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  1. 77 K20

    Rear Leaf Center Pin and Clamps

    Sounds like a good plan- especially because it seems like sometimes the axle gets moved forward more on some trucks (mine's just a K20). The plate is just for centering how the tire is placed in the wheel well. The pinion angle is going to be tilted upwards automatically with the shackle flip-...
  2. 77 K20

    Rear Leaf Center Pin and Clamps

    From the ORD website: Our new axle offset plates are an easy and inexpensive way to offset your front or rear leaf-sprung axle forward or back 1/2", 1" or 1-1/2" depending on how they're installed! Basically they bolt into the bottom of the spring pack like any other leaf but allow you to...
  3. 77 K20

    Rear Leaf Center Pin and Clamps

    Actually PrairieDrifter reminded me of something- if you are doing a shackle flip your rear axle will be moved forward a bit. ORD makes a 1/4" thick plate that allows you to shift the axle forward or backward to re-center it. And moving the axle forward will put the center pin in a different...
  4. 77 K20

    Rear Leaf Center Pin and Clamps

    The length will depend on how thick your spring pack is, or if you are bolting anything else to it (zero rate, add a leaf..). Might want to check with a tape maeasure before heading out. You can always cut them down shorter later if needed.
  5. 77 K20

    Rear Leaf Center Pin and Clamps

    I bought the center pins from a local hardware shop when I needed longer ones for my zero rate. A 3/8" Allen bolt worked nicely. ORD website for reference: Even if you don't buy from them you can learn a lot from them. https://www.offroaddesign.com/leaf-spring-center-pins-pair-3-8-x-4.html...
  6. 77 K20

    Beadlock and tires and back spacing.. oh my.

    Well- the second tire I tried doing what I said above. No- that wasn't a good idea. Couldn't get a funnel into the inner sidewall. Not even close. I ended up stuffing interior trim piece tools between the rim and the tire. That was barely enough room for the little tiny airsoft BBs to ft thru...
  7. 77 K20

    Crossover steering clearance issue

    You mean heim joints? They take up a lot less room, but will rust solid with the winter de-icer chemicals up here. The tie rod ends I got were from ORD, and can operate at a much greater angle than the regular 1 ton Chevy tie rod end. And supposedly they get rid of the plastic in them, so...
  8. 77 K20

    Beadlock and tires and back spacing.. oh my.

    Got my tires! And 2 of the back ordered wheels are FINALLY on the way. So today I started mounting one tire before work. Installing a snap valve stem was easy. (had never done this). These wheels have 2 valve stems per wheel. Some soapy water, then just pull them thru. I watched a lot of...
  9. 77 K20

    Crossover steering clearance issue

    I've heard rumors of that also. But then quite often the taper for the one end of the pitman arm can be wrong. There is a different taper for a tie rod end vs a drag link end. I need a tie rod end taper. So things are widely available if you know more than I do. :( So with that- I gave up...
  10. 77 K20

    Best headlights to use, NOT LED

    I bought the LMC relay wiring kit. Bulbs are the Hella H4s, but with 55W low beam and 100W high beam. I work nights, so use headlights a lot. The high beam relays did go out after a few years. So I bought a handful of replacement relays to keep around. I'm a roundeye though.
  11. 77 K20

    Crossover steering clearance issue

    You're right- it isn't all the way cranked down. I removed that thick kevlar boot and cranked it down. Got maybe 1/2" more clearance out of it but then I'd still hit by about 1/2" if I hit something hard. The few times I've hit something very hard in the road was with the wheel straight and at...
  12. 77 K20

    Crossover steering clearance issue

    Right- it goes in from the bottom. This is a picture on ORD's website of their 1.5" drop arm. That gets it so close to the frame you will probably have to do some grinding on the threads/and/or the castle nut.
  13. 77 K20

    Crossover steering clearance issue

    I found a 2" drop- guess I'll order that and then see what happens. I think I'll rather chance hitting the engine crossmember than the leaf spring coming up and bashing my pitman arm. My luck I'd break the sector shaft right off of the steering gear or something...
  14. 77 K20

    Crossover steering clearance issue

    Do you know how much of a drop it has? Did you find any errors with my logic on why my setup won't work? I know you've played around with crossover...
  15. 77 K20

    Crossover steering clearance issue

    So I thought I was going to be done today on this- but just realized I'm in trouble. I have offroad design's front custom leaf springs. They have about 5.5" of upward travel. The "ball joint" hangs down from the pitman arm so far that I only have around 3" of clearance between it and the top of...
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