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76stepsidechevy · 01-31-2012, 10:07 PM

Nice truck! Were the gas caps that low in the fenders in 76 or are they from a different year. Mine are up high, then again I have a newer hood too so who knows. I need a fender now and they only offer a 73-78 or 79 and up. Maybe its a repop vs. gm thing.

I guess I assumed those angles would be paralell with the right springs already. Im used to dealing with jeeps which have such short driveshafts that you need shims and transfer case drops to get the u joints into angles that they can operate at.

It seems I can just pull those shims and have paralell angles but they might be a bit steep for the u joints liking. I think there good up to 15 degrees if I remember correctly and I'll be at 10 so I guess ill be ok.

01-31-2012, 10:07 PM	#10
76stepsidechevy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Windsor Locks Posts: 628	Re: BDS 6" lift Nice truck! Were the gas caps that low in the fenders in 76 or are they from a different year. Mine are up high, then again I have a newer hood too so who knows. I need a fender now and they only offer a 73-78 or 79 and up. Maybe its a repop vs. gm thing. I guess I assumed those angles would be paralell with the right springs already. Im used to dealing with jeeps which have such short driveshafts that you need shims and transfer case drops to get the u joints into angles that they can operate at. It seems I can just pull those shims and have paralell angles but they might be a bit steep for the u joints liking. I think there good up to 15 degrees if I remember correctly and I'll be at 10 so I guess ill be ok.