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ok, so I finally got a little free time to do some work and get some pics.
here's the scenario. in clayton I burned out my clutch and had a nasty run in with a few trees. so this is the documentation of work done since then.
I have a dana 35 front and 8.8 rear that formerly belonged to tyler herring. they have 4.56s and detroits. I'm swapping them in and then after school's out I'm gonna hack off the rear half of the frame, and use tube as I start the flatbed process.
here are some pics so far.
new seals, bearings, brakes and diff cover. aluminum, baby. *BLING*
uno mas of the new axle...
my gay roommate...
btw, doug's g/f is in the background of that last pic.
its been a looooong time since it was moved
How have you gotten to work/school for the past __ months?
I saw her!!!! She is looking HOT!!!! Damn i need to come over!
finished the back today.
uno mas...
mmmmm u gotta locka? smack smack
just before pulling the passenger's side...
after pulling the passenger's side...
I've been having a problem with this part of the hub for a few months now. the last two times I've pulled off the passenger's side it's been difficult to remove because it was slightly warped (by slightly I mean it still looks straight to the naked eye).
today was a little different. this time it was more than slightly warped and as you can see I had to cut it off.
one more of the fubar one next to a good one.
and I just remembered where I left my needle-nosed pliers with the red handles.
TTB is
LMAO!! :D :flipoff2:
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yes, yes it is...
TTB is for homo's
haha
wtf is your avatar????
OH MY GOD! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR AVATAR!?!?!??!?
He changed it, but that was pretty gross.
edit:
from woman bent over pissing to tigger to bin laden
since no one liked it i changed it
I've about fubared the rivets I'm trying to get out. problem is that they're still not out. any suggestions? I've got a grider and a drill. don't wanna torch it b/c I don't wanna fubar the frame rail where the new bolts will need to fit snugly. at this point I'm about to start on the other side and hope for better luck. the problem with the side I'm on right now is that the exhaust, specifically the cat are right in front of the body mounts on the inside of the frame rail; I can't grind from that side.
any helpful comments are greatly appreciated.
on mine i did two things:
1. grind the heads completely off the rivets and beat them out w/ a BFH and a punch
2. grind the tip of the head flat, punch it, then drill out the center w/ a 9/16" (?) drill bit. you dont have to go all the way thru, just enough to get thru the head, then hit it on the side w/ the hammer and knock the head off. then you still have to knock the rest of it out w/ a hammer and punch.
either way will work, just depends on what ratio of grinding/drilling/hammering you want to do.
my 1st advice though: GET A BIGGER HAMMER! :flipoff2:
they ended up torching out one side and then using my big hammer, a drill, and a punch for the other side... worked just spiffy:D
hell yes. thanks to tate and nutz for stopping by for moral support.
My friends and I heated up the riverts and used an air chisel with a flat bit to take the rivet head clean off then used the punch bit to push it out. If that doesnt work just torch it
after today (though it's not over yet) I have this left:
- buy/borrow a 7/16" drill bit and use it for about 5 minutes
- cut/grind/bend a nasty lip off a crossmember
- bolt on the remaining three lift brackets
- get the remaining snap rings on the ball joints (landon, those pliers suck :flipoff2: )
- bolt on each side of the front axle
- order new hubs
I think that's it. if things go according to plan (or at least close) I hope to be driving her around this week. it's been too long...
I have sweet snap ring pliers bitch refer to the mazda swap thread to see them
more pics...
cuttin'...
and again...
yup...
I shoulda took the gloves off, but the pic is big enough that you can probably tell the crossmember lip and the worn-down cutting wheel are getting the bird. :flipoff2:
What exactly are you doing? And why did you remove the whole frontend instead of just swaping out third members?
He got extended radius arms as part of the package deal from Tyler, so all this had to be done either way in order to utilize them.
went to whore wheel parts today. warrantied the hubs. conversion kit is on the way and should be here tomorrow. hopefully get the front axle back on tonight.
all for now.
axles are done... steering's fubar... hopefully get it done before the weekend's out.
got new (longer) e-brake cables this week. those might not go in for awhile just because they're kind of a pain in the ass to install. I'm gonna go try to make the steering work now. I wanna drive dammit.