"Lock Jaw" the 1979 Stepside

[warrpath4x4]

Well I didn't think I was going to have any time to work on it still this week but ended up with an extra 30 minutes last night so I rolled the 14 bolt out to the truck and got it under and strapped to the frame.

wonder if i can hand crank it lol

I want to say it will steer worse now with half the steering boxes but should steer better with one actually hooked up

I have 2 new (to me) tires coming today, 70% tread government sell offs, they are a different tread but I think better design (BFG Baja TA). One of mine has a really bad wear pattern so I will replace it, I need to find a spare wheel but im not going to use a hummer beadlock as a spare wheel, theres no real reason that the spare has to match the others and no reason to haul that much extra weight.

 

[warrpath4x4]

Weekend plans turned to crap so ended up only camping friday night and coming home saturday. Sunday morning we volunteered as traffic control for a car show, then came home and closed the pool for the season, cleaned the chimney and the stove, and pulled the window A/C units.

Then got the truck moved to in front of the shop

Now I can start removing the fuel tanks, suspension brackets, and rear bumper/hitch that is bolted and welded to the frame. I have a new blazer tank that I am going to install, just need to make sure I can fit it in without interference from the axle housing