First-Gen S10 Corner Carver

[HectorM52]

Tell them to swap to an Explorer Rack and Pinion while they're at it. Check out this thread...



http://www.blazinlow.com/forum/showt...nd-pinion-pic-!

Here are some of the pics for that thread...

http://s-seriesforum.com/gallery/Rack-Pinion

[jerome]

Adam - thanks for the suggestion, but a Lee 670 steering box is already on the way. I figure a good recirculating ball setup is proven and can give just as good feel and performance as a rack and pinion without some of the R&D involved with getting the rack setup right.

Randy made a jig to locate the upper control arm mounts, cut the spring pocket off of the frame and welded the frame rail up straight, factory-style. He then added a new upper control arm mount:


Pockets were CNC-machined into the plates to accept oval offset inserts to adjust the pickup points for anti-dive:


Unfinished Spohn lower control arm where lower coilover bracket will be mounted. Upper coilover mount has not been designed yet. Lower mount will be as close to the lower ball joint as possible and upper mount will locate the coilover as vertical as possible.


I brought the cab and bed to the shop:


We put the bed and body on to locate where the rearend should be. I had mistakenly shortened the wheelbase when doing the rear suspension the first time, so we will move the suspension rearwards to center the wheels in the wheel arches.


A shot of the interior: