Project: Freak of Nature

[Fore Wheeler]

You keeping the kids or do they come with the wife?

 

[Jeepguy91]

Depends on trade

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[Fore Wheeler]

Children not yet in their teens cannot live permanently in our household.

Grandpa rules.

 

[Jeepguy91]

Well past weekend I picked up the 3rd member with 5.14 gears and mini spool ready to drop into the 9". That should pretty much take care of the rear axle besides doing the brakes.

Now it has gotten me thinking about the front. Was just gonna put the gears in for now and do a lunch box locker later on but starting to think I should just save up for a good selectable locker for the front. Been looking at the zip locker, arb, ox, or the eaton e-locker. Haven't really heard anything about the e-locker so don't know if they have any problems. I know there are quite a few that run the zip locker with good success. Does it really come down to which one you want to run? Or is one better than the others?

 

[Fore Wheeler]

I haven't had any issues with my zip. I'm putting an ARB in the rear, Yukon doesn't make a Zip for an 8.25.

 

[POLAR_JEEP_04]

I liked my zip in my 44 so much that I bought one for my 10.25" Justin aka doworkxj here or Rock Ready Motorsports on fb got me a crazy good deal on mine.

 

[Jeepguy91]

I have the on board air on the jeep using the ac pump. Wonder if I could use that or if I would have to buy separate air compressor for locker.

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[BRIANHO13]

I have the on board air on the jeep using the ac pump. Wonder if I could use that or if I would have to buy separate air compressor for locker.

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Have it fill a tiny tank and that's all you would need.

 

[Jeepguy91]

I have a 2.5 gallon air tank mounted in back. Guess I can always find a small tank to mount up under hood for just locker

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[BRIANHO13]

I have a 2.5 gallon air tank mounted in back. Guess I can always find a small tank to mount up under hood for just locker

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you can run it off the 2.5.

 

[Jeepguy91]

Doing the disc brake swap on the 9" this weekend. Anybody that's done this before had to shave down the axle shaft flanges a little bit to get the rotor to sit against the flange? Can't get the rotor to slide over axle shaft

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[BRIANHO13]

I didn't but I used 9" disc brakes

 

[Jeepguy91]

Well I'm using the Barnes 4wd brackets but guess I got wrong rotors. I've seen the rotors mounted behind the flange and the rotor on outside of flange. Is there any big difference between the 2 ways

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[BRIANHO13]

You would have to install studs through both. Would be pia. Put rear on jack stands put in gear and go to town w grinder. Easy

 

[POLAR_JEEP_04]

I think if I remember right my rotors went on the back of the axle shaft flange

 

[Jeepguy91]

Got it all figured out and fixed this evening. Returned the rotors I had picked up and got some for an 01 dodge ram. Axle should be going back in for final time tomorrow evening

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[VAhasnoWAVES]

I think if I remember right my rotors went on the back of the axle shaft flange

mine are on the front... dodge 1500 i think. what year, i do not know.





if you can rig it up... bolt the caliper to the bracket and pressurize the caliper with air . if you can get it to clamp onto the rotor it will help hold the bracket true to the axle flange for welding.

 

[Jeepguy91]

Got the rear axle installed tonight. Just need to pick up some different lug nuts to mount the tires up. Still need to do brake hard lines but getting there slowly. Center section was already painted so leaving it for now. Will eventually get new paint on everything.

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[Jeepguy91]

Been trying for past couple days to get old ford knuckles off the front dana 44. I know there is the little collar that goes down inside the inner c and around the ball joint itself. Haven't picked up the special socket for it yet but shouldn't the knuckle still be able to fall off without removing that ball joint collar first?

 

[POLAR_JEEP_04]

Yeah I think so. I took the castle nuts off and beat it with a bfh