Dang. The fires are so horrific. Here in OK we have all kinds of stuff. Tornadoes, floods, quakes, drought, ice storms, grass and forest fires but CA's wildfires are just wow. Praying for you and your neighbors. Be safe and get the heck out of Dodge if needed. Thanks for the awesome update on TH-cam's favorite K5!
PS I have that same tool chest. Love it except the wide drawer sticks. Bought it day after Christmas last year and they didn't include a single bolt. Had to make a run to my hardware store. Home Depot credited me a Benjamin for my troubles so I came out happy. Merry Christmas Merrick family.
I have the same saw, I bought the round tube clamp, and you can cut the square and rectangular tube at a 45 degree angle, when you cut starting at the corner instead of the flat doesn't burn up the blade and cuts twice as fast. Works awesome
Great video. I have a couple of questions for ya. -Why did you outboard the back of the hoops? -Is the "up and over" design of the crossbar to clear the tall LS truck intake? -Where did the front axle end up in terms of distance from a known point? You were talking about wheel base change in the last video.
Great questions. I outboarded the hoops to keep clearance between the master cylinder and the shocks. And yea I needed to go up and over to clear the truck intake. I think I am also gonna wrap the front of the cage too.
Great work! Too bad you did not do a road test before and after. Really want to see that video when you drive for the first time with the coil overs in. Again great work!
Looks great Merrick! Thing should ride like a dream when it’s all said and done. Was that the Thomas Fire in your back yard or one of the other ones, Creek or Lilac? Had some of my people down helping with the Thomas before Christmas. Keep up the work, chipping away to save up to make some progress on my k5.
Alright, I've been watching quite a while now here on the Tube & over on CK5. Actually I feel like were old friends we have spent so much time together. I always watch on my phone & never get a chance to comment. I am stoked for you to get this 4 link setup! Stoked & a little bit jealous. Looks great & I cant wait to hear how it performs. Hope to get out on the trail with you someday, 8low should be making a few appearances this year. Plans for EJS Fullsize invasion? One last thing. I"m sure you watched Fred & Stephen with the Alabama ARMY truck. Did you see the scene where he dove the front end & had a rear in the air? I dont want to see a second "I rolled my K5" video. Better add a sway bar to your list. Late man, thanks for all of the time & effort.
very nice!! my husband really wants to do the same to his truck eventually. looks like its going to be a tight fit for your steering shaft behind the driver side coilover
Not sure if you mentioned it or not but why go with bilstein instead of king shocks? BTW awesome job keep it up. Nice to see the continuous improvements.
Good question. It was a tossup really but I have always known Bilstein to be awesome at shocks and suspension. I can’t think of a bad product I have ever seen from them. I know fox and king are quality, just trying something different.
I would love to go full hydro but no it isn’t technically legal on the street, but more than that is the feedback from steering wheel and return to center etc. Full hydro at freeway speeds can be some work.
I love them. I have spent a lot of time working on my steering and the biggest thing I notice now is I have such feel though the steering wheel. I feel everything. Which can be a good thing...
Merricks Garage my buddy is wanting to do the same thing. What's the height from the bottom of the frame to ground? Thanks for the videos/entertainment.
Hey brother love what you are doing to your K5. Do you have any advice or good hook ups I'm about to start doing a rebuild on my 86 K5 here in the sooner state
Marry Christmas to you and your family brother. Love your videos best ones I have seen on anything involving a k5. Now the issue I'm having is every time I make a turn I get getting this popping noise like something is lose or broke but I can't find anything I have replaced most of the tie end rods and linkages on the front end over the summer and still getting the same noise have you ever ran across this issue your self and if so what us your suggestion on how to address the issue temporarily until I can start a full rebuild
Dang. The fires are so horrific. Here in OK we have all kinds of stuff. Tornadoes, floods, quakes, drought, ice storms, grass and forest fires but CA's wildfires are just wow. Praying for you and your neighbors. Be safe and get the heck out of Dodge if needed. Thanks for the awesome update on TH-cam's favorite K5!
PS I have that same tool chest. Love it except the wide drawer sticks. Bought it day after Christmas last year and they didn't include a single bolt. Had to make a run to my hardware store. Home Depot credited me a Benjamin for my troubles so I came out happy. Merry Christmas Merrick family.
Yea this was missing a bunch of stuff so I got them to drop the price $250!!! Lol. I wasn’t planning on buying it but couldn’t pass that up!
Awesome job man! Love seeing all the problems and progress in real time unlike on TV where everything seems to work out perfectly.
Wow you are going to town on that, its looking great, truly amazing how much work is involved but everyone says that it is worth it .
WOW this build is really coming along, great job!!
I have the same saw, I bought the round tube clamp, and you can cut the square and rectangular tube at a 45 degree angle, when you cut starting at the corner instead of the flat doesn't burn up the blade and cuts twice as fast. Works awesome
Mine came with that. I need to start using it more.
Very nice work man! Love your videos ! Stay safe down there and hope they extinguish the fire soon. Can’t wait to see this completed
nice video and even better rig! Thanks for sharing! I've been following you a some time now and you keep bringing in good content, keep it up!
