tell me how it goes tommorow and we might can get up sometime we go to silver dollar 1 or 2 times a year.

 

nada today...
shop its at had the spare lift tied up so we couldn't work on the cross-member...
all the jacks were being used so I couldn't even put the couple bolts in or route the wires I needed to route...
gotta work the 1st & 2nd job tomorrow...so I guess it'll be Thursday...unfortunately, the y-pipe modifications will probably not be completed Thursday...

this freakin' u-joint!
I took the #235 "Super Strength" back and compared it to the stock replacement #534G...sure enough, the grooves were slightly more outward on the #235...so, I got the #534G...
the grooves on this one are STILL too outward!
even if you squeeze the caps in as far as you can...
the ears on the stock yoke and the new one are dead on...the same inside dimensions...inside and out...stock joint and these are same overall width including the caps too...its just the grooves...
I guess I'm gonna have to take the yoke and DS to the DS shop where I got the new yoke and have them put a joint in them...and yes...I did slip the yoke in the tranny today before I go and have it put on the DS...that would really suck to go have it assembled and then the yoke not even fit...
I don't get it...
this is the yoke I bought (not where I got it):
http://www.actionmachineinc.com/gm3r...r-3-9161x.aspx
the joint is shown as well...this Spicer joint crosses to the same Precision joint I bought...which is also the stock replacement joint for the truck...???

 

well...
everyone involved was wrong...
joints WERE correct...
I took the joint, the new yoke and the DS to the DS shop, the one I bought the yoke from, today at lunch...
he said, yeah that's the right joint...
installed it on the new yoke, installed that to the DS and when putting the last retainer on...noticed the ears on the DS were bent slightly from knocking the stock plastic retainers out...
he then screwed up the new joint while removing it to straighten the DS's ears...straightened the ears out...gave me a new joint...assembled it all...all for no charge
on to the cross-member mod tomorrow...and hopefully the y-pipe mod as well...

 

why do you have to modifiy your cross member is it hitting i know i had to cut my plates that i extended the crossmember down for my pacesetter one would go on the right header. hope you have better luck than me my pressure regulator valve popped out thats what was wrong with mine after taking my trans out 4 times maybe i got it atleast i got the removal down to about 40 to 50 mins lol but i hope i dont have to do it anytime soon once i get it running tommorow hope it didnt tear nothing up.

 

my cross-member is exactly like this one:
http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/front...rans-swap.html

 

mine too i just cut it with a chop saw then took the torch and cut out 2 10" long 4"x 1/2 pieces of flat bar and measured 6" from the front to the front of the piece i cut out and welded it back together i''l take pictures of it tommorow.

 

cross-member finished...
y-pipe modded...
everything completed Friday night...
driven it to work and home a few times since...
so far...so good!
I need to romp on it real good one time...
and get over that fear of breakin' sumpin' again!

 

Lean on that som-bitch Al

 

You won't break this one Al.

 

So when will this be flying down the track?