check this out!

[militaryota]

this is on my girlfriends k5

 

[Dain Bramage]

:eeek: :eeek: :eeek: nice. you might try telling her to slow down over speed bumps, curbs, and cliffs.

 

[TreeClimber]

Take a pic of her frame, drivers side, around the steering box mounting location. Odds are pretty good you'll find cracking there too.

And it's not that uncommon for both the steering boxes to tear out, break the frame, and / or break the springs. It's an older rig. Those springs have cycled a million times.

 

[militaryota]

that passenger rear...

im thinking it has a lot to do with the built 383 and 4in blocks...

 

[Lucky Jeff]

I don't see a problem..

 

[Dain Bramage]

if it works, it works, right? :redneck:

 

[leadfoot067]

very common with the 52" springs....

 

[militaryota]

ya, kinda shitty deal to find 30 miles from home...

 

[crash2]

That could have turned into a nasty mess....

 

[pokey]

looks like its been broke for a while. I say keep driving on it:awesomework:




Not:booo:

 

[London Gentleman]

That sucks man!!! Things could have gone wrong fast!!!!!
Cory,

 

[militaryota]

she pulled into the shop and told me it was leanin real bad, so i hop under there and am mostly looking at front springs and i glance back and whoa! looks like we're not driving that home today...

 

[War-Jeeper]

Ouch that doesnt look like fun! Have you purchased a steering box frame brace for it yet? If not i would invest in one otherwise you may find a cracked frame soon, K5's are prone to that around the steering box unfortuently

 

[sandysfull-sizecarnage]

yeah i have fixed a framehorn on my old chevy. it was a big bitch kuz when i found out mine was bad it was too late. i just ordered up a reinforcer from ORD for my new truck so i didnt have to do that again.

 

[militaryota]

i plane on redoing the crossmember and gusseting the frame when i make the change to crossover, i think it will make it till then... so now im thinking shackle flip and get rid of the death blocks that were on when we bought it.... maybe an anti-wrap bar and i think that will fix the problem

 

[rooinater]

yikes! last thing i'd want to see when i get under the truck!