Must do square body steering/suspension upgrades

[christophersanders]

I have a 1991 1-ton Chevy crew cab square body with 10" lift. 38" tires, with all the same steering modifications. I installed a steering shaft from a 2001 to 2006 3/4-ton Chevy express van, in order to eliminate the stock rag joint steering shaft.

[MajorTendonitis]

I’ve owned 3 GMC shorties, all 4x4, and the two that were lifted with 35” tires had sub par steering . I never thought of the push pull design being the issue, and seen your modifications on another video recently. I had heard of welding a plate to the frame, as you certainly don’t want any flex where your steering box is located . Btw nice looking truck you have there . I’ll regret selling my 84 for the rest of my life .

[browneyedman]

If you want to get rid of that old rubber rag joint, I used a borgeson 935 steering shaft with Ujoints you will have to shorten the shaft but it works great and gets rid of the steering delay/slop.

[redneckwithajeep]

Nice truck I haven’t lifted my 76 yet but was wondering how I as going to take care of the steering issues once I did. Had a friend in high school that had a nice 78 on a 6 inch lift and he endlessly complained about steering

[RodolfoDelgadoJr]

One part was called the raise steering arm and the other long piece that was connected to it was called what?

[biggeese]

Nice truck man. If you ever decided to sell please let me know. Love it and the vids

[tjhughes]

Not all 8 lug trucks have a flat top nuclear

[trashbandit]

So do you have a seperate brace and plate on the frame? I haven't seen anyone else do both but it makes sense..

[enermaxstephens]

If you swap out the rag joint for the jeep direct thing, you are going to lose road manners. Vibration will increase and the truck won't be quite as nice to drive. Might not matter on yours but for those of us with 2WD street trucks this is usually a big no-no

[LEGUESSCY]

Where might 1 purchase the parts to do this on a 73 k5 blazer 🤷🏾‍♂️ . Nice rigg bro💯

[MrTylerg]

I need to find a drop pitman arm for a 6-8 inch lift for a 1970 k20 but I can’t find anything

[bowtiebuilding]

So you still run the 10 bolt front and rear? With as much power as you’re putting down I think I’ll be safe building what I have if the that’s the case.

[nicocummings]

Hey man how much was it to do the steering upgrade?

[fredandersen]

I have to correct you. The "six lug" or Half Ton front end, is IDENTICAL to the 3/4 ton "eight lug" front end. Most all of them ran the GM corporate 10 bolt or the DANA 44 axle. The flat top steering knuckle was available on early 1/2 & 3/4 tons, running the DANA 44.

[rayray]

Will these upgrades eliminate bad steering on a non lifted k10 stock suspension?

[SOU]

I think it's just the K and V body squares that have issues with the frame cracking, and more so with ones that are raised and/or running larger tires. That being said I still want to check my 86 K2500 for frame cracks even though it's still running factory size tires. Same for my 85 C30... if I can even manage to see the frame around the steering box with the 454 in the way.