Author Topic: 2002 Suburban 2500 build thread, Part 3 (Read 70610 times)

Flyin6 · « **Reply #500 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:01:00 PM »

Then tacked it into place after removing the undercoating from the crossmember

Flyin6 · « **Reply #501 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:02:55 PM »

I didn't know it at the time, but I blocked off the upper shock bolt, so I'll have to trim off a bit of the upper portion to get the bolt out.

Backing plate assembly tacked into place and fitting nicely

Flyin6 · « **Reply #502 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:04:34 PM »

Then I removed the stainless part, added a third mount, then welded all that in

Flyin6 · « **Reply #503 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:05:20 PM »

I'm guessing a bit, but the driveshaft fits about where my hand is, which is quite a distance below the battery box, and offset to the outside

Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #504 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:06:53 PM »

Are you still planing on replacing shocks with bilsteins

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Flyin6 · « **Reply #505 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:07:37 PM »

I noticed some of the inner fender well sticking out, so I trimmed all that on both sides to clean up that installation

Flyin6 · « **Reply #506 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:07:57 PM »

Quote from: Bigdave_185 on April 22, 2019, 11:06:53 PM

Are you still planing on replacing shocks with bilsteins

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Fox 2.0

Flyin6 · « **Reply #507 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:10:38 PM »

And that's where I ended the work today

Have to get the battery in so I can accurately run the cables and wires. Getting that battery into its mount is a logjam that once completed will allow me to forge ahead with everything electrical.

Oh and I ordered all the infotainment stuff today. Going to be pretty cool. CarPlay app in a pioneer head so that the unit itself or any cell phone can run things.

stlaser · « **Reply #508 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:23:11 PM »

Quote from: Bigdave_185 on April 22, 2019, 11:06:53 PM

Are you still planing on replacing shocks with bilsteins

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In case you haven’t bought or anyone else is in need I’m a radflo dealer now.

JR · « **Reply #509 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:55:00 PM »

Dang that looks good Don, are those 37's?

cj7ox · « **Reply #510 on:** April 23, 2019, 03:06:25 AM »

Quote from: JR on April 22, 2019, 11:55:00 PM

Dang that looks good Don, are those 37's?

x2! The burb's got a nice stance!

wyorunner · « **Reply #511 on:** April 23, 2019, 05:37:14 AM »

Which headunit did you get? We got one that has that CarPlay feature as well, for the crew cab build.

Any word on the rear axle? Still waiting to get on their table I’d guess...

swbhobie16 · « **Reply #512 on:** April 23, 2019, 07:07:21 AM »

Quote from: wyorunner on April 23, 2019, 05:37:14 AM

Which headunit did you get? We got one that has that CarPlay feature as well, for the crew cab build.

Any word on the rear axle? Still waiting to get on their table I’d guess...

my table is now open.. hahaha

Flyin6 · « **Reply #513 on:** April 23, 2019, 08:26:07 AM »

Quote from: JR on April 22, 2019, 11:55:00 PM

Dang that looks good Don, are those 37's?

35"

Bigdave_185 · « **Reply #514 on:** April 23, 2019, 09:05:29 AM »

Clearance wise do you think you have more room for more bigger tires. It looks like you didn’t do the inner fender mod yet which gets ya lots and lots of space

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Flyin6 · « **Reply #515 on:** April 23, 2019, 09:20:34 AM »

Quote from: wyorunner on April 23, 2019, 05:37:14 AM

Which headunit did you get? We got one that has that CarPlay feature as well, for the crew cab build.

Any word on the rear axle? Still waiting to get on their table I’d guess...

No word on axle

Components:

Flyin6 · « **Reply #516 on:** April 23, 2019, 09:24:40 AM »

Quote from: Bigdave_185 on April 23, 2019, 09:05:29 AM

Clearance wise do you think you have more room for more bigger tires. It looks like you didn’t do the inner fender mod yet which gets ya lots and lots of space

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Well, I purchased the 35" tires way back around Christmas

Then some time later I purchased that mugo-axle

I then discovered the axle had 4.88's

Had i known I was going to run 4.88's I would have purchased 37's

When these wear out I'll likely purchase 37's

Because I'll need to cut down the rpm some and also because when I get back or maybe next winter, I'm going to turbocharge the thing up to 700-800 HP. It will have enough bottom end torque with that to pull any tire and still climb a tree.

EL TATE · « **Reply #517 on:** April 23, 2019, 12:03:05 PM »

Quote from: Flyin6 on April 22, 2019, 11:00:17 PM

I made a few more adjustments to the base mount

I think Trevor would be tickled to see his brackets holding up a battery, lol

Flyin6 · « **Reply #518 on:** April 23, 2019, 03:21:17 PM »

Quote from: EL TATE on April 23, 2019, 12:03:05 PM

Quote from: Flyin6 on April 22, 2019, 11:00:17 PM
I made a few more adjustments to the base mount

I think Trevor would be tickled to see his brackets holding up a battery, lol

I think Beau sold them to me...

Flyin6 · « **Reply #519 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:31:34 AM »

Before I post yesterdays work, I'd like to give a shout out to Tate Hudson of Randy's worldwide.

We had a little hiccup with the rear axle today. I called Tate to inform him and before I could call back, he had called Cincy Driveline and coordinated with them and solved the problem.

