Dana 44's

i'll save you the trouble....1st one is stock, my very 1st off-roading adventure in that truck. 2nd is after a body lift, 33"s and BLING! wheels....they were just polished tho, not full chrome like yours his appear to be.

i bet it got pretty good gas milage in this pic...
http://tamor.org/forums/attachment.p...tid=4033&stc=1

if i remember right it was ~15mpg.

but to keep this on topic, it had a Dana 44 front then too...TTB crap, but still...

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Originally Posted by Chadnutz

You're making me look slow.

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no, you're making you look slow!
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Man, it looks good! you're making very un-TAMORish progress...
Also, it looks like you're working in a real shop!? You should be doing this on a greasy driveway with beercans lying around and a HOA breathing down your neck!
:D

ok tonight was hell, this afternoon finally got to the ppoint where everything needed to be measured up and welded in and this took forever. Little tap here and there and measure measure measure. got the front crossmember positioned perfectly plumb. positioned the axle in there and attempted to position the rear shackle hangers in the right position which was near to impossible. finally gave up on the measurin and put them where they looked like they needed to go and made sure they both lined up the same on both sides. the problem is though that the frame rails arent the same on both sides and on one side the shackle hanger barely grabs the frame so sorta rigged a little support in there to hold it for now. i thihnk i tooka pic of this it was late and took a couple of pics dont know how turned out. everything is tacked up and tomorrow ill get a guy that can really weld, weld it all up... sorry for long post.

holy crapsickles! you sure you dont wanna move that rear upper shackle mount back? now, given, i've never setup a leaf spring front, but that shackle angle looks to be WAY to extreme...especially if none of the vehicle weight is on it. BTW...props on getting this far this fast....i looked back, and by page 10 of nutz's thread he was still taking pictures every 5 mins and then asking stupid questions on the internet. :flipoff2: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

vanity plates are :rainbow:

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I think I would move that shackle hanger back some also. also may want to lose that body lift. it looks pretty tall right now.

I'd move the spring hanger forward instead, and french the shackle hanger to lose an inch or so...

and CUT THOSE FENDERS!
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edit: looks like frenching them really isn't an option, but I'd do a mix of moving spring hanger forward and shackle hanger back...move those wheels forward a bit

in those pics all the weight is on the truck that is how they sit goin down the road. And cant move them back because there is no frame rail left to mount to.

i dont think im gonna move anything and see how it rides... i have to get some way to level out the back, it needs new springs bad but nobody makes lift rear springs so...

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Originally Posted by Mud King

And cant move them back because there is no frame rail left to mount to.

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where there's a will theres a way. no one said an SAS would be easy, although the 3-4 i've participated in went pretty well....i guess just dont ask nutz....anyway, this is the reason they dont make a kit for this project. its all about kustom fabbing some kludge fuct shat that works. function over form.

might see how much it is to get a set made. and if there is no frame further back, just make you some inboard spring bracets. whenever that thing goes up and down the road right now, it the shackle and back of the spring of going to hit your frame.

and once those springs settle down the shackle will probably be flat up against the frame. all projects get some sorta hitch. no worries....chadnutz had the same problem...but unfortunately for him fixing it involved adding dual cases to the truck for some reason. you should definately rethink leaving it that way.

yes you all are right just went over to move the truck and work on it and jump up and down on the front of it and the shackles collapsed against the frame, the only problem is that those brackets are welded on there pretty good and its gonna be forever tryin to remove them without destrying them, but i guess thats what needs to be done.