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**IronCanine** · 11-23-2014, 01:07 PM

Ok, basically buttoned up save for torquing upper ball joints and sleeve insert. Gotta get an insert tool (not one of the parts box stores in town had one yesterday)...and I am within a gnat's a$$ of getting the outer snap ring on the axle on the driver's side. The passenger's side was a struggle, but the driver's side is tougher. I don't know if it's just the new seals or the dust shield, but the axle end play just seems to have evaporated. When I tore it down it didn't have inner spindle seals on either side, and was missing an outer axle shaft thrust washer and associated seal on one side (can't remember which, may have been this one).

72K5CSTDarkOlive · 11-23-2014, 04:53 PM

I'll also get your guys opinion on the spindle nuts. I've seen so many different attitudes toward how to torque them in...anywhere from 50-75 ft lbs to set the preload on the bearing, 1/4 back then re-torque, all while spinning the hub. Then the outer nut to anywhere from 90-200 ft lbs.

When I initially torqued the inner nut, the hub got super tight at 50 and was pretty much locked down after that. I backed it off a 1/4 turn and then basically torqued it by feel based on the force required to rotate the hub. Then hammered down on the outer nut...am I goofing up?

I think I did the pre-load at 50, then 1/4 back and then torqued it to 35-40 lbs..I can't remember for sure, though. For the outer nut, I want to say I torqued it somewhere between maybe 75-90.. Definitely, no more than that.

**IronCanine** · 11-23-2014, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 72K5CSTDarkOlive

I think I did the pre-load at 50, then 1/4 back and then torqued it to 35-40 lbs..I can't remember for sure, though. For the outer nut, I want to say I torqued it somewhere between maybe 75-90.. Definitely, no more than that.

That makes sense to me. I was having a little bit of trouble resolving the manual, experienced posts and my actual experience. Hopefully neither of us will throw a wheel at 55mph.

Chulisohombre · 08-17-2015, 11:23 PM

Great job either way and good luck on resale. Hate to see anyone sell their awesome trucks. Hopefully a good new project pops up for you. Or just a good truck in good shape you can drive and enjoy.

**IronCanine** · 08-18-2015, 08:30 AM

Thanks Guys...I'm not going anywhere, I've enjoyed this part of it too much. And there'll be another project sooner or later. That definitely was too much fun. I really appreciate all your kind words and comments...you guys are the best.

**DeadheadNM** · 10-02-2014, 04:43 PM

I looked at that K5!! Didn't realize you were searching or would have been more than happy to assist. Glad it found a good new home. Excellent work and good luck. Pete

Edit: Just curious, was shipping a real hassle?

**IronCanine** · 10-02-2014, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

I looked at that K5!! Didn't realize you were searching or would have been more than happy to assist. Glad it found a good new home. Excellent work and good luck. Pete

Edit: Just curious, was shipping a real hassle?

Thanks...There could have been no one better to counsel me on it...It was a bad time of year to be shipping it from Montana (late October). I ended up using a local Kalispell shipper. It had to sit in the yard for a good bit of time, so it took a while to get here...but all in all the shipper was great. And they were honest and upfront. The driver even went out of his way to deliver it to Athens so I didn't have to meet him in Atlanta...which was no small courtesy.

NorCal · 10-03-2014, 12:57 PM

Looking bad!

**IronCanine** · 10-03-2014, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by NorCal

Looking bad!

Thanks...I think.

mx289 · 10-03-2014, 10:21 PM

Very nice truck.

You are making great progress.

**IronCanine** · 10-10-2014, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mx289

Very nice truck.

You are making great progress.

Thanks.

**IronCanine** · 10-10-2014, 03:53 PM

Outer rockers on. Seats and console mocked in.

**thelonerife** · 10-12-2014, 07:32 PM

That looks great! I gotta do the same to mine. Although complete floors.

**IronCanine** · 10-12-2014, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by thelonerife

That looks great! I gotta do the same to mine. Although complete floors.

Thanks and good luck when you tear into yours.

**IronCanine** · 10-12-2014, 09:49 PM

The Blazer bolt thread is very useful. Helped make finding these visor bolts a little easier.

madkmart · 10-15-2014, 02:40 PM

great start

**IronCanine** · 10-15-2014, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by madkmart

great start

Thanks.