Great video. I have a couple of questions for ya.
-Why did you outboard the back of the hoops?
-Is the "up and over" design of the crossbar to clear the tall LS truck intake?
-Where did the front axle end up in terms of distance from a known point? You were talking about wheel base change in the last video.
Great questions. I outboarded the hoops to keep clearance between the master cylinder and the shocks. And yea I needed to go up and over to clear the truck intake. I think I am also gonna wrap the front of the cage too.
Great work! Too bad you did not do a road test before and after. Really want to see that video when you drive for the first time with the coil overs in. Again great work!
Sweet rig, I appreciate your videos.
Thanks man!
Thanks for another great vid! Appreciate the narration and explanations! See you at KOH 2018
SICK!!! THAT'S JUST SICK!!!
Looks great Merrick! Thing should ride like a dream when it’s all said and done. Was that the Thomas Fire in your back yard or one of the other ones, Creek or Lilac? Had some of my people down helping with the Thomas before Christmas. Keep up the work, chipping away to save up to make some progress on my k5.
Yea the Thomas blasted us pretty good.
Alright, I've been watching quite a while now here on the Tube & over on CK5. Actually I feel like were old friends we have spent so much time together. I always watch on my phone & never get a chance to comment. I am stoked for you to get this 4 link setup! Stoked & a little bit jealous. Looks great & I cant wait to hear how it performs. Hope to get out on the trail with you someday, 8low should be making a few appearances this year. Plans for EJS Fullsize invasion? One last thing. I"m sure you watched Fred & Stephen with the Alabama ARMY truck. Did you see the scene where he dove the front end & had a rear in the air? I dont want to see a second "I rolled my K5" video. Better add a sway bar to your list. Late man, thanks for all of the time & effort.
Lol that’s awesome man. Yea I remember that scene. Spooked me too. If you watch that video closely you will see I had a small cameo.
Looks Awesome, Great Job 👍🏽
Bad ass!!! Every vid is the best one.
very nice!! my husband really wants to do the same to his truck eventually.
looks like its going to be a tight fit for your steering shaft behind the driver side coilover
Yea probably gonna run another universal off the frame to add some angle.
That is so badass man!
Real inspiration! Stay positive amigo!
Love the work
Not sure if you mentioned it or not but why go with bilstein instead of king shocks?
BTW awesome job keep it up. Nice to see the continuous improvements.
Good question. It was a tossup really but I have always known Bilstein to be awesome at shocks and suspension. I can’t think of a bad product I have ever seen from them. I know fox and king are quality, just trying something different.
Very cool. Not sure if it's a good idea or legal but could you just go full hydro and mount a steering ram on the axel?
I would love to go full hydro but no it isn’t technically legal on the street, but more than that is the feedback from steering wheel and return to center etc. Full hydro at freeway speeds can be some work.
I drill the nut and bolt holding the rod end to the arms for a 1/8" cotter pin.
Yea I thought about it but I am just gonna witness mark it and watch it
Looks fkn awesome...nice work.
Damnit this has me worried. It looks great but with dhock hoops it's looking like it's going to be hard as hell to cram my turbos in there.
Merrick, How have you liked the hiems on the steering, I converted my 99 2500 Ram over to hiems and was never happy with them.
I love them. I have spent a lot of time working on my steering and the biggest thing I notice now is I have such feel though the steering wheel. I feel everything. Which can be a good thing...
What's the up travel? Looks like 4", but you'll be lowering it even more? Great build!
Where it sits now is about 9 inches of compression, need to drop it about two or three.
Merricks Garage 9" of compression, so you're sitting at 5" of shock shaft showing?
other way around. It is sitting with about 9 inches of compression available. So 9 inches showing
Merricks Garage my buddy is wanting to do the same thing. What's the height from the bottom of the frame to ground? Thanks for the videos/entertainment.
Looking good. Will it be ready for the hammers?
It had better be
Hey brother love what you are doing to your K5. Do you have any advice or good hook ups I'm about to start doing a rebuild on my 86 K5 here in the sooner state
For anything in particular?
Marry Christmas to you and your family brother.
Love your videos best ones I have seen on anything involving a k5. Now the issue I'm having is every time I make a turn I get getting this popping noise like something is lose or broke but I can't find anything I have replaced most of the tie end rods and linkages on the front end over the summer and still getting the same noise have you ever ran across this issue your self and if so what us your suggestion on how to address the issue temporarily until I can start a full rebuild
I don’t understand why you went away from the high steer....after reinforcing the knuckles it should be fine.
high steer doesn't work with links and panhard. You get interference
Anyone know where to find the coils he is running
the bilstein's? Check the link in the show notes
James its Lincoln ya know you've known me my whole life
What’s up linc my man! Merry Christmas!
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I get "Sorry, this page isn't available." on your instagram link you provided.
thanks man! fixed
Nope. Still not working
Weird. It works for me from my wife’s laptop.
There! you had K30-Blazer, which I take it is no longer. Awesome! Thanks!