Got bed wood bolted down & bed mounted on truck, permanently , I hope. Everyone but me probably knows this trick, but when installing a rear mount tank, especially like the 21 gal tank I have, you pretty much close off any access to two of the rear bed mounting bolts. Using the top hole in the frame as a guide, I drilled the bottom flange of the frame and used two 12" carriage bolts instead of the 5 or 6 " bolts that come with a kit. One side just dropped right in place, the other took about 10 minutes of jiggling. Hopefully the photo below will help explain.

Sorry, I don't have any photos , but Santa, disguised as my oldest daughter brought a Yukon dura trac for Christmas. Got that installed & buttoned up. Used a dial indicator to check back lash before disassembly & reassembled (the pinon to ring gear) back lash to the same spec. Installed new carrier bearings ,wheel bearings & grease seals. Used the Yukon shim kit & Yukon posi trac lube additive along with the recommended gear lube. I feel confident re the install but a proper road test will let me know if I did good or not.

After finishing up the posi install, I installed all new hardware including new drums & emergency cables on the rear brakes.

Next step is installing E brake cables & hardware , long with plumbing up the rear brakes.
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Bed, painted with new wood installed & bolted on truck
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Under side of bed mounted on truck Looks so nice I'll hate to get it dirty
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differential buttoned up w/ new posi & new brakes
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New ebrake cables installed with new brake parts
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long bolt mod for rear mount gas tank
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Another view of bed bolted on truck
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Left side bed, new brakes & long bolt mod for gas tank


1966 C-10 Short Stepside
HiPo
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