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'82 Bullnose


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You know a woman's nose is much more sensitive than a man's..................  You won't get away with it unless you have an air exchanger!

 

Looking good!

 

I've been reading, thinking, stockpiling parts,....

AND made great progress on non-mechanical items in life.  Maybe someday, ..

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Daystar poly bushes came in so I installed them and have the axle hanging ready to start drilling holes for the radius arm mounts.

I have a slight problem tho... the truck isnt sitting level on its axle stands.... it's nose down with the front weight.

I've let all the air out of the back tires with a hope of the rear end coming down...and it didnt.

I tried using the hi lift to bring her up, but it got sketchy really fast LOL.

It looks like the trans crossmember bolt could be in the same spot as one of the radius arm bracket bolt holes, so I'll bolt the brackets on temporary using the existing bolt so I can get the jack under the front axle.

 

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hehe....I do regret having to sell the Sami, but the truck is much much better on my back, shoulders and neck on my 6ft 2 frame 🙂 ..and having a truck is useful too.

So, the ratchet strap idea didn't work...the helper springs are just way too stiff for that.

However, I installed the radius arm brackets using a trans crossmember bolt, and voila, I think she's in!! With the bracket in that position and radius arms in, the DS Ujoint just slotted into the yolk without length adjustment! I'm gonna need a combination ujoint tho because the caps are too big for the '79 and I don't want to release the pinion until it's absolute necessary.

Apparently a 1978 F-100 uses them. https://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/jeep-non-hardcore/540411-8-8-explorer-flange-u-joint-x-ref.html

I just need to take some final measurements before I start drilling holes....

 

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25 minutes ago, ovrlndr said:

I'm gonna need a combination 1330/1310 ujoint tho

Should be easy to source.  I think I got mine at NAPA, iirc.  In layman's terms I swapped a 3/4 ton rear axle into my half ton vehicle.

Combo U-Joints are even used right from the factory!  Hence, easy to find.  I just measured the trunnion length and diameter, etc etc. and went to NAPA.  IN STOCK.

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Truck is sitting on it's own weight now 🙂

Weirdly one of the 3x drag links fits perfectly ....the 2x '79's drag links are way too long, but the drag link off the '75 is perfect, if it wasn't rotted out. So my next mission is to find a solid version of the '75 drag link.

Also, the track bar is about the right length too....I'm surprised. So all I need to do is work out a track bar mount.

 

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