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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Brakes, Frame, Steering & Suspension => Topic started by: dueprocess on March 22, 2010, 06:41:05 am

Title: Cab sleeves
Post by: dueprocess on March 22, 2010, 06:41:05 am: Does anyone know where i can get new cab sleeves? Mine are pretty bad off. would a body shop have them? can i get them off a newer truck?
The truck is a 78 K10. 6"suspension and 3"BL...... 38.5x14.5TSL/SX on 15x14 Mickey T. wheels
Title: Re: Cab sleeves
Post by: dueprocess on March 22, 2010, 02:23:21 pm: wow, not one person? I thought for sure the Cpt would have some insight or something! :'(
Title: Re: Cab sleeves
Post by: ccz145a on March 22, 2010, 04:09:24 pm: I would clean those up, they look to be structurally sound. I have not seen replacements. PST kits give you new washers only and I reused my original sleeves (they where in about the same shape as your's too).
Title: Re: Cab sleeves
Post by: Captkaos on March 22, 2010, 04:16:29 pm: you can only get them from a 73-80 truck. My PST bushing came with Sleeves for the bushing and washers.
Title: Re: Cab sleeves
Post by: ccz145a on March 22, 2010, 04:26:57 pm: Quote from: Captkaos on March 22, 2010, 04:16:29 pm
you can only get them from a 73-80 truck. My PST bushing came with Sleeves for the bushing and washers.
Maybe mine did too come to think of it.
Title: Re: Cab sleeves
Post by: Blazin on March 22, 2010, 04:53:44 pm: I have cut them off, and welded tube in place before to rebuild them.
Title: Re: Cab sleeves
Post by: dueprocess on March 22, 2010, 05:12:40 pm: 3 of them are not bad at all! but three of them if i hold them up you can see through them, i stopped trying to clean them with a corrosion wheel due too they were flaking apart! Think i am going to get some rolled steel, and just make new ones! Thanks guys!