My term of old is 80s and 90s lol.

 

I'm not old and I'm 35 lol... 60s is closer to old for me, no offense ladies and gents lol

 

Dang you are just a kid! LOL

You are younger than my 82 Prelude!

 

I took advantage of a unique and (hopefully) rare opportunity to inspect my undercarriage.

 

Currently in the process of replacing the inner/outer tie rods, ball joints, passenger side hub, driver's side axle seal. upper control arm bushing, possibly lca bushings, pitman and idler arms. I did all of this about 14-15 years ago. Reason for doing it again is 75% of the boots have deteriorated and uca bushings are basically non-existent. Reason I discovered all of this is the last time I drove the Blazer was almost two years ago and the front end sounded like someone pouring milk over a bowl of rice crispies.

So, I decided to get it done before hunting starts up next month for me, my wife, cousin and his son. Figured I could get it done in a day, two at the most. Nope. Seems spending more time offroad than on the highway makes things much dirtier and nuts and bolts more wanting to stay put than to be removed. Already used the torch about three times and used up a half a can of PB Blaster. Ball joints don't want to let go, along with the tie rods. Almost done with the passenger side, and it has only take 3 days thus far.

Keep in mind the morning temps are a bit on the chill side, so I've been waiting for the sun to swing around until it is shining on the Blazer which happens around 1pm. So I'm getting in about 4-5 hours a day of work in. I also have other things that need done around the house and have to run down to the Springs at least once a week for various things. Not to forget that Saturdays are out due to college football.

The good news is that we have other vehicles that we use on a daily basis, as the Blazer has finally turned in the vehicle I had originally bought for. Hunting, camping, fishing and the occasional offroad fun.

 

Damn Tom! Any broken windows?

 

Amazingly, only the door glass. But the door is pretty well bashed in, anyway, so it looks like a trip to the junkyard is in order. Other than the side mirror, that was the only real damage.

We flipped it back on the wheels and finished the trail.

 

 

 

I pulled two rusty tow hooks at my local U-Pull it junk yard. I blasted, primed, painted and installed them on my 89 S15 Jimmy. The truck I pulled them from had the same style frame rails as my S15 Jimmy, I had to locate and drill two holes in each frame rail. See attached pictures.