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Quick update on my my tire results - I finally got the truck out on the open road today. I did some higway cruising between 55 and 70+mph (speedo was buried). I'm very happy to report no vibration or shimmy at any speed. I never got the tires spin balanced, I figured I'd try them first before...

Is this new or ongoing issue? Are you sure the multimeter is accurate? 22v is basically a dead battery. I'd run a test on battery voltage as well as voltage on the output on the generator (all while running). All the readings should be really close to what you got at your voltmeter gauge...

Michael is a pretty active member on that group and seems to contribute a lot. Black dog customs isn't in competition with a this company or anyone who rebuilds pumps, so this isn't like chevy talking bad about ford's aluminum pickup beds. For whatever reason, he's not a fan. Again, I've...

I have zero first hand knowledge, but I've seen Diesel Care peformance gets bashed hard on the Hmmwv DIY facebook group, including comments from Michael Vaden (black dog customs guy). Stories of people getting multiple failed pumps and other poor experiences. I assume this is the same company...

I'm pretty sure you only need friction modifiers if you have a limited slip with clutches. Torsen differentials don't need it.

+1, either with a long breaker bar or an impact. A regular allen wrench is often too short to get any real torque on it and it's also harder to keep in properly aligned in the hole (particularly if you are putting a pipe over it or something to add leverage). I also find the quality of the...

I removed the bolt holding the link to the frame as suggested by @Carrera911 and it was quick and easy for me. It took a little persuasion to get it back in place, but not hard at all. The only trick is that you need a couple 1 1/8" sockets or socket/wrench. The passenger side was really easy...

I should add - If you were ever looking for a excuse to buy a welder, take this one and run with it. With a little practice, pretty much anyone can be up and running with a mig welder using flux core wire and producing serviceable welds. It's one of those tools that might sit idle for long...

+1 on welding an allen key into/onto the stripped plug. It shoulld be pretty easy to get decent penetration all the way around with low risk to damaging the hub if the plug is sticking out a bit as you describe. You need a strong weld with good penetration or the welds will just snap once you...

thanks again, that was much easier than it looked.

Thanks. I was eyeing that one also and it kind of looks like a pain in the butt with the rubber bushing, but I'll give it a shot. The fronts were so easy, I got spoiled...

Whoops, i meant 98. It had an 8 in there somewhere...

I did the spindle nuts on my front hubs earlier this week. It was really easy and the hub cover is easy to remove by just taking out the 4 bolts and rotating the cover out since the steering linkage can articulate. For the hubs on the rear wheels, I couldn't just move the cover aside since...

I believe my GM block had the numbers (including the "506") on the rear of the block right under the heads. Number under each head area, I can't remember which side was which. I don't remember anything in the valley, but I might be wrong.

I did a bit of research on the 6.5 block/head variations and GEP definitely made some improvements over the GM blocks/heads, but there are lots of GM motors out there with a lot of miles on them without issue. The block/head cracking is the big one that comes up with the GM castings, but I...

Yep, both sides right behind the b pillar

There are a couple scratches underneath that might be from forks, but not these worn down sections. These sections are polished to almost mirror finish like someone ran a polishing wheel on them for a long time, no scratches. I think the metal is actually worn down a bit from whatever was...

For anything safety related, cotter pins are definitely one-time use. I'm not saying the 18 year old mechanic in the motor pool won't reuse a cotter pin just like they are probably reusing these tabbed washers, but I'm guessing the tabbed washers are even more dangerous to re-use and easier to...

Agree that the individual tabs are single use, but bearings/races wear and there is a reasonable chance that you won't end up with the same clocking you started with. Mine lined up different even with ~10 miles since the refurb. It mIght have been a little wear or maybe differences in torque...

As I get to know my truck as I sort things out, I try to pick up signs of how it might have been used and what was serviced during the IROAN process. They must have sprayed multiple gallons of black paint on everything underneath. The gas tank is mostly painted black. There are wire bundles...