work party, escondido

[CaliXJ]

Thats why we all made it over it so easy. Dan shaved a foot off the top for us.

 

[InlandZJ]

so nothing broke when you rode the rear drive shaft?

 

[Vanimal]

so nothing broke when you rode the rear drive shaft?

nope. just a grease fitting and some paint

 

[InlandZJ]

nope. just a grease fitting and some paint

looked like there would be some carnage. you guys keep heading out there and one day i will hook up with you all.

 

[Vanimal]

and so it begins....
mounting the coilovers that is.
got the uniframe raills stripped of springs, shocks, bumper, steering box, etc. did some more measuring and i pretty much have a plan. tomorrow i hope to get the templates made so i can plasma out the stiffeners/shock towers.

 

[Vanimal]

got the new axle tubes turned and pressed in for the high pinion dana 44.

turning the od of the tubes down about .04" to match the factory tube diameters so i wouldnt have to bore the housing or inner c's

boring out the id of the tubes for the axle tube seals

i froze the tubes in the freezer for about an hour, and heated the housing in the oven to 250f. the tubes were really easy to tap in with a mallet. since they went in so easily, i'd be pretty suprised if they were crooked at all, but i will still check.

i picked up some nickel rod, so i just gotta burn them in and install the inner c's and various brackets. hopefully get this sucker up to John tomorrow for gear install.

 

[CaliXJ]

Ooooooo nice Dan!!! :worship:

 

[Vanimal]

Thanks Marc! hopefully it works....

 

[Vanimal]

so i ran into an isssue.... the ford inner c's had a bigger id than the housing. i should have cut the c's off first and checked, i just assumed they'd be the same. it was like .005" or so bigger, so the c's fit on the tubes a little loose. i didnt like that, so i cut the c's off a chevy lp d44 i had kicking around. the tubes on the chevy are almost 1/4" smaller, so i had to bore those out. to do that, i left a little bit of the tube sticking out of the c's so i had something to hold onto in the lathe. then i carefullly measured how deep i could bore it before it broke through the weld. i didn't want to go that far because i needed the c to stay attached to the tube until i was done boring it out. this worked pretty good, and when i was done boring it, i just cut the little bit of weld that was still holding it to the tube and kissed it on the belt sander.

 

[jeeperjohn]

so i ran into an isssue.... the ford inner c's had a bigger id than the housing. i should have cut the c's off first and checked, i just assumed they'd be the same. it was like .005" or so bigger, so the c's fit on the tubes a little loose. i didnt like that, so i cut the c's off a chevy lp d44 i had kicking around. the tubes on the chevy are almost 1/4" smaller, so i had to bore those out. to do that, i left a little bit of the tube sticking out of the c's so i had something to hold onto in the lathe. then i carefullly measured how deep i could bore it before it broke through the weld. i didn't want to go that far because i needed the c to stay attached to the tube until i was done boring it out. this worked pretty good, and when i was done boring it, i just cut the little bit of weld that was still holding it to the tube and kissed it on the belt sander.

I never get to come play when you're having all the fun!

 

[RedDevilGTO]

Show-off! haha Some good skills there.

 

[Vanimal]

so change of plans. i really dont want the 19 spline shafts that come with lockout hubs, so i decided to go with unit bearings. this means i'm going to go with d30 inner c's (gusseted). i scored some wj knuckles at the junkyard today, so that's the route i'm going. it's the only way i can have the steering the way i want it, plus the unit bearings. i'll also be able to keep the same bolt pattern which is nice.

 

[Johnnie Walker]

Are you going to have to use spacers for the unit bearings? like with the WJ swap on the stock D30?

 

[Vanimal]

Are you going to have to use spacers for the unit bearings? like with the WJ swap on the stock D30?

i believe so.

 

[Johnnie Walker]

i believe so.

Going to make some, or just purchase from jks?

 

[NorCalChris]

Holy crap Dan. I never opened this tread before. Good work man. I didnt know you had all this tooling hidden at your house. Now I know why you have cameras haha. Now I got to find time to read this from the beginning.

 

[CaliXJ]

Yeah JKS has the 3/8 or 1/4" (i forget which it is) for between the knuckle and late model unit bearings. There like $40 bucks though.. I could use a set if you plan to make some. Shoot me a text or PM maybe we can work something out?

 

[CaliXJ]

I didnt know you had all this tooling hidden at your house.

Shhhhhhhh... Its supposed to be a secret :twak:

 

[Vanimal]

Yeah JKS has the 3/8 or 1/4" (i forget which it is) for between the knuckle and late model unit bearings. There like $40 bucks though.. I could use a set if you plan to make some. Shoot me a text or PM maybe we can work something out?

we'll see. i may just buy them.... sometimes it isnt worth reinventing the wheel for $40

 

[souske]

Holy crap Dan. I never opened this tread before. Good work man. I didnt know you had all this tooling hidden at your house. Now I know why you have cameras haha. Now I got to find time to read this from the beginning.

Bring out the Gimp!