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Originally Posted by afroman006
yes it does, ask Jimmy about that. My rover still smells like cell phone.
And large holes in the floor are quite the opposite of air conditioning
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Originally Posted by afroman006
yes it does, ask Jimmy about that. My rover still smells like cell phone.
And large holes in the floor are quite the opposite of air conditioning
Phone fall on exhaust?
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Originally Posted by Rcook527
wrong you see that crack/creek that ed is flopped over in, or any of the small water crossing at clayton, holes/creek bottoms at alto, swampers and big ass tires throw **** freaking everywhere hence you will get wet.
Yea a nice hole in the floor is a great heater. It warm up faster than the other heater too. Take a ride in the passenger side of my jeep. It blows hot air through the t-case shifters hole and at the passenger's left leg.
I am gonna try and get away without cutting my floor our... it would destroy the purdy liner
My shafts finally made it in... they are beef
1300 hundred bucks and they aint even blingin silver or shiny-damn if i were you i'd ask for my money back,
on a different note, get the darn thing done.
if i ever get time... i doubt i get it done before i move... and when i move i wont have a garage right away so i am gonna keep my shop for a while atleast
It has been a long damn time since I have even touched any bronco parts... since I don't work tomorrow I have decided to run out to the shop... if anyone wants to come out I will be putting my ctms in my superior shafts
I am gonna upload all the pics first and then follow with how the progress went
couple more
last one
ok so the pics are a little out of order but here is how the evening went. I started out by sticking in the first ctm in the stub-shaft. I now understand why the groves are machined in there... without them the thing wouldnt fit. Next I realized that I left off the rubber graumets. I proceded to take it apart and put it back together. After that I realize that the best way to put the full circle clips on is to stick them in before inserting the ctm into the shaft. So I procede to take it apart again and put it back together once again. My next step is to hook it up with the inner. This seems impossible, even though the machined area is there on that side it isnt as far. After a while of tinkering I decide to force it with a rubber mallet. It is a mirical... it works. So I finish that sucker up and start to putting in the grease fittings. I only get 3 in. I decide to not mess with the fourth till I get the other shaft complete. I go through the same procedure with the other shafts leaving out the stupidity within the first shaft and it goes together quite well. I had a little trouble getting the last circle clip to cooperate but it finally worked out. All of the grease fittings went into this ctm just fine. This may be because I didn't hit the cap with the small sledge a million times. I then moved back to the last grease fitting. I couldn't figure out how to get it in the misthreaded hole. After a million and a half failed attempts I decided to grip it with plyers and hit it with the sledge. I crammed that sucker in. I am assuming that that is the first cap I bust. Who wants to take bets otherwise. I just figured a forced grease fitting was better than not having one in there. After all that fun I decided to mess with the shifter for the transfercases. Since I raised up the tranny the kit needed a little clearancing. A little love from the sledge and the shifter is in. Well the main part is. None of the linkage is, or the boots and all that jazz. I basically did the easiest part, but it made me feel good to see them there. Another thing I did was to pull out the spicer long-side shaft. You can see a couple pics of the difference. Pictures don't do justice. Superior is the shiznit. ok that is all.
Tater
grommets - miracle - now finish before i do
Shifter boots are just frivilous.
