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Time to paint and see what happens Not bad on the drive side but can't really see the coast side. I learned right after this that it's best to mix the gear marking compound with some gear oil so it's thinner and less sticky. So let's try again... Much better. I'm still learning and...

So now I had to sacrifice my new Koyo bearings that came in the kit Also, just to triple verify, I threw in the carrier with no pinion to see how it spun. It's mid free-spin here. Perfect That's muchhhhh better, that's how a bearing should sit in it's race. Moving on... So then I was...

After several attempts and lots of head scratching, I finally figured out the pinion was WAYYYYY too deep. Oops I had even looked at the pinion earlier going "I feel like the bearings shouldn't be that far out of the race". But I'd never done this before so I went with it It's a little...

So this past Monday is when I disassembled everything, I left off with an empty housing and everything cleaned. We lost power around 4:15 Tuesday, so once my computer died, I decided to go ahead and put the carrier side bearings on in the press and then drive in the pinion bearing races. Left...

Picked up some new tools to help with the install as well - A race/seal driver set And a bearing puller. I'd never seen this before but a guy on the C10 forums recommended this. This was a godsend for getting the pinion bearing off the OE pinion so I could use that shim to start with And...

Went ahead and ordered the last few gaskets for the engine reseal and a BTR Truck Norris cam/springs. Didn't plan on such a choppy cam but everywhere I looked that cam had the best, broadest power band with the most torque down below 3k compared to anything else. Richard Holdener's videos...

I have, I saved the link a long time ago lol. I debated that but I just don't like the way quad projectors look. I debated doing some kinda LED cube with a smoked lens in the high beam but I'll probably just leave it alone with the halogen that's in there for a clean look.

Doesn't bother me 🤷‍♂️ They balance better that way

Also ordered the last few odds and ends off RockAuto for the engine reseal. Found out by chance that they sell Melling 7.4 chromoly pushrods much cheaper than anyone else, $74 for the set. So I ordered those as well. Then ordered up a Truck Norris cam, valvesprings and barbell from BTR

Got the windows tinted. 35% over factory on the rear doors, 20% over factory on rear window, 20% on the front 2 and a 5% brow. When I replace the windshield, I'll do 50% over the whole thing with a brow. Didn't wanna go any darker, I drive backroads 95% of the time and it's DARK out here

Ordered some stuff from TRS to do a headlight retrofit. Mini-H1 8.0s, min-gatling gun shrouds, HD relay harness, high-beam splitter and a roll of butyl. I'm excited for this, gonna be awesome to have good lights in a cat-eye

(english voice) That's betta

Ordered some reverse lights from DieselLEDs during their Black Friday sale. I've always run their lights in the past and they were ~$60? Those have been discontinued and the new ones are $125. I wasn't gonna pay that but with 30% off they were $87, so I grabbed them cuz I couldn't see dick with...

So I guess the next big purchase is gonna be gears. I got all the stuff for the C10 through Quick Performance and those guys are great so that's where I'm going back to. Plus they just make it so easy. - Posi/gear/bearing kit - Yukon Duragrip clutch type posi, 4.88 Richmond gears, all...

I'll definitely be going more aggressive and larger once I regear. But for now, this will work nicely, especially only having $300 in the tires

And threw 2 on the passenger side before work this morning. I actually think they'll fit even at stock height, will probably just rub the inner fender where the washer bottle is on the driver's side. I love these wheels lol And stuck a jack under it to level it, they look pretty good...

Then I dug out my new center caps so I could put on the custom red bowtie decals I had made. He did them quite a bit skinnier than the OEs (my fault for not giving him dims) but I actually kinda like it, it tones down the red Then loaded them up for the tire shop, surprisingly a full set of...

I dug the LTZs out from behind the house on Sunday to start getting them cleaned up and ready for the tire shop. They were nasty, especially this one. Apparently it was on a corner with a dragging brake or something? I used a combination of CG's Diablo wheel cleaner and some Dawn super duper...