I hooked it up wrong. Shes good.
Thanks for the clarification Austin...i never knew what was grounded to what.
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I hooked it up wrong. Shes good.
Thanks for the clarification Austin...i never knew what was grounded to what.
bought some 4.10s off pirate. I'll put em in during spring break and i'll be back in a wheelin' state.
mounted seats today. Cleaned out everything. Beat firewall in some more to give my distro a bit more room. Made a new driveshaft. Replaced tranny filter/fluid to some kind of synthetic stuff my dad decided to start selling called Schaeffer.
Friend said he would **CORRECTLY** install my gears next week.
That is all.
somehow i was talked into putting a 14 bolt under my truck....so i guess now im putting a 14 bolt in.
would anyone like to help me put this big bastard in?
i'll be in cs from sat around noon until this coming wednesday or thursday. im willing to lend a hand and hopefully learn some stuff as i go. give me a call if you want me to lend ya a hand. 214.475.1563. this computer is in richardson, and its a desktop, so its not coming with me.
im down for getting dirty and having a few beers, im sure will would be in too when he gets back from bernie
give me a call when you need some help 492 3164
I'll be back in CS on Sunday, call me if you need some help 830-965-2416
sounds good. Anyone have 8 lug wheels/tires that i can use as rollers for a bit?
weeeellll...change in plans.
I looked at it and decided right now wouldn't be a good time to do the swap. I'll be planning on dropping the truck about 4" up front and 3" in the back.
Front is gonna get a new hanger. My front hanger has 5" of drop (way too much...but thats what u get when you build **** when you're 15) Hopefully i can get it to about 2.75" of drop or as small as possible pretty much.
Of course i have zero wobble as it is right now, so im gonna keep the caster as same as possible so im gonna be frenching the shackle hangers into the frame the same measurement up as the front hanger ~2.5". Then if i need the truck to be shorter, i can get about 1.5" on my front perches.
the rear is gonna lose the 2.5" blocks and the 1" overload and im gonna cut and turn the axle.
The reason im dropping the truck is mostly because of my driveline angles. If i drop the passenger front tire in a hole, my driveshaft binds and will break the u-joint/yoke since its got so much damn droop.
In the rear, if i droop alot, the 1310 yoke on the t-case will bind since them damn chevys can't run at hardly any angle. Hopefully this will cut down on how unstable the truck is at angles and will cut down on how fast my u-joints go.
good plan
isn't there a place you can grind a chebby cv to make it work at better angles?
its not so much the cv....when my front cv binds, it won't break...but when the single u-joint on the axle side binds, it will break (or spit a cap) But yeah, i ground down the chevy yoke as well as the axle yoke.
As for the rear, i haven't ground the chevy u-joint (which i will do). And i use a toyota u-joint on the axle side, and those will operate at a good angle.
anyone have some really tall jackstands i could borrow sunday the 10th until tuesday night? Either that or does anyone know of anywhere i can pick up 8 cinder blocks? (free since i'm poor)
gonna work on my toyota today at sevilla....if anyone wants to come.
pulled rear axle....cleaned with wire brush on grinder....gonna do brakes and seals tomorrow. tuesday gonna turn the perches and paint and reinstall.
anyone have some 3" tube perches they wanna sell me?
Check out the rpm specs on a wire wheel and compare them to the rpm specs on your grinder. Wear your goggles! No more white axle?
i never painted that damn white axle. will did. it looked like ****. i get parts at cost through work....so the toy won't be such a piece a month from now and hopefully i can go wheeling the 31st.
If you need spring perches they have them at any Jeep parts house.
P/N 1-P4120074
I think they're about $10-15.
yah right that white axle looks sweet. every toy should have one!!
im gonna rewire my engine. What gauge wire do i need to use? my crap keeps burning out. Stock harness like the lights and radio work fine. I need to rewire my starter....alternator....choke....and key.
OK. heres my before height. Tomorrow i'll post my after height. (camera is in my land rover)
I got rid of the blocks and the overload on the chevy springs and it dropped it a very noticeable amount. I still need the fitting for my vent hose on my axle. Other than that, its done.
Before:
Heres the front hanger and shackle hanger that i built at 15 and will change.
Front hanger is 5" drop and its gonna get about a 2" (or less if possible) drop. I'm having it built at the moment.
Shackle hanger is going back to a through frame design. Its got a 7" shackle on it but im going to a 5.5" x 1.5" offset shackle.
so you're coming to Alto?
look at my spring hanger. It's beefy with a little less than 2" more drop than stock and way easy to make.
http://www.tamor.org/members-rigs/al...0371.sized.jpg
btw I'm gonna knock those corners off the front and brace the inside, but mainly for looks. It really doesn't need it
You've been saying you're gonna do that for the last 7 months.
my truck and I both have bigger fish to fry. Ask Karl :D
yeah, but you have a smaller perch width so you have to go under the square tube. i'm further out so i can go right on the side of the tube and have a super low stance. And even moreso i can still probably fit 38s with trimming if i decide to go back to them.
im not going to alto. i'm going to new orleans. i just need to find the time to do the spring hanger/shackles at tate's new shop and put a flex plate on. I've got new plug wires/cap/rotor/coil/starter/wiring/switch/u-joints and a whole lot more. Other than that, all is good.
make sure you don't go so high that your springs interfere with your pitman
hmm. i haven't thought of that. its still in the stock location. and i also got a pitman arm insert. no more welded pitman arm for ole mar.
that's the whole reason I now have a dropped hanger
and thank God. See, I told Chuy you were getting better...Earl still won't let his son ride with you though ;)
earl ain't the hot shot he makes out to be. chuy is a pimp fab/welder and can drive....
it was all in good fun...they were both gettin on it pretty good...Earl broke a few times
what did earl break?
heres the 'after' photo.
Think it will hit the pitman arm? Should i get a 3/4 heim and insert and run it instead?
what is up with your u-bolts on your rear axle? Little drunk?
those are the new splayed u-bolts. its all the rage.
looks like a 14bolt followed you home...
looks like you could lose 2" or so on that drop hanger. Do your springs go negative?
Earl broke a 3/4" steering heim and a rear driveshaft ujoint
Its a cab & chassis version, 64" WMS, unknown gears or carrier, probably 4.10's though. Its in great condition and is for sale.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
i haven't tightened them down yet. I still might toss a 4 degree shim in there.
yeah springs go negative but not that negative. i guess you could call it 'really really flat'. Its no big deal, if bad comes to worse i'll drill out the insert and put a 3/4" heim above the pitman.
i think your shocks are a little long
they just need more angle :D
drinkin beer.
heres a picture of my seats. I can't remember who i got em from (my buddy picked em up for me last summer).
but they're awesome.