K5 Blazer 1969-1994
While this model ended its run, it is not uncommon to see them on the road or off, years after production end.
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Help!!! Blazer having trouble moving.

Old Apr 27, 2011 | 1:19 PM
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I am in desperate need of some input. I have an 85 K5 Blazer six inch suspension lift three inch body lift 40" TSL 350 motor with truck avenger carb and a th700R4 transmission. Now for the problem the truck has been sitting about a year and a half at my parents barn and has not been moved in a year and a half. Before I parked it a year and a half ago it ran great no engine trouble and no transmission trouble at all whatsoever it all ran smooth. Well I finally rebuild the carb after all that time sitting and change the oil and filter and put new air cleaner on it and start it up it runs great. I go to put it into drive and I hit the gas and it stalls like I have my foot on the break. Start it back up and rev a bit then try again it moves but its like i'm trying to push a house with it. The engine revs high and it moves forward but only if I'm really giving it some gas i let off the gas and it seems to want to stall but only when its in gear. So I try reverse seems to reverse ok but I can still tell something is not right it takes too much engine power to move it. I put it in 4 wheel drive and now it moves a little easier but still feel that over exertion in the motor and feels like i'm pushing a semi. I notice that the back right tire seems to be moving faster than the left sometimes and after driving it about 200 yards I noticed a smell that smelled like burning brakes. Question is do I need a new tranny or are my brakes bound up somehow over time? And yes I checked the emergency brake it was off.
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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:09 AM
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I've never delt with your problem before but it sounds like you might have seized something in your axle. Your right tire will always spin faster on a stock 10 bolt but if it's a large difference in rotation that would probably be a sign of something dragging. i would prop the right side of your rear axle up and hit the gas to see if there is noise and/or heavy drag. If nothing appears on the right you could spin the left by hand and see if you notice drag. If you left your E-break on in storage it could have caused the breaks to seize in place also.

Not sure if this helps but i hope it does.
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