Choppin Block Chassis Assembly 1966 GMC Truck

Levi and Erick assemble the extreme air ride chassis from Choppin Block for our 66 GMC truck.

[@deankay4434]

Cool the hub in liquid nitrogen and heat the wheel below to powder coat / rubber temp, then re-torque them. Yeh. They won’t get stolen and then sell it before it needs tires. It is a joke folks, every men is proud of that extra 1/8th of an inch, except when the hub bore don’t fit. This sucks. It is like a new quarter panel for a GTO and it is 1/2” longer. It is the normal fitment issues folks run into daily when built a simple upgraded to anything that is over 40 years old. Either way in this case size does matter. (Tech Tip; apply anti-seize to hub face or wheel mount flange when ever different metals are mated. I have seen 6’ pry bars to sledgehammers w/wood bocks used to break a wheel loose from a hub, even on factory wheels on factory Buicks) Plus, use a torque wrench and not colored toque sticks! Ever! Never! I will find you…🥊

[@Martincustomdesign]

You need a boar gauge it would work great for this . Buy why don’t you just use wilwood parts so it all matches up saved hours of work for you and the customer in labor. Bear makes great stuff and so does wilwood. You yall do great work keep it up im 59 years old been doing metal work since i was 18 . And im still learning . Like your channel.

[@joet.4756]

Levi, since you asked I’d probably used the Bridgeport to modify the hats, and possibly the wheels. I would have made a fixture for multiple use.

[@lilpoindexter]

Why dont you just turn down the part of the hub that sticks past the rotor face?

[@HammerFabOfficial]

lilpoindexter tried that today actually but can’t get it in the lathe. Tried several different positions and it can’t be done with my setup.

[@chrisw9451]

I would measure the space back to the hat and Chamfer the hub that far back.

[@davidbrown-55]

Well boss, gotta fix the wheel the right way. Machine time

[@smallmouthfreaks7609]

Throw the wheel on a Bridgeport machine and mill it out some??

[@bigjondrags]

Hub for sure

[@hqlion]

Enjoyable video. As a machinist, I would get the wheels machined to fit the hubs. I know -it’s a pain.

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[@TheBurtle005]

I just came across your channel and wow! This is awesome. I've been thinking about buying a choppin block chassis for a 1967 C10 SWB. The frame on it is pretty much shot. This video has definitely helped me make my decision. Choppin block chassis it is for me.

[@thomassmith2239]

Just discovered your channel and am really surprised you don't have more subscribers. I think your videos are great! As a DIY fabricator working on my own car and truck projects for the last 30 years I especially appreciate your honesty. You show everything with no apologies. We all go this through this crap. I would get the wheel machined especially for such a high end project. I can't stand it when the wheels are just lug centric and not hub centric.

[@Excentrix54]

1/8in wheel spacer hub to get the mock up finished. Then when the chassis off to powdercoat have the wheel machined down.

[@HammerFabOfficial]

Brian H that’s what I’m Doing right now but I think I’m going to switch to the corvette hub and machine a hub centric ring adapter.

[@saggman54]

use a hone on the rim..

[@schmoyerlife8750]

I would have the hub be two different diameters. Leave the part that touched the rotor the diameter it is and turn down the part that sticks out to the diameter of the wheel

[@HammerFabOfficial]

Schmoyer Life thats exactly what we did! Great job!