I had a mild heart attack yesterday. We put the the old door glass and regulators in along with most of the weather stripping to check the fit before the body comes off in a few days. The drivers side window gap was a joke before we started tearing into it...but as you all know this thing had been beat up, twisted and wrung out. The problem was that after all the metal work and fit improvement it was only marginally better yesterday...which is to say it was still pretty horrible. Sorry no pics, but I was too sick to take a picture, because neither of us could see where the adjustment was going to come from. Everything else fit pretty well. Top to side, top to tailgate, top to windshield...and all panel gaps

What's worse is that I had a single NOS top to glass seal for the drivers side that I hadn't opened so we tried it in place of the repro and I put a small tear in it at the door when I closed it. I could have thrown up....

...but after a restless nights sleep, a little bit of time on the board and re-visiting it today, fortunes have changed. I think I've got a couple of things going on, including an asymmetry in my top, since it fits better on the passenger's side and structures are measurably different on that side. Really the simplest and most obvious thing was to remove and reposition the weatherstip mounting track...It didn't make it perfect, but there's enough there that with some other tweaking it might not be relegated to dry clean only.

Blown06 · 10-15-2014, 10:59 PM

Heck of a start to a really cool project, hopping onboard for the ride.

**IronCanine** · 10-15-2014, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Blown06

Heck of a start to a really cool project, hopping onboard for the ride.

Thanks...hang on though, it's definitely getting bumpy.

Blown06 · 10-15-2014, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by IronCanine

Thanks...hang on though, it's definitely getting bumpy.

I ain't skeered.

**Tom Vogel** · 10-19-2014, 10:54 AM

You are not missing something. You are actually lucky the WS fit up that good to begin with.

**IronCanine** · 10-19-2014, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Vogel

You are not missing something. You are actually lucky the WS fit up that good to begin with.

Thanks...what I was afraid of.

Blown06 · 10-20-2014, 10:10 PM

Looks perfectly safe to me! Actually for 1970 that was probably considered overkill.

**IronCanine** · 10-21-2014, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Blown06

Looks perfectly safe to me! Actually for 1970 that was probably considered overkill.

Yeah I figure as long as I don't hit someone, no one hits me, and I don't invert it...it's as safe as any other vehicle.

**IronCanine** · 10-21-2014, 08:59 PM

Started coming apart again. Body scheduled to come off tomorrow and frame work to begin.

11-23-2014, 01:07 PM	#1
IronCanine I'm trying.... Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 2,540	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Ok, basically buttoned up save for torquing upper ball joints and sleeve insert. Gotta get an insert tool (not one of the parts box stores in town had one yesterday)...and I am within a gnat's a$$ of getting the outer snap ring on the axle on the driver's side. The passenger's side was a struggle, but the driver's side is tougher. I don't know if it's just the new seals or the dust shield, but the axle end play just seems to have evaporated. When I tore it down it didn't have inner spindle seals on either side, and was missing an outer axle shaft thrust washer and associated seal on one side (can't remember which, may have been this one). Attached Images __________________ 1970 Blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=645076 1969 K10 SWB CST http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...52#post8520352 1971 K20 Z84 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...90#post9047290 1946 B.F. Avery Model A Tractor http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...55#post8292555 "Sometimes I wonder if zander208 was even real..." Last edited by IronCanine; 11-23-2014 at 02:47 PM.

11-23-2014, 04:53 PM	#2
72K5CSTDarkOlive Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 774	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off I'll also get your guys opinion on the spindle nuts. I've seen so many different attitudes toward how to torque them in...anywhere from 50-75 ft lbs to set the preload on the bearing, 1/4 back then re-torque, all while spinning the hub. Then the outer nut to anywhere from 90-200 ft lbs. When I initially torqued the inner nut, the hub got super tight at 50 and was pretty much locked down after that. I backed it off a 1/4 turn and then basically torqued it by feel based on the force required to rotate the hub. Then hammered down on the outer nut...am I goofing up? I think I did the pre-load at 50, then 1/4 back and then torqued it to 35-40 lbs..I can't remember for sure, though. For the outer nut, I want to say I torqued it somewhere between maybe 75-90.. Definitely, no more than that. __________________ My Build Thread 72 K5 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=628612 Build version 2.0: 72 K5 6.0 LQ9, 4L80e, NP205 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=793192 ____________________________________________ 1972 CST K5 Blazer Dark Olive

08-17-2015, 11:23 PM	#4
Chulisohombre Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Bangor pa Posts: 1,223	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Great job either way and good luck on resale. Hate to see anyone sell their awesome trucks. Hopefully a good new project pops up for you. Or just a good truck in good shape you can drive and enjoy. __________________ 72 3/4 ton blazer. 5 inch lift on 35 inch tires. 355 corvette engine with crane roller rockers, rv cam, edelbrock carb and intake with one inch spacer. Thrush Headers with flowmaster 40 duels. 4speed sm465 manual. 4 wheel disk brakes with Inboarded rear shock prerunner style mounts and shocks.

