Team Willys
www.rocksolidfab.com
- Location
- Chattanooga, TN
Well, after 12 hours of work today, I realized I forgot to get some fittings I needed to hook up the ARB solenoids. So... I decided to head back into town and grab those. Tomorrows plans are to get the ARB stuff done, get the Gas tank skid on, and maybe try to do some of the electrical. Unfortunately I don't have the batteries, so I am on hold for finishing up that as well. Brent ordered Batteries, so who knows when they will be here. But... I can maybe go ahead and get the box mounted and the Painless Dual battery kit installed. Plus, he's got like 50 switches for all kinds of stuff that I could work on if I run out of stuff to do.
I was able to get the front axle all put together. I had to make a spanner socket for the ball joints since I didn't have one, but oh well, I got it whooped. It was kinda weird with the RCVs... they stuck out further than they should have, kinda like the stubs were slightly too long. Now, I know the hubs/rotors don't have anything to do with it b/c its the same ones Tim has and they worked fine. However, he is running the small bearing Chevy spindles and knuckles, and we are running the Reid Ford knuckles and spindles. Maybe they are supposed to have shorter stubs, like the 9.72" ones instead of the 9.94"??? Oh well. It ended up working just fine, but I did have to remove the grease fittings out of the end of the stubs so they would fit under the drive slug caps. We are planning on running 30 spline Warn Hubs, so with them I think the grease fittings could stay in. Oh well, the important thing they are in and work just fine, so no big deal really.
I was able to get the front axle all put together. I had to make a spanner socket for the ball joints since I didn't have one, but oh well, I got it whooped. It was kinda weird with the RCVs... they stuck out further than they should have, kinda like the stubs were slightly too long. Now, I know the hubs/rotors don't have anything to do with it b/c its the same ones Tim has and they worked fine. However, he is running the small bearing Chevy spindles and knuckles, and we are running the Reid Ford knuckles and spindles. Maybe they are supposed to have shorter stubs, like the 9.72" ones instead of the 9.94"??? Oh well. It ended up working just fine, but I did have to remove the grease fittings out of the end of the stubs so they would fit under the drive slug caps. We are planning on running 30 spline Warn Hubs, so with them I think the grease fittings could stay in. Oh well, the important thing they are in and work just fine, so no big deal really.
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