Rebuilding my 97 2 door

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KnukLHead

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97 tahoe 2d auto
Ranch hand bumpers front and rear
35×14.5 thornbirds
Procomp suspension lift

So I bought this bad boy a lil less then a month ago knowing it wasnt perfect and needed some work but I figured whatever it needed we could do. So after drivong it from the place of purchase I made about a block and was getting up to speed (about 30 35mph) when I was hit with the death wobble. So I called my partner in crime and informed him I bought it but cant make the 40 mile ride home with it in that condition and he was fixing to have a lawn ornament because he lives in the town I bought it. (Lucky him ) The following weekend we started tearing the front end down to see what all we needed to do. Which ended up being almost everything. Ill includes a list of all the parts later. But basically every bushing was either not there or almost gone. All the joints were sloppy so I said screw it and ordered all new everything.

New parts
upper/lower ball joints
Inner/outer tierods
Idler/pitman arms
Energy suspension polyurethane master bushing set
Rancho 5000 steering stabilizer
Pasenger side axle (boot was ripped up, just replaced the whole axle)
Vehicle speed sensor (trannys not shifting right. May fix it)
New master cylinder and booster
1 wheel stud
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Hopefully next saturday we'll have all the front end back together and ready to go get an alignment and balance the tires

I found this when we were tearing it down
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Not exactly sure what type of steel this is but im gonna try and weld that up if I can until I can get another suspension kit. Havent been able to find just the piece. May try and fab something up if all else fails.

Not sure exactly what kit is on it other then its procomp e8eve6y4.jpg
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Nice rebuild but yea weld it or find a wrecked lifted silvi or hoe n pull it
 

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