You sir may have found just a bit of mud

Nice shots

 

yea. i did. it was so sloppy that my buddy with an F350 lifted on 42s got stuck twice trying to get around to me. oops. lol

on a sad note.. the guy with the wagoneer sold it out from under me.. so back to the search for axles now.. maybe i will just look and find some 2.5 ton axles and build a beast out of it.

 

anybody here swap the rockwell axles into their blazer?

 

ok. been a long while since i updated this. have had a ton of fun wheeling this thing.. The time has come to get rid of the IFS and upgrade. Solid Axle swap in progress...

Donor Truck:
1985 K5 Blazer

ordered 4.88 gears (front and rear)
mini spool for front (has manual hubs)
already equipped with G80 rear locker
37" Goodyear Military MTRs
16.5x8.25" steel procomp wheels

Still need:
NP241C transfer case with VSS option

axles are coming out of K5 this weekend and will start tearing them down to find out what replacement parts are needed during the rebuilds.

Pic is of donor truck.

 

trying to decide if i want to buy the SKY OFFROAD sas kit or just fabricate my own...

 

If you have the ability fabricate your own. The sky front hanger it's great but their rear hangers aren't because they force you to mount them below the frame rails. I have the sky hanger up front but I went outside the box and used Ford ranger rear shackle hangers for the rear to tuck them up inside the frame.

 

It has been a while, I had almost forgotten about this build.

 

update: picked up tires saturday. they are massive. pulled and sold the factory wheels off of the K5 yesterday. started pulling the axles out yesterday. will finish pulling them tonight so i can start tearing them down for the gear change. (my three year old next to tires for reference lol)

 

It's funny how when you buy your blazer and upgrade to 31s you think damn these are big then you do an SAS and get 37s and your like well s*** these 31s are tiny! Then you get stupid like me and go to 40s and think man 37s are so small lol. Here's one of my 40s next to a 37.

 

I think those are bigger than my CUT rear tractor tires!!