Let the front end rebuild begin!

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Mar 2, 2019 | 09:22 AM

adebord

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Let the front end rebuild begin!

Hope you all have a good Saturday! Breaking into the front end on my 79 this weekend. New bearings, seals, u-joints, ball joints, tie rod ends, drag link and whatever else I find.

Mar 2, 2019 | 11:09 AM

Pickupmanx2

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Your truck looks Great!! Have fun!!

Mar 2, 2019 | 05:31 PM

adebord

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New ball joints and axle u joint in on the driver side. Tie rod assembled and drag link off and ready for reinstall. Lots of clean up and touch up painting done as well. Great start. Will take another day or so of it. Can’t wait to get it all back together.

Mar 3, 2019 | 01:50 PM

adebord

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New races and bearings on one side done

Mar 3, 2019 | 10:28 PM

meangreen92

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Looks nice and sanitary under there, which is a godsend when doing work like that.

Mar 3, 2019 | 10:48 PM

hail destroyer

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Originally Posted by meangreen92

Looks nice and sanitary under there, which is a godsend when doing work like that.

True! In my case, a front end rebuild would mean 2 days worth of pressure washing dirt, mud, rust grease, salt and snow, followed by 2 weeks of soaking everything in PB blast and buying grinding discs and cut off wheels anyway..

That is a beautiful truck BTW, I love the color and how straight and detailed it is

Mar 4, 2019 | 08:37 AM

adebord

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Thank you. I don’t drive it unless it’s nice outside. I catch hell for that, but it’s mine and I built it so I can drive it when I want lol. I appreciate your comments it’s definitely going in the direction I want.