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Yesterday I continued front suspension assembly. I got the bushings and lower ball joints all pressed in. After wire wheeling fasteners I started installing parts. The last thing I did was start to install the Mevotech TTX upper ball joints. I noticed there was a raised logo on the surface that...

It was a series of 5 videos. I only watched the last 3, but this link should be the playlist for all 5. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGgqTh7gBpU1D9CmpUj2eMZisShEPBXXX&si=FhST5r96pBL9q2Uv

I got the box finished up today. I decided to watch a video on YouTube to get some tips on installing the balls and that helped a lot - one tip I used was to smear grease on the inside of the rack to help hold the balls in place, the other tip was to use a piece of 3/8 fuel hose to help hold the...

I already painted them along with the other parts last weekend. I had already stripped them to bare aluminum so I did a couple coats of self-etching primer, then a coat of regular primer and then 2 coats of the KBS Maxx in Hot Rod Black. I’m really liking how this KBS Maxx is feeling as I’m...

Did you powdercoat them yourself or have them done by someone? I got a quote from a local guy to powdercoat the HD handles - he wanted $100. That seemed pricey. I looked at the Eastwood stuff and thought about using that money to invest in powdercoating equipment instead, but the space for an...

The factory manual has the procedure for setting the adjustments. I did a test installation of the balls last night to get a feel for it and will be doing the full assembly today. I did have one fall past the shaft during my test. Good to know how bad that could be!

Old bearing (left) had the plastic cage. New bearing (right) is solid needles. I checked the bore with a Starrett telescoping gauge and it felt concentric. I didn’t notice any problems with this box when I was driving the truck, I just wanted to do some proactive work so it hopefully lasts...

Thank for the tip, I'll check that out when I go back out there. Yeah, these boxes also have black and plain chrome balls in them.

Thanks for the tip!

The manual said to plug the ends of that tube with petroleum jelly, so you were on the right track!

I’m going to cross all the things I can cross and practice my ‘holding my tongue in my mouth just right between my teeth’ technique.

Steering gear is disassembled and cleaned, ready for reassembly. This gear is the original one from the red 96 with around 120,000 miles. I don’t see any unusual wear.

Hmmmm... maybe at MAACO.

No way I'm posting video evidence of my crap painting abilities.

Totally do! And thank you for pointing that out.... 😆

I forgot to share that I tried one other new thing for this painting session - a light on my spray gun. WOW. What a huge difference that makes when spraying. So much easier to see what you’re doing, especially when painting pieces like these with a bunch of nooks and crannies. I won’t be...

I got everything painted this weekend. It took just over 2 quarts of KBS Rust Seal and just under 1 quart of KBS Maxx. This is the first time I had used the KBS Maxx on anything. I chose it because in addition to needing to topcoat the Rust Seal to make it UV stable, I also needed to...

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Oh no, not addicted. I would have cleaned all of this stuff up anyway, it was just a lot nicer having the sandblaster to do it with. I'm very ready for this part of the project to be over.....cleaning and painting sucks.

I assume you're referring to the steering gearbox? I debated about how I wanted to tackle that. I ultimately decided to sandblast it, but be careful to not direct the blast directly at the input or output shafts. I'm also going to replace the seals, which should further mitigate any...