Recent content by Bear9350

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    Media Blaster

    Make a few phone calls to auto shops in your area. Some of them will have a blaster and I suspect would charge around $50-$75 to blast if you deliver it off the truck. At least that is about what it costs me to have it done.
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    Which receiver hitch to get?

    A good hitch used under its limits shouldn't wear out. You are suggesting that over time the hitch will fatigue, crack and break. The ratings put on these hitches would be well under the infinite life I am sure. I am sure it would be possible to wear them out but I am also sure you would have...
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    Hmmmmm

    Right, I didn't mean to imply the shock would hold the weight of the truck. The coil spring holds the weight of the truck, but now that weight is transferred to the from through the upper shock bracket instead of the torsion bar cross member. Even with the increases loading seen from the...
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    Hmmmmm

    The way I have been working it out in my head is that normally the torsion bars generally just hold the weight of the front end. The dynamic loading from bumps, jumping, etc.. are for the most part I believe transfered through the shock and into that mount. The dynamic loading spikes that the...
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    Hmmmmm

    Did you beef up the top mounting bracket at all or is it not needed? That bracket is now supporting the entire weight of the front end of the truck where before the torsion bars/ torsion bar cross member was supporting it. Usually I can work through this type of thing pretty well but I think I...
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    IHI Turbo Rebuild

    Put everything back together tonight in the new center. Seems to have tightened up but it is still rubbing on one side. It seems as if the turbine shaft I have is bent or something. It is closer to the bottom of the turbo and it only rubs on that side.
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    IHI Turbo Rebuild

    Yeah, everything installed and the nut tightened. I took it apart last night and it looks like everything was installed correctly. The slop appears to be between the bushings and the housing, not the nudging and shaft. I have a second center section housing cleaned up that I am going to try...
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    IHI Turbo Rebuild

    It is up and down. No in and out play. I tried the oil thing tonight and it didn't seem to help. The plan was to replace injectors, do a turbo swap and new down pipe tomorrow. Hopefully the injectors swap goes smoothly and I have some time to play with the turbo. I have a second housing...
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    IHI Turbo Rebuild

    Finished rebuilding the rest of the turbo tonight. The longer bolts worked with no problem for me. Everything tightened up with no issue. Not sure if I did something wrong or if I just picked up a bad spare turbo to rebuild. I have everything together but it seems really loose. Anybody else...
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    IHI Turbo Rebuild

    I called Apex up and had them send me a kit also. I am part way through the re-assembly, just waiting on paint to dry on the compressor cover to finish the install tomorrow. So far I have noticed the Apex kit I got also had the longer bolts YellowChevy pointed out to hold the Compressor Cover...
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    LB7: IHI Port/Polish

    Looks good. I just finished painting mine the same colors this weekend. Used the Fire Proof black on the exhaust side and just high temp black on the compressor side. When you guys are pulling the wastegate off, can you pull the rod out by hand. I have two wastegates here. The first one is...
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    LBZ: Who makes the best bumper??

    Javalina?? Not sure on the spelling, is a ranch hand styled bumper that was a little bit shorter than the rest. I think they went out of business last fall but you might be able to find a used one or something. Top gun customz is another that is similar to fusion. They might stick out little...
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    LBZ: Who makes the best bumper??

    Are you looking for more of the ranch hand style bumper or a plated steel type more similar to a Road Armor? There are a couple differant companies that make the ranch hand style. If you are looking for something that doesn't stick out to much look Fusion bumpers. I've built and sold a few...
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