SQRLPWR Posted December 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 Gotta love gift cards and boxing day sales (26% off) Merry Christmas everyone  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted December 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Picked up another '79 dana 44 front axle setup today for parts. This one has blown gears. So I should have enough parts from 3 sets to make one good set, with spares left over  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted December 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Started tearing down axle #3 with shredded gears for the knuckles, shafts and anything else I can take off for spare parts. The radius arms came off with no heat thanks to antisieze Interestingly this Bronco axle had quad shocks, so the C's have extra mounts for the front shocks....cool The radius arms on this are dead straight too, which is in contrast to all of the other arms I've had, which all had some kind of kink to them. They must have been tweaked at some point in the last 40 years lol Looks like if got 3 bolts to extract too lol ....all good  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Awesome @ovrlndr! Love seeing the progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Nasty looking bolts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted December 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 1 hour ago, sar4x4 said: Nasty looking bolts! Worst case is it's just 2 to remove as I'll use C caps off another set. Theres enough left on them, so I'll try welding a nut on, see where that takes me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted December 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Got the left side disassembled I'm guessing 10 years by the sea will do that to a brake dust shield  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted December 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 Another job crossed off the list...knuckles rebuilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted December 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 Axle shaftes next. U joints were probably ok, but best to replace whilst it's easy. Any boy, they really came out with a loud bang!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Good idea to freshen it all up while it's apart @ovrlndr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted December 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Took a peak at Guy's gears from the donor. The case was dry and the gears stripped as expected. The housing is in awesome shape. Once if removed a couple of broken bolts, Ill be at the point of reassembly. Just waiting on ujoints, tie rods and a lunchbox locker.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Is that the axle that was in the Bronco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, autumnwalker said: Is that the axle that was in the Bronco? Yes, he's going with D60 to handle the big block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 I miss that Guy (pun fully intended) and rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted January 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, autumnwalker said: I miss that Guy (pun fully intended) and rig. He's (re)building it to wheel it, so you best get the RAM geared up and come play  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, ovrlndr said: He's (re)building it to wheel it, so you best get the RAM geared up and come play  I’d better heed that advice and get cracking as well!  The holidays are over..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted January 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 well I've no room to talk either..... I noticed my battery is sat on the plastic inner fender, and with the few tours I've made, the inner fender has started to crack with the weight of the battery - so no more wheeling until I can install a proper battery tray! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar4x4 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Yeah, that’ll stop ya if she breaks through the fender, falls on the tire, and then rips off and under the truck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 I still maintain that the RAM is too pretty to wheel. Fire on some front tow hooks for good measure and I'm sure it would do it ... but I would destroy it in the process. The Sport model has the color matched plastic front bumper with the lower "ground effects" on it as well as the dual exit mufflers that hang down below the rear bumper. First hill obstacle and I'd lose the front bumper and rear tail pipes. So ... mod the truck to swap to a more stout front bumper and do something to tuck the exhaust / mod the rear bumper ... why bother sinking all that time / effort / money into a rig that wasn't meant for trails? At least with the Hummers they were ready to go from the factory - great approach / departure angles and with a simple t-bar crank could stuff 35's (H3) and 38's (H2). So ... buy a new truck. Well, this one costs me so little (0%, nearly paid off, etc.) that it hurts to get rid of it and otherwise, simply priorities (house projects, family time, etc.). I think about the trails every single day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 5 hours ago, ovrlndr said: He's (re)building it to wheel it, so you best get the RAM geared up and come play  I'm very stoked to hear that Guy and the Bronco will be back out on the trails. Perhaps I can ride shotgun ... I'm not sure I have driver privileges anymore after I "remodeled" his front bumper against a tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted January 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 yeah priorities suck !! I'm quite happy driving an '07 Madza 3 beater just so I can have something to have fun with.....even though I'm still precious about damaging the truck LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 19 hours ago, ovrlndr said: I'm quite happy driving an '07 Madza 3 beater just so I can have something to have fun with Yeah - that's something I am considering - downsizing the daily and getting a trail toy. I also have the track toy to consider ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted January 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Axle U-joints and Spartan came in and hopefully the ties rods will follow shortly. Removed 2 sheared off fasteners from the radius arms - 1 came out with heat and a bolt extractor, the other had to be drilled and I need to buy another tap as what I have is worn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted January 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Inner seals next - I guess they must have changed the design of the seal at some point, or somebody down the line used the wrong one   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQRLPWR Posted January 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 step forward, 2 steps back..... Replaced u joints on the axles. All good. Broke a tap in a radius arm. I need to get it out as it's one of the better arms. Went to install the Spartan, and it seems to be too big to fit in the carrier. I double checked the part number and it's correct.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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