New Heavy Chevy!
454, Turbo 400, 4.10s....will be a towing and camper hauling beast! It's even the "camper special."
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Boy does this bring back memories
Another thing to check out is the steering box to frame rail for cracks on the frame rail
Mine cracked and made up my own bolster plate out of 3/16” plate and welded it to the frame
Recall or was it a TSB...factory booster plate between the steering box and frame rails
There are some upsets that you’ll have to make room for. They are the mounting points to the frame and is to keep the steering box off the frame a bit (don’t their need, but they designed it that way). Their booster plate had holes to have the steering box mount directly to the plate, which mounts directly to the frame rail
Mine cracked early, as found that with the 33” tires, could move boulders out of the why with turning the tire against them. Also, hill climbing...zig zagged the steering wheel all the way up...that got the tire tread edge to bit more/better
K5, so think a higher GVWR would put more stress
Another thing to check out is the steering box to frame rail for cracks on the frame rail
Mine cracked and made up my own bolster plate out of 3/16” plate and welded it to the frame
Recall or was it a TSB...factory booster plate between the steering box and frame rails
There are some upsets that you’ll have to make room for. They are the mounting points to the frame and is to keep the steering box off the frame a bit (don’t their need, but they designed it that way). Their booster plate had holes to have the steering box mount directly to the plate, which mounts directly to the frame rail
Mine cracked early, as found that with the 33” tires, could move boulders out of the why with turning the tire against them. Also, hill climbing...zig zagged the steering wheel all the way up...that got the tire tread edge to bit more/better
K5, so think a higher GVWR would put more stress
