Since wifey wanted to drive the truck last summer it was just going to get enough updates to get it on the road.
Unfortunately that meant replacing the front axle as the ball joints were shot, the pinion bearing had a bunch of play, the hubs were garbage etc. Apparently running 38" swampers on half ton axles to play in the mud isn't good for them lol. Luckily a friend was parting out an 89 Blazer that had good axles in it, so I grabbed those and swapped the front one in (with no driveshaft since the ratio didn't match the rear now - but the rear is being swapped this winter with a complete re-do of the rear suspension).
New brakes all around and we sold the pretty much bald swampers and changed to 35" x 13.5" r17 Nitto Terra Grapplers
