Pulling a subframe:
Getting ready, unhooking stuff. I pulled this one and kept the A/C intact just to see if I could. I don't cut anything, except the rusted out exhaust.
This is what you don't want to happen. The core was rotten, like the rest of the body. If I had noticed this before, I'd have placed a 2x4 under it for support.
I'm sure this didn't help things. The rear wheels were almost in the air, it was sitting on the hitch. My fault, and it is crowded down there.
Training wheels, LOL. $13 casters from Harbor Freight. Worked really good, I used unistrut spring-nuts and 3/8" bolts. Beauty.
Big jack stands, I used them to hold the van so I could chain to the top of the core support, then left them in and kept the cherry picker hooked up, stayed out from underneath, really scary. They are for big cable spools, and rated at one ton.
Had a wreck
and another
Like Zam says, "Side by side, here they reside", the 1989 rwd frame and the 1991 4x4 frame, now I need to get the 1989 K1500 drivtrain out and mounted down, sounds easy, lol.
The 1999 will be next when all the parts get here. This was good practice. I do have to put these frames in their respective vans so I can move them to work on the 99 I guess, I'll pull the drivetrains off first. Fun fun. I love this stuff.
edit, that's my 14 year old, James Robert, or Jim Bob. I can't deny him, although I've NEVER been that skinny.
