new to me m1009

[bjsmith]

Dont know if i made the right choice or not but traded my bobbed deuce for this 09 from member on here. Looked better in pics and was details i was given about it but anyway i have it now. It has 6" front lift and 4" rear but that will be fixed soon. Sitting on 35x14.5 boggers that also will be gone soon. My plans (if i can get paperwork straighted out) get rid of 4" lift blocks in rear and do shackle flip with 2" blocks to get it sitting level. I have a set of 8 lug axles to go under it (dana 44 and 14 bolt full float) It has axles from suburban right now with front auto locking hubs that dont work. I plan to run 37" H1 rims and tires. Not sure if i will run wheel spacers to make them fit or get new centers for the rims.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Looks cool with the soft top. FYI, the hubs on the CUCV now will work on the 44F. Odds are good the front axle is a 10 bolt though unless someone was swapping parts. The 44 never came with auto locking hubs, 10 bolts did. Nice thing about the burb 14 bolt is the perches and shock mounts are in the right place.

 

[bjsmith]

The axles under it now are from a suburban or that what guy told me.It has the auto hubs. it didnt have front driveshaft on when i got it and when i installed they would not lock for me to tighten the u joint strap bolts. I have a dana 44 that has been converted to 8 lug with mile marker manual hubs and limited slip and a 14 bolt that will be going under it soon. Just need money to buy new wheels for the tires i have or by the h1s that i want to run

 

[paraclete comes]

looks like it will be fun

 

[bjsmith]

Heres the new axles i just picked up today. The dana 44 converted to 8 lug with trac-loc and corporate 14 bolt full float open diff but the guy I got them from had a detroit locker that he let me get for cheap too so I grabbed it too. Now to find me some 15" 8 lug rims to swap my tires over for now

 

[donalloy1]

Dont know if i made the right choice or not but traded my bobbed deuce for this 09 from member on here. Looked better in pics and was details i was given about it but anyway i have it now. It has 6" front lift and 4" rear but that will be fixed soon. Sitting on 35x14.5 boggers that also will be gone soon. My plans (if i can get paperwork straighted out) get rid of 4" lift blocks in rear and do shackle flip with 2" blocks to get it sitting level. I have a set of 8 lug axles to go under it (dana 44 and 14 bolt full float) It has axles from suburban right now with front auto locking hubs that dont work. I plan to run 37" H1 rims and tires. Not sure if i will run wheel spacers to make them fit or get new centers for the rims.

I think you did well bj! Really like the Soft Top. Yet to see one on O9. Will stick with Hard Top on my end. Noisey enough already! Will remove mine for naturl AC someday.

 

[bjsmith]

The soft top is one thing i really liked about it. Also it has straps to roll sides and back up the tie them up so its all open except very top which is how it will be most of the time with me. Also with the boggers on it you can barely here any other noises from truck. They are load on the road. Funny thing is theres not much change in how loud it is from riding in deuce to the 09 with the boggers anyway but different tone.

 

[Bowebble]

Good looking truck man, how's she run? I'm digging the soft top, you probably have one of the only CUCVs running around with one.

 

[rickf]

Traded a bobbed deuce for a Blazer and now sinking a ton of money into the Blazer......
I am a little confused? I would thing the deuce would have been worth double the Blazer from the start.

 

[bjsmith]

Seems to run good. Havent driven much, hope to have it all legal monday.

 

[bjsmith]

The deuce was probly worth twice as much but I get bored with things after a while. As far as sinking a ton of money in the blazer I only have $500 in both axles with the lockers. After I sell my rims and tires I will about brek even on new rims and tires. And if I can sell some of the extra parts that came with it that will pay for the axles. I didn't have a whole lot in the deuce to start with since i did all the work myself and find deals on all my parts.

 

[bjsmith]

Got the locker installed in the rear and new oil in the rear end so its ready to go now

 

[bjsmith]

Forgot to add pic

 

[bjsmith]

new 39.5 super swampers for the 1009

 

[bjsmith]

Had to see what they will look like

 

[bjsmith]

Done shackle flip and added 2.5" offset block to recenter the 14 bolt I installed. Now i need to get new u bolt and get driveshaft extended

 

[bjsmith]

Here's pic of shackle flip with brace added. I also added about a 1" shackle lift in front to level it back out. So all together I have about a 7" lift. I got a longer driveshaft for the rear now i need to make the front one longer and either get new front shocks or relocate the shock mount on front axle like I did the rear. Also have to find some new rims and if I dont i will be ordering new ones in a week or so

 

[bjsmith]

Got the new tires mounted and on. Also cut off mufflers but it to loud so I'm gonna try glasspacks.

 

[rickf]

If that shackle lift was on the front of the spring as it looks to be you are going to have steering issues. That will change your castor angle towards the negative which will cause it to wander and the steering not to self return. You can get angled shims for under the springs to compensate for that but it should be done on a rack.

Rick

 

[bjsmith]

The shackle flip is on the rear of rear spring. On the front I did make longer shackles for the rear of the spring and added angle shim to get it back where it was. It seems to drive good on the small tires. I haven't got a change to take it out on the 39.5s.