03Heritage88

I have a lot of parts to replace. Is there any order I should do the work in that could save me some headaches? (ie. replace ball joints before brakes, etc.)

Here's what needs to be done:
-Front Calipers
-Front Rotors
-Rear Rotors
-Rear pads
-Parking brake shoes
-Upper ball joints
-1 Outer tie rod
-2 Inner tie rods
-Idler arm

Thanks in advance.

Goober

Sounds like you are driving it while in the process?
Hard to say without seeing it, you need to triage.
Brakes are sure important, but so is the upper ball joint letting go.
Brakes are the most $$$.
I'd do upper and lower ball joints while I had it apart.
What's the worst parts?

03Heritage88

It's not on the road at the moment. I'll be doing all the work before driving it again. What I mean is tips for saving time. For example will it save me time to replace the tie rods while I have the old brakes off, before putting on the new. Things like that.

Goober

All the things are pretty much seperate operations.
But like I said, I'd do upper and lower ball joints together.
And if both tie rods are the same age, I'd do both as well.
For tie rods, I use a beam compass to set the length of the old one so I can duplicate on the new one.
(you could use about anything too do this, even a stick or piece of string)
A bleeder bottle, or check valve will help with the brakes.
You might consider some new shocks.
I know the snowball rolls down and gets big petty fast, but man that truck is gonna drive and feel so good when it's done!

03Heritage88

Ok, thanks for the help.

koja7296

My best advice,,,,get a factory manual for the truck or at the very least a haynes or chiltons . Study the jobs you want to do and there are alot of shortcuts in there to help you out.