1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

I honestly don't think I've ordered specific truck parts from Amazon. You're right, their search function is terrible and will typically bring up either counterfeit or cheap chinese parts. I've just never trusted them with anything important because they don't have any QC over their vendors.

 

I was driving behind one of those new corvettes last night. They have an LED monitor for a rear view mirror.

 

and the camera is up on the roof. Can't make parallel parking easy.

 

The guy driving this one wasn't making forward movement or right turns easy.

 

I’ve never seen anyone parallel park in a new Vette. Personally, if I owned one, it would be a point A to point A car for me.

 

I'm going to look for the wire by the drivers kick panel that is the high beams if it's there. I found the tail light wire searching online for the back up cam, but now I want to run the switch-pros trigger wire for every light facing forward via high beam. I'll probably be able to find it with a test light, but if anyone knows off-hand, thanks.

 

With the rear wheels so far to the rear of the body, I'll back that ass up.

 

to any of you running 33" tires. please. if you have your alignment specs, post them for me... im going to try and deal with my trucks alignment in the next couple weeks.. im tired of my excessive camber. so i need to start looking as to why i have to have so much for the caster to be where i want it... if i get camber in spec i end up with horrible rubbing

 

This is mine from a year ago. I still need to go back and get some more caster.

 

I’ll probably be doing a rack and rods soon, so I’ll post mine up as well, maybe make a sticky of printouts

 

Your casters about where mines at. But my camber is 1 degree and it’s bugging me

I wonder if these reg and access cabs just can’t do it without some extra shit. I do have the camburg arms

 

Is it wearing the inside edges? The sequoia would wear the front tires, and while an alignment would helped, the fix was steering rack bushings.

 

I feel like alignment specs would be a good sticky!

 

Maybe list tire size and other suspension mods, and then post your printout and any pros or cons that can be felt driving or in tire wear

 

Ok, now that I have my drum brake order in, I think I want to do hubs and seals after all. Anyone have a link to a thread or post which might have part numbers on either?

 

Rear hubs? Like an axle swap?

 

Whoops, sorry, bearings. I was sleepy. Hauling horses again.

 

What’s involved with replacing rear axle wheel bearings?

I’m guessing you don’t need to place an axle under a 20-ton press to get the new ones into it.

 

Would an axle swap be of any value? I assume they are reasonably beefy? But maybe some strength could be added for towing?

 

From +30 to 0mm offset plus a 1" wider wheel and a big tire for the truck = way too much, lol. Damn, I was planing on getting some 7 series methods for me.

 

I have 275/70/17 on a 8.5" 0mm offset. A tad over 32" The truck would be level if the rear was stock. That combination seems to be max without modification. Maybe if I had stock 15mm offset, I could go bigger without modification. I get the shop to go +3 deg caster and factory spec everything else.

 

whos in gerogia? i found most of the interior i would love to have. LOL just would be missing all the interior pieces for the rear at that point

 

Shifty might be within range but B pillar remains your challenge and not sure I’ve ever seen a dark charcoal in that. You’d know more than me.

 

they're out there.
but this would get me closer to a complete interior. i can live with the rear painted for a while till the proper stuff shows up. the dash and lower trim pieces wearing away is making it ugly.

 

still not 100% sure i know what i'll do with seats.. i may end up trying to fit avalon seats in it.. i really love the seats in my car.. but the arm rest situation is a real issue...

 

I saw some slides somewhere which fit FGT? Maybe the same guys who make the LCA’s? Looked interesting. I wondered what could be done with that.

I’m too enamored with my bench to let go.

https://youtu.be/Zip4QyJyD5g

 

Ive been listening to Cake for 20 years. And, I changed my mind, you OEM paper gasket for the diff/carrier on a rebuild are crazy.

 

You have to pull the axle and use a 20 ton press to unpress everything, then press it back on.

 

I saw online some guy built a welded tube assembly just to use with a 20-ton press. None of that looks like any fun.

 

Don’t really want to but at the point where I need to. Three car seats and items can no longer manage in the AC 1st gen. Looking at 2nd gens, sequoia, or lx470. Before I’m banished, any input? 20k is pretty much most I’m willing to drop; homeschool the kids with stay at home mom