake action to tighten back up.

Welcome! What part of the world do you live?

Was the hub hot or just the drum? I would think if it was the bearing, the hub would get hot before the drum.

I wonder if you have broken springs and the front shoe is drawn out to the drum because of the oil on everything.

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Unplugging even one wheel sensor will disable ABS.

My truck is a 98 with 4 wheel abs. There is only one line running to the rear even on the 4 wheel abs.

If I was to do it again I would get an adjustable proportioning valve to dial the rear brakes in perfectly.

Trying to type from my phone doesn't always work well!

ABS

I completely removed the original ads from the vehicle.

It was fairly easy, I used the proportioning valve off my 94 K2500 which is the one getting the Cummins transplant.( I have a hydroboost with proportioning valve for that). Left the lines from master cylinder on it so the fittings fit right on. Removed the dump valve for the rear antilock...

Stops better! Much harder pedal, now I noticed a leaking axle seal I have to address.