I bet you never bust any, but why don't you write CTM an email and see how cheaply you can get a new cap? Seems like a stupid part to kludgeQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
honestly i didnt keep track of which cap it was... they all look the same now
I went out to the shop today... i tinkered around with a couple things. I decided to try and hook up the t-case shifter linkage. It was a good ol time... there is a lot to that sum*****. But I did get it all in. I still need to go back and put a nut on a bolt that is like imposible to reach and replace some 5/16 bolts with 3/8 ones to kill the slack. I also might shorten the linkage to the front case shifter a inch or two. the lever is just too low for my liking. It did feel nice to actually be able to shift through all the positions... man there are a lot of them with 3 shifters. that is all for probably a couple more weeks maby months... i really need to sell some stuff... i cant even buy a dollar worth of hardware to polish up what i did today until i sell something. oye veh
ok so i lied yesterday about not going to the shop for a long time... i went there today and installed the floor shifter. it was a pita. all i have to do to it now is trim and install the plastic cover that makes it look pretty and maby ajust the linkage a little bit. i took some pictures of both it and the tcase shifters. I will get them up later... maby tonight
Linkage and me shifting the sticks around into the different ranges
floor shifter and linkage
now the only other thing i need to locate in that area is the cutting brake levers... i think they are gonna be closer to the seat so i dont have to lean forward at all
oh here are two more of the t-case linkage. this is one of the brackets that makes the 205 rear yoak shift work
looking good
worked on it a little today... I tried to fix my press but it doesnt work too well. then i bolted down the floor pan and trimmed it more for the transfercase shifters... ghettoed the boots on them and then modified the plastic cover for the tranny floor shifter... so that is down other than wiring the light on it up... but since there is no other wiring it is gonna have to wait..., I also took off the factory column shifter
I went and got new ball-joints today. I had no idea how much they cost so I asked Austin while I was talking to him. He said like $60 each (x4 = 240) and i was like hell no. well luckily he was wrong. I got new lifetime warrenty uppers and lowers for $135 after tax. I was a little more comfortable with that price.
well when in town the other day i installed the new ball-joints. I learned that using the loaner tool from the parts store makes life 20 million times easier... wish i would have done that to get them out. i got the knuckles on and went ahead and put the whole front end together minus the center section and shafts. I was curious to see the lockouts in. they look good and dont stick out at all... it is nice. My old warn hubs stuck out like 2 inches. Next time I come to town i will buy bearings and set the gears front and rear and get that all done with. But overall I had a very productive time in cs. I spent 12 hours clearing out 1830 lbs of stuff to bryan iron ($80 in my pocket) and two bed loads to the dumpster. and I organized the remainder of the stuff along with getting the bronco in rolling condition again. I think the day was a success. That is all for now.
Tate
i need to buy berrings for the 10.25 and 60, i have heard that Jimmy knows a good place to get them. if so do i need to know part numbers or can i just go into there and ask for the application. and if i mention jimmy will they give me a discount or come around the counter and kick me in the junk
bearings too
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bring part numbers for a few brands if you can, they don't seem to be able to look up auto applications. Yeah mention Jimmy and TAMOR, I've been trying to butter those guys up for a discount.
damn i just called randy's to get an idea on price. for just the Bearing kit it was $130 for the dana 60 and $177 for the 10.25. can Pulvis(sp?) beat that
bookmarked... thanks john
uno mas....
http://www.tsmmfg.com/2670.htm
Last month I was in town and had about an hour to work on the bronco. I pulled the pass side rear hub off and pressed out the studs. I am now going back on the thought that I would have to grind down the hubs a lot. If I do any it is gonna be very minimal. After looking at it more the disc swap has maby 3 hours worth of work to finish it up less running the lines. I still need to order some brackets cause I really dont have time to build any. I have been working on average 65hrs a week here in SA so I don't think much progress will be made soon. After the christmas holidays I need to hit it hard though. I am planning on using the bronco for the getaway car for my wedding June 2nd. so a LOT has to go down before then. I will make it aware when I come to town if any before then. I can use as much help as you guys are willing to give me. The main work will be after January 1 though. And I will need a lot of help if I am gonna get it done by the new deadline.
Thanks
Tate
well Austin and I came into town the other day and worked on it once again. I ground down the hub and put the rotor on the side i had off and took off the other side, the gears are 95% set in the 10.25, got the pattern right and all just have to pull it apart one last time and put the new crush sleve on the pinion and press in the pinion seal and then put it back together, by the way it took a lot of shims, but i could not be happier with how it feels, I need to borrow a set of setup bearings for the 60 so i can get that sucker set up
ive got a set you can borrow, including pinion nut.
thanks, i will call you sometime in january to come and get them
It makes me sad... I was in CS yesterday and I looked at my bronco... I need my house to be done so I can start working on it again