what r you gonna do with your old steering, was it tre or heim
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what r you gonna do with your old steering, was it tre or heim
its tre, 1.5x.250 DOM, $150Quote:
Originally Posted by colman
I FINALLY got the parts in to finish the axle. Got R&P, carrier, bearings, and shims. Gonna send everything to J&P to set it up tomorrow to set up the gears. It's doubtful it will be done by early next week and near to impossible it will be done tomorrow by close. (But he said there was a chance). Gonna get the one ton reamer from JB tomorrow as well and do the knuckles and pitman arm.
On a side note, do people think this carrier will hold? I know nothing about how welded carriers should look. It's welded like this on both sides. Two passes for each section with Sharpe's Miller.
the only thing i have seen people add is a piece of square plate in there and welded all the way around, but that looks good to me
Weld the spiders to the carrier. I wouldn't trust that weld job in my rig.
yes, weld all side gears to carriers
What does it hurt to weld more. I have never been on the trail and heard someone say, man I wish I would not have welded this so much. I have heard the snap crackle pop of a broken weld.
To add to this when I weld a carrier it turns into a big ball of weld, and I have yet to have one break completely.
I also weld the hell out of them. Like you have there and sides and spiders to carrier. It's not the best steel for welding. Usually when I pull mine there's a crack or 2 in the welds, put that leaves another 8 or so welds holding and I've never had one let go. There are those here who have had one's like you've done there let go. Now that I think about it, when I originally welded the 20 in the scrambler I did as you did and it broke. Don't think it would make a full rotation but it was moving around.
CJ people, Kopecki, Coop,
What did you guys do for your pitman arm when you changed to one ton tres or heims. I think coop is running heims, Kopecki are you running one ton tres? Stock arm?
Got the axle back from J&P transmission, cost be $200 ($150 for install, $50 for bearings and seal).
Got it bolted in, shock mounts done, tie rod mocked up, driveshaft connected, outers on.
Eckert brought over a J10 box that I stole the pitman arm off of and reamed it out for 1 ton drag link.
Pics of Jeep, one cj pitman arm vs. new j10 arm, and cj TRE vs. new TRE.
i bet that gravel driveway is fun to work on.
I messed up when I said this, when I was measuring I was measuring the old vrs. the new front. So the new d-44 is 2.25" wider on each side than my old d-30. The front will be 1.75" wider on each side than the 609 rear. 63.5" WMS on Front d-44 and 60" WMS on Rear 609.Quote:
Originally Posted by 85cj7
Didn't have much time to work on this today. Got the pitman arm reamed, and the tie rod end that the drag link attached to reamed. I am going to have to run an inverved y setup because there wasn't enough room on the passanger arm for both 1 ton ends to ride without interfering with each other. Also got the tie rod and drag link burned in.
I sold some stuff from my old front, so far I have only spent $90 on the new front because of all the stuff I've sold to recoup the loss.
63.5 WMS sounds perfect