08-18-2015, 08:30 AM	#5
IronCanine I'm trying.... Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 2,540	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Thanks Guys...I'm not going anywhere, I've enjoyed this part of it too much. And there'll be another project sooner or later. That definitely was too much fun. I really appreciate all your kind words and comments...you guys are the best. __________________ 1970 Blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=645076 1969 K10 SWB CST http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...52#post8520352 1971 K20 Z84 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...90#post9047290 1946 B.F. Avery Model A Tractor http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...55#post8292555 "Sometimes I wonder if zander208 was even real..."

10-02-2014, 04:43 PM	#6
DeadheadNM Carpe manana Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 12,302	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off I looked at that K5!! Didn't realize you were searching or would have been more than happy to assist. Glad it found a good new home. Excellent work and good luck. Pete Edit: Just curious, was shipping a real hassle? __________________ 1972 K5 CST Highlander Blazer: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=708547 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=528308 Members met: ORANGBLAZ, 2003 silverado, MikeCofield, BB72CHEVKT, Duncan&Son, Sameyrasmea72, THENEWMEXICAN, HotRod C/10, brianthelion02, Sport/Truck, ryanroo, michael bustamante, Dirt's72, Already Gone, WestButteTruck, 57taskforce, Moreyel, painterljp, AASmedic, SoCoC10, Lumaestas, carbuff382, Chevyland Last edited by DeadheadNM; 10-02-2014 at 04:49 PM.

10-03-2014, 12:57 PM	#8
NorCal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: intərwebz Posts: 155	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Looking bad! __________________ ▀▄▀▄▀▄ __www.c10crew.com__ ▄▀▄▀▄▀ ▀▄▀▄▀▄ C10CREW on Instagram ▄▀▄▀▄▀ ▀▄▀▄▀▄ The 1971 Blazer Project ▄▀▄▀▄▀

10-03-2014, 10:21 PM	#10
mx289 Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: wall,nj Posts: 865	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Very nice truck. You are making great progress. __________________ Tom 71 K2500 71 K5 Jimmy

10-10-2014, 03:53 PM	#12
IronCanine I'm trying.... Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 2,540	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Outer rockers on. Seats and console mocked in. Attached Images

10-12-2014, 07:32 PM	#13
thelonerife Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Clarksville TN 37043 Posts: 8,702	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off That looks great! I gotta do the same to mine. Although complete floors. __________________ Chuck 68swb Fleetside build ''Choncho'' http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=374892 My trailer redo http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...69#post5893869 Chuy my 59 bug http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653798 Putnam 87 GMC Shop truck http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=707687

10-12-2014, 09:49 PM	#15
IronCanine I'm trying.... Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 2,540	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off The Blazer bolt thread is very useful. Helped make finding these visor bolts a little easier. Attached Images

10-15-2014, 02:40 PM	#16
madkmart Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Covington, Ga Posts: 55	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off great start

10-15-2014, 10:59 PM	#18
Blown06 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Burnet, Tx Posts: 332	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Heck of a start to a really cool project, hopping onboard for the ride. __________________ Me: Jarrod My project: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=646563

10-19-2014, 10:54 AM	#21
Tom Vogel 2WD Jimmy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davis County, Utah Posts: 2,563	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off You are not missing something. You are actually lucky the WS fit up that good to begin with.

10-20-2014, 10:10 PM	#23
Blown06 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Burnet, Tx Posts: 332	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Looks perfectly safe to me! Actually for 1970 that was probably considered overkill. __________________ Me: Jarrod My project: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=646563

10-21-2014, 08:59 PM	#25
IronCanine I'm trying.... Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 2,540	Re: 70 Blazer Frame Off Started coming apart again. Body scheduled to come off tomorrow and frame work to begin. Attached Images



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