S-10 project

well some of u guys saw the thread where i showed off my new toy for the winter. well this thread will be kind of a progress thread as i work on the truck.

New info:
-as you guys may have read in the last thread the truck was said to have a bad transfer case, well the transfer case is fine. the rear end however is a different story,

the stuff that came out of the diff.


so now i have kicked my caprice out of my garage stall and swapping out the rear of the s-10

truck is sitting on jack stands too along as cinder blocks


Things to come:
-going to install LED type trailer lights
-pulling out all of the carpet and interior panels and the inside of the truck is going to get covered in bed liner
-some rust repair.

more pics here
http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh212/ChevyCaprice9C1/s10/

will try to update this thread as work continues

I can smell it now. Ugh! I hate gear oil.


I went through a couple sets of gears in my Ranger, not hard to do...but can be a ***** if you don't get them shimmed up correctly

Ehh, it might take you a day to put new gears if you've never done it before. It's not hard. Just make sure you shim right so they don't whine.

yeah the whole rear end is pretty much shot i am taing the whole axel out and swapig it for a replacement one.

Damn I want to do this to my bronco. I'm jealous, keep us updated.

Fun times. I once had some Ford Motorsport 3:73 gears in my Mustang and had a large chunk break off the ring. Definitely not as bad as yours though. I tossed those and swapped them out with a Richmond ring and pinion set. What's the actual gear ratio of those Alex?

looks like you should just sand blast the whole thing and repaint

Tat2Dragons wrote:

Fun times. I once had some Ford Motorsport 3:73 gears in my Mustang and had a large chunk break off the ring. Definitely not as bad as yours though. I tossed those and swapped them out with a Richmond ring and pinion set. What's the actual gear ratio of those Alex?

yeah its a chevy 10 bolt with a 3.42 ratio. for a new ring and pinion it is 150 from jegs but i also need new bearings, seals and shims along with a few other little thing in total about 250 bucks in parts. i just check a local scrap yard and they have 3 rear ends that will fit it may just do that.

macragg wrote:

looks like you should just sand blast the whole thing and repaint

yeah the whole truck is kind of a rust bucket only paid 400 for it. the cab is in pretty bad shape needs new rockers which i have for the truck will post some pics later

For future reference, if you are going to use cinder blocks, I suggest not orienting them the way you did to hold the trunk up. Especially putting weight where you are putting it. It is one of the weakest directions of a cinder block.

Orient them the right way, and stack 2 and use some wood if need be.

corvettecrazy wrote:

For future reference, if you are going to use cinder blocks, I suggest not orienting them the way you did to hold the trunk up. Especially putting weight where you are putting it. It is one of the weakest directions of a cinder block. Orient them the right way, and stack 2 and use some wood if need be.

its got jack stands under it too the cinder blocks are just back up lol