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  1. Big T

    GMT-400 to GMT-800 brake conversion tie rod discussion

    Resend the photos to your e-mail and download those. They should have a smaller size after one send and then can be uploaded.
  2. Big T

    GMT-400 to GMT-800 brake conversion tie rod discussion

    Received the ream ordered from Walmart at our Montana home and my wife sent me a pic asking if I wanted her to bring it down to SoCal. The packaging is the same as for the ream I bought from Speedway at 4x the price.
  3. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    I have no idea what the shipping costs to AK will be.
  4. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    No I don’t have PayPal. I’ll just take a check. I have my wife coming down from MT this weekend. Will be in SoCal for a little over a week as she has a surgery to address an issue from cataract surgery last January. Then we’ll head back up to MT. Confirm the above is what you want and I’ll...
  5. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    https://www.inlinetube.com/products/ct1012
  6. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    I can have them shipped to MT and on-ship to AK. Saves all the CA sales tax.
  7. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    Will ship to CA
  8. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    Well got everything done on the ‘99 front end and had my son over to help with bleeding the brakes. Unfortunately, I pinched the passenger side braided stainless brake hose and it’s leaking there where it was pinched. So a new set of braided stainless brake lines has been ordered from...
  9. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    Got the Grade 8 washers and I got the driver’s side done. Had to do more reaming in the knuckle to get the right depth. Probably had the knuckle on and off 5x, but it’s done. Just need to finish some miscellaneous stuff like cotter pins and install the Allen acre that holds the ABS sensor in.
  10. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    I do not know where to get hardened washers. I looked online for taller castle nuts and could not find.
  11. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    I am. Buying some Grade 8 today.
  12. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    It’s a Grade 5. I’ll get some Grade 8s.
  13. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    Got the passenger side steering knuckle reamed. Still needed a washer under the castle but to keep the cotter pin within the castle nut. Last time I needed two washers, but the ball joints were never the problem. It was the tie rod hole that I overdid the ream depth, something that I avoided...
  14. Big T

    Torque Specs

    Upper ball joint: 61 lbs Lower ball joint: 79 lbs
  15. Big T

    GMT-400 to GMT-800 brake conversion tie rod discussion

    The error is in the first line description. Down in the details below they have the specs right. They are the same.
  16. Big T

    What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

    Took a little break and installed the new sway bar on the ‘99 K2500 Suburban. Now I just need to finish reaming the ball joint holes on the knuckles and it will go back together quickly.
  17. Big T

    GMT-400 to GMT-800 brake conversion tie rod discussion

    I thinks it’s 2” per ft gets you 10 degree, while 1.5” per ft gets you 7 degree.
  18. Big T

    GMT-400 to GMT-800 brake conversion tie rod discussion

    I’m doing them by hand with a right angle drill. Getting the depth right is the tedious part. I’ve got the tie rod holes reamed. Will be working on the depth for the ball joint holes.
  19. Big T

    GMT-400 to GMT-800 brake conversion tie rod discussion

    The intro paragraph for WalMart listing says 1.5” per ft 10 degree, then down below in the description it says: Item details with high thermal hardness, high wear resistance, high hardenability and sufficient plasticity and toughness. and can withstand large impact force and high load...
  20. Big T

    I’m a Runaway

    Ford couldn’t make it work when starting with a blank slate:
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