Having a good product gets you in the race. Having competent people like Tate wins it!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #520 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:32:40 AM »

So a bunch of more stuff showed up today

I try and see what I can install every time this happens

I did manage to get some on, but mostly not

Flyin6 · « **Reply #521 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:34:12 AM »

I got in and finished welding in the battery box mount and the suspension/frame stuff

I learned that the heat of molten steel exceeds the ability of cotton to resist the heat

The first hole in the shirt was caused by fire. The rip from me moving out like a man on fire and snagging my shirt

Flyin6 · « **Reply #522 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:36:31 AM »

So I did some smoothing on the frame, then cleaned it thoroughly, then sprayed it

Flyin6 · « **Reply #523 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:37:38 AM »

After some dry time, I bolted up the base of the sliding battery box and lubed it up

Flyin6 · « **Reply #524 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:38:44 AM »

Then practicing my close grip bench, pressed the new battery up into its cozy home

Flyin6 · « **Reply #525 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:40:21 AM »

The tray has two positions, a lower, "Maintenance" position, and a upper position where it rides normally

Flyin6 · « **Reply #526 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:41:00 AM »

Then on with a new ground cable

Flyin6 · « **Reply #527 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:41:44 AM »

And some new positive 2 gage copper cable to connect to the front

Flyin6 · « **Reply #528 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:43:26 AM »

So, I didn't want the cable to chaff on anything, so I decided to just slide a stick of conduit up through the frame recesses, fasten that, then slip the new cable into that

Flyin6 · « **Reply #529 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:44:51 AM »

Then I heated that business up and bent it into the general shape of the frame rail. It did not bend pretty!

But the cable is WELL protected!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #530 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:45:45 AM »

The infotainment system showed up from Crutchfield

It will have to wait to get installed...

Flyin6 · « **Reply #531 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:46:23 AM »

A whole bunch of lights came in...

Flyin6 · « **Reply #532 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:47:46 AM »

The light bar is like 200,000 lumens and will be a back up light.

Thought being the vehicle is backing in unfamiliar terrain at night, I want things well illuminated

Flyin6 · « **Reply #533 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:50:32 AM »

I assembled it with some longer than provided 5/16" bolts and drilled two holes into the aft roof rack support.

I may need to upgrade this 1" section to a 2" piece...

Flyin6 · « **Reply #534 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:52:39 AM »

The porta-potty unit will work its way down through the crossbars of the cargo rack, so I decided to lay in a sheep of plywood to give it a floor, but leave the aft open for things I may want to have more depth.

Flyin6 · « **Reply #535 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:55:02 AM »

I drilled a few holes through which to use some zip-ties to secure it, then waterproofed the bottom side

This plywood is OSB (Outside Board)

The brushable rubber stuff is really thick, brushes on like tar

Flyin6 · « **Reply #536 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:56:40 AM »

And that's about as far as I got yestertag!

Flyin6 · « **Reply #537 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:15:45 PM »

That rubber coating cured very nicely:

Flyin6 · « **Reply #538 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:16:28 PM »

So first thing I coated the opposite side

Flyin6 · « **Reply #539 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:17:38 PM »

Allowing that 6-7 hours to cure, i dusted some rubberized undercoating on top of the fresh rubber to add a little texture

Flyin6 · « **Reply #540 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:18:38 PM »

Then after some dry time I installed it into the cargo rack and zip-tied it securing it

Flyin6 · « **Reply #541 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:21:53 PM »

I picked up some lights for the bumper cutouts, but to my surprise, I could not get them in there. There is simply not enough space between the back of the bumper and the grill/radiator to slip the lights in. I'll have to remove the bumper if I want to mount the lights in there.

I may have to come with a plan "B"

Flyin6 · « **Reply #542 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:24:24 PM »

Back to wiring, I finished the fuse/switching panel

The wire from the main battery will attach to the open terminal on the solenoid, then a wire will connect to the bus end of the fuses and attach to the second battery

Flyin6 · « **Reply #543 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:25:32 PM »

With everything attached, I encapsulated the whole thing in liquid rubber

Flyin6 · « **Reply #544 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:27:29 PM »

I started getting a little crazy with the rubber stuff. The top of the center console is hard plastic and stuff does not stay there while bouncing around on the highway, so I masked it off and laid down a coating there as well

Flyin6 · « **Reply #545 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:29:39 PM »

Next I terminaled all the various cables to get them ready to attach

Flyin6 · « **Reply #546 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:31:23 PM »

Then created two new ground cables

One attaches to the engine cylinder head, the other to the body

Both will then attach to the fuse block to the single stud. I will then ground other things to it as well

Flyin6 · « **Reply #547 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:33:39 PM »

In the wiring game, you really have to sort out and mount the components first, the you can figure out how to run the wiring. Since all of it is sort of happening at the same time, I mounted the kicker sub woofer amp. THis thing is 150 watts and fit perfectly under the single seat in the back

Flyin6 · « **Reply #548 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:35:20 PM »

I then mounted the ground and started to lay out the wire to see how is best to run it.

Some will bo beneath the floor pan, but the majority should find a home just under the carpet

Flyin6 · « **Reply #549 on:** April 25, 2019, 10:37:37 PM »

So, the Driveline shop is currently working on the mutant axle and should be done tomorrow.

To get ready for its arrival back home. I cleaned and painted a lot of the rear suspension and rear axle related parts