Randeez 2012 Budget Yukon Denali Build (stick on hood scoops galore)

[randeez]

And how many times have you threatened that now?
You need more punishment, back to the whippin post!

A) I hate selling stuff, no problem parting with it just hate dealing with people.

B) it'd have to be together enough and working enough to be worth something- which it may never be

 

[iamdub]

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What's the point of that smaller spring if it's compressed like that? Is it too light?

 

[randeez]

What's the point of that smaller spring if it's compressed like that? Is it too light?

yea i really got no clue man, the spring itself you can compress just pinching it in your hand...so im not sure its supposed to do anything other than just keep tension on the jam nut

 

[iamdub]

yea i really got no clue man, the spring itself you can compress just pinching it in your hand...so im not sure its supposed to do anything other than just keep tension on the jam nut

Weird. A buddy is building an overlanding rig for their move from Nebraska to Alaska and he's had to change those small springs once or twice. It's a frame-up build with fully fabricated bed, so the final weight wasn't easily determined until he got it sitting on the coilovers.

I guess if yours rides and handles fine, let it eat. You've got bigger priorities to be concerned with. So, you're officially 4WD now? How's the rear end?

 

[randeez]

Rear end sucks. I hatched the plan to just get another whole one, have it set up, and swap in the whole axle. But ***** becoming annoying af.
Order axle, gets delivered he says since we dont have a core its another 180- ok whatever. Then its the wrong one so he gets another on the way. It shows up and he tells me it's another 100. So now I'm into this ******* axle for 680$ before we even touch the shit and it's ******* me off. So if I kept this course, it needs to be regeared and then swapped into yukon, and it would just have a stock locker still. And I'm just done ****** around with it.

So I'm just going to settle up with him and take yukon to 4x4 shop and have them rebuild the one I have in the truck. Whole point was to not take up a bay and a lift in his shop while all this gets put together, I was good with it costing a couple extra bux to do it this way but it's ridiculous.

It's going back to awd case, I don't feel like messing with actuators and levers and crap. Front axles were always the worry with it, mpg already sucks, np149 tcase is all rebuild and sitting on bench. It won't have as much abuse anymore

 

[randeez]

Weird. A buddy is building an overlanding rig for their move from Nebraska to Alaska and he's had to change those small springs once or twice. It's a frame-up build with fully fabricated bed, so the final weight wasn't easily determined until he got it sitting on the coilovers.

I guess if yours rides and handles fine, let it eat. You've got bigger priorities to be concerned with. So, you're officially 4WD now? How's the rear end?

Springs 101 – What is a helper spring? - Raceland

In our experience, when it comes to spring specifics, the helper spring has been one of the most misunderstood areas that we’ve seen. If you’ve ever wondere ...

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Sposed to be fully compressed

 

[iamdub]

Springs 101 – What is a helper spring? - Raceland

In our experience, when it comes to spring specifics, the helper spring has been one of the most misunderstood areas that we’ve seen. If you’ve ever wondere ...

raceland.com

Sposed to be fully compressed

 

[randeez]

got that taiwan hookup!

 

[randeez]

@Dantheman1540 did you ever find a billet yoke for 9.5 14b? and with what ujoint, tried searching but wasnt sure if you ended up with 1410 joint

 

[Rocket Man]

Springs 101 – What is a helper spring? - Raceland

In our experience, when it comes to spring specifics, the helper spring has been one of the most misunderstood areas that we’ve seen. If you’ve ever wondere ...

raceland.com

Sposed to be fully compressed

Aha. That makes sense.