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here is some bad ass TTB stuff
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http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...t+juggy&page=9
here is some bad ass TTB stuff
those are some pretty good deals plus you could rebuild your current trans and learn how to rebuild an automatic transmission
filter/fluid change? I had the e4od in my white truck rebuilt by oliver brothers, not cheap, so if you can avoid it anyway i would. John brown has a good trans guy if it comes down to it.
Had the filter and fluid replaced last fall. Old enough to need replacing? It has had about 3500 miles since.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
prob not, but who knows. you did mention it is a high mile truck, any idea on the history of it? also, did they drain the torque converter also? might be worth draining it completely and refilling, making sure you run the right fluid, and throw in a bottle of lucas just for grins.
Since it sounds like you're fully prepared to beat this thing into an unrecognizable wad, maybe put some trick shift in it? Oughta make those bands a little stickier
I just put a full bottle of the lucas shift improver stuff in right before the trip last weekend. I bought the truck at a u-pull-it yard that was selling it as a "builder", but the only things i did to it were put a new pan/gasket/filter/fluid in for the transmission, and a few sensors with some new spark plugs. The reason for the new pan was because they picked my truck up with a forklift and FUBARed the original pan and it wouldn't let the transmission shift out of park. I know they did burnouts with it at the yard before i bought it because that's how they knew that the 4x4 was working. Otherwise I'm pretty sure that the PO used it as a business vehicle with lots of highway driving. There was a hands free setup installed and lots of wear on the drivers seat, makes me think a grossly overweight person owned it.
So basically, you can take a D50 TTB and it has a 9" carrier and you can use all D60 outer stuff? That seems like it would be pretty dang strong. Does D60 have the same bolt pattern as a Sterling axle? I'm thinking find a D50 TTB to strengthen up and use for the front and use a Sterling axle in the rear, put lockers in both and stay with about 35" tires, maybe 37's. That should hold up right?Quote:
Originally Posted by AggieTJ2007
To tell you the truth i would make your truck run well before i started doing all of this stuff to the axles.
1. fix trans
2. fix electric ****
3. lift
4. tires
Then do the axle stuff. You need to do things to make it work at the current level of modification before you add any more
My truck runs fine, I just need to go get another starter solenoid, and I'm not doing this stuff right away, but it's nice to have a plan of where I want to eventually go, so if I see parts for cheap I can get them and also so I don't spend money on something only to go with something different later. I'm not worrying about axles for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by TdmayfieldIV
TTB Dana 50's will not "bolt up" in your truck. Most of them are leaf springs for one thing. There is the rare and odd TTB50 with coil springs, but the hinge points mount in different locations, so the frame is different. The link that you are looking at has an insane amount of work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparling
My advice, put 35's or 36's on it. Leave the front open, I have beat the crap out of my TTB with 37's and I have never broken a shaft <knock on wood>. If you want to "lock" the rear, get a sterling.
and dont ever put a locker in ttb... I broke a shaft everytime I wheeled with mine
Lift the TTB and leave it alone, gears or a locker will equal bad times.
http://houston.craigslist.org/pts/1624299622.html
200 dollar 4 inch lift