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Cool Billyzz - I too am running a c-6 with a 3.0 gear so this is good info for me too! I went for this to keep the revs low on the highway. and hopefully get better gas milage!

Originally Posted by stovens

Cool Billyzz - I too am running a c-6 with a 3.0 gear so this is good info for me too! I went for this to keep the revs low on the highway. and hopefully get better gas milage!

20 mpg town 26 mpg hwy

Originally Posted by stovens

Cool Billyzz - I too am running a c-6 with a 3.0 gear so this is good info for me too! I went for this to keep the revs low on the highway. and hopefully get better gas milage!

i am going to put 32" tires on the rear and put my current rears on the front.
my reasons are twofold
1 i like the bigger tire looks
2 keep my rpm's down and thus save some gas.

kingpin update
i got me some oversized pins and i am glad i did.
the previous pins and bushings were installed 3000 miles ago with the bushings upside down.
thus no lubrication.
the spindles and axle holes were wallered out in an egg shape.
i had to machine down the parts to make everything square and then use all the shims provided with the new pins just to do one side!
luckily we were able to scare up more shims and thus were able to finish the job.
right now my steering is VERY stiff.
so i am forced to go cruising around the neighborhood making lots and lots of turns breaking it all in before our vacation cruise.
boohoo poor lil ole me.
forced to drive my toy even more than usual.

ya know?
the steering didnt seem sloppy to me at all.
it didnt wander on a crowned road or anything like that.
i didnt get speed wobble either.
but when i jacked the tires off the ground and got a 6 and 12 o-clock hold of it
there was an unacceptable amount of movement
maybe a half inch or a little more.
my spindles are worn as well but with the new pins installed i got the movement down to a 8th of an inch.

Are you still being "forced" to drive it? So as to break it in??? ROFL...

Originally Posted by 34_40

Are you still being "forced" to drive it? So as to break it in??? ROFL...

oh!
the inhumanity!
where o where is the justice i ask you?!?

I humbly bow to the king of sarcasm!

Originally Posted by 34_40

I humbly bow to the king of sarcasm!

send flowers and monetary donations to the
make it better cuz poor ole billy hasta drive his rod fund

( in best weeping sally struthers type voice)

you
yes YOU!
can make a poor underprivileged ding-a-ling have a better life.
if even for only a day.
wont you contribute?

Billy, OPEN a window... you need oxygen, must be light headed there!

Originally Posted by 34_40

Billy, OPEN a window... you need oxygen, must be light headed there!

hmm
should i take that to mean
no flowers or shemolians?
you heartless beast!

donations of beer n pizza will be welcomed in leu of flowers

Come to the Northeast and I'll gladly oblige!!!

the steering is almost easy again.
the first few hundred turns were tough though.
either it got easier or i got stronger.
luckily my previous build was that bone stock willys jeep.
so i was already used to "armstrong" steering.

Billy your comments about your steering repairs concern me a great deal-------

If your king pins /bushings /thrust bearings were installed and fitted properly should in no way make your steering difficult----------If you have a tight spot any where in the area of the spindles you have a very serious and dangerous not only to you and your passengers but also to others on the road------

Proper steering feed back from the road is vital in the stability of all steering systems and the slightest tight spot with diminish that feedback enough to make a vehicle unstabile---

However, if your stiffness is just a condition of bad caster/camber angles, king pin inclination to tire patch contact patch, scrub angles-----------