Offroad Trailblazers and Envoys

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by Cable810 » Wed Apr 20, 2016 5:31 am

I'm going grind them smooth then slit a piece of rubber hose and put it over where I cut. I'll get some pictures today.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Wed Apr 20, 2016 3:29 pm

Got a 3 inch dump ordered so I can actually put on the magnaflow and have a muffler, since I noticed not only was the rear of my hooker missing, but the side has decided to vacate the arena.
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by Rickalicka18 » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:20 pm

Drivers side cv shaft tore again.... which I replaced not even a month ago... Anyone have any suggestions on a manufacturer that makes the most solid replacement for our cv shaft? The napa brand just ain't cuttin it for me..

On a postive note, I'll get to look at my new rims and tires while I replace the cv shaft!
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by HARDTRAILZ » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:46 pm

My Detroit Axle ones have not failed me.
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by Rickalicka18 » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:22 pm

All I could find them selling their cvs is on eBay with this package.. http://m.ebay.com/itm/160950031354?fits ... railblazer
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by HARDTRAILZ » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:27 pm

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by Rickalicka18 » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:30 pm

Thankyou sir. I'll look into this. I still have one more Napa cv shaft so I might as well use that first
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by Jrgunn5150 » Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:07 pm

I drove mine to work, first time in about 6 weeks it's moved, had to have a tire replaced also.

I'm also using Detroit Axle CV's and unit bearings, I have about 10,000 miles on both so far, no failures yet.
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by TheHungriGerman » Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:29 am

Finally got my new shocks and struts Image

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by TBYODA » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:20 pm

Got my MDB bumper on today.

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by ColoTB » Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:42 am

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No longer completely stock! Only took 10 years and a snow drift in my drive way to get it started.

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by Jrgunn5150 » Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:01 pm

Installed my Z71 springs, painted everything in the rear with chassis saver, and monkeyed around with my baby winch.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:22 am

We got a couple of those baby winches laying around and I thought of rigging one up to stick in the hitch for lil stuff at the farm and such.
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by navigator » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:58 am

My son got me one of those 2500lb ones for Christmas one year. He asked me one day why I hadn't installed it on my truck :-).
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by HARDTRAILZ » Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:10 am

Replaced this rusty crap

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I will get a pic of it installed since I forgot, but the difference is amazing. As the exhaust was rotting I did not realize how loud it had become with basically a straight pip setup over the past year or so. With the simple Magnaflow and turndown it sounds nice and clean with much less inside noise. Almost silent to my ears. We cut the old mounting bolts and pulled the rust out. Used a new flange gasket and bolted up new stuff, but to fit right with the dump we shorted it a couple inches and welded it right to the muffler exit. The mount on the magnaflow was for an ext, so I had to chop the part that slid in the rubber hanger off and weld it right to where the dump was attached. Fit right is and is nice and solid. It now dumps a few inches before the rear axle.
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by Jrgunn5150 » Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:24 pm

HARDTRAILZ wrote:We got a couple of those baby winches laying around and I thought of rigging one up to stick in the hitch for lil stuff at the farm and such.


I have mine welded/bolted to a hitch so I can use it to drag things around and whatnot, but I figure if I can get a way to get it above the hitch, I can drag things onto my trailer without in hooking it. I haven't done much more than mock it up there and look at it though lol.
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by Rickalicka18 » Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:36 pm

I'm pretty impressed with my mpg with 32s and 3.42 gearing... Hasn't been lower than 14mpg. Mostly stays around 15-16mpg though. Next time I put tires on though I will be going with 295s and Better gearing.
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by ColoTB » Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:20 pm

Quick oil change and put in high mileage oil for the first time at 209k.

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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:35 pm

Dumped just before the rear axle

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by Jrgunn5150 » Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:36 pm

Is that the same one Mike has?
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