"New" Axles

[BigRedFord04]

i know i've told a bunch of you about the 6x6 project i've got going on at work, if you're one of those you can skip this part...this customer of Vilas is having us (me) completely rebuild 3 axles for him to put to use under his `91 Chevy 1 ton, the factory 60 and 14 bolt and a front Dana 70 out of ~`80 IH military p/u. the front 70 will be the mid axle, and is going to get the steering knuckles cut off and have 14 bolt brakes put on. the pinion will face rear and there w/ a transfer case between it and the 14 bolt (front output powering the 70 and rear output powering the 14 bolt).

the guy was going to use his factory NP205, but realized that there was no way of making it a sealed divorced case, so he had to find a divorced case. he found that divorced case in a ~`60 IH 1.5 ton p/u. he paid $500 for the whole truck and was going to take the rest to Bryan Iron and Metal after getting the xfer case out. so i told him i'd like to see what axles were in it. I did, its another front 70 (which is ironic b.c. he paid Boyce Equip. $1200 for the one he has) and a really big 9" in the back. Freddy said its some kinda Borg Warner axle. Anyway, he told me if i got the xfer case out, and hauled the rest of the truck away i could take whatever i want. So, i really couldnt pass up FREE beefy axles, no matter how oddball they are. I recruited Jimmy Mancuso and with his truck trailer and Jeep we got it loaded onto the trailer yesterday and parked in our junkyard in front of Tate's F350. His part of the deal is that for hauling it off he gets whatever they pay him @ Bryan Iron and Metal. Heres a pic, aint it purdy?