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Old 04-16-2012, 05:01 PM
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What's it for, just to keep water out?
 
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Old 04-16-2012, 06:50 PM
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its great to see 95s have great potential great build
 
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Old 04-16-2012, 09:50 PM
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Keeping out water is the most important reason for the cover.
 
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Old 04-17-2012, 02:20 PM
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Your little cover is sweet. My wiper motor died too, but I just unbolted the arm. I still have the bolt head sticking out of the back end, but its hidden by my spare tire carrier now.
 
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Old 06-05-2012, 01:29 PM
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I made a new cover an powdered it black. the old was a little bit to small in the diameter.
And today I bought a garage.
Now I can repai my door hinge pins and rebuilt my front axle.
 
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Old 06-13-2012, 01:26 PM
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Today I get my steering stabilizer.
Now I have to measure the diameter of the center link and frame distance to build some brackets.
And we took some wood out of the forest.


 
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Old 06-14-2012, 08:38 PM
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I read your thread and was wondering if you got your 4x4 working and if you did what was broken great job
 
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Old 06-19-2012, 03:08 PM
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Today, I began with my front suspension rebuild.

I lifted the Blazer on some strong wooden planks for a good stand and removed the front wheels.
Then I made the, in my opinion, most f***ed up work on an 4x4 Chevy.
Removing off the Torsion Bars and Keys.
First I removed the torsion bar adjuster screws, pulled up the Key with my Unloader Tool to remove the adjuster nut and relesed the Keys.



Usually, now follows a really bad work. Pushing the Torsion Bars out of the Keys and the lower control arm.
So I tried how tight the torsion bar is in the control arm by shaking around on it and the torsion bar simply slides out of the control arm and the key.
The other side is just like th first side.
When we installed the lift kit we used much of grease on the torsion bar, but I thought it´s away after two years, but ist really useful.



Much thanks of my buddy Normen, he hasw an own shop for US-Cars in germany helped so much.

Tomorrow, I want to remove the steering knuckle and the parts around them.
 
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Old 07-08-2012, 12:11 PM
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Okay, after some days of work, I disessembled my complete front suspension.
Now I give away my Control Arm to press in new bushings, installed new seals on the steering knuckle, new tie rod ends, adjusting sleeves and primered my frame with Brunox Epoxy.
 
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