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Old 04-27-2018, 10:10 AM   #11
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Re: 53 3100 Project - My first truck build...

So, my priorities are to get her running and moving/stopping under power first and then work on other things. With that, I ordered some Belltech drop spindles to do a static drop on the front. Unfortunately last night I discovered that the old girl still has the stock S10 ball joints that were shot. I can't very well teach my son to "do things right the first time" if I install these spindles over bad ball joints, so we'll be replacing those first. I've never done ball joints, so it looks like I'll be chiseling/grinding off the rivets on the top ones and then adding a tool to my collection for pressing out/in the lower ones.

Also found some 1.25" spacers on the fronts. The wheels look to be 14" with about 4" of backspacing. I'm sure other wheels will replace these during the course of the build.



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