The General

[uglyota]

I'd bump that up to .250 or weld a strap around them

[J Cooper]

agreed on the .250

[uglyota]

also, for your bolt sleeve in the middle, make sure you have the kind without the seam. The ones with the seam suck

[colman]

i told him to weld a strap he thinks he will be ok, only time will tell

[redcagepatrol]

or just use the right size bolt for the sleeve. If it needs a 9/16" bolt, get it, don't try to use a 1/2" or it will end up looking like the hippies.

You can't have any play between the bolt and the bolt sleeve, the shank of the bolt should go almost all the way through the sleeve. Many times, I buy an extra long bolt for the longer shank - and just cut off the extra threads.

[redcagepatrol]

use bolts like this:
http://www.currieenterprises.com/ces...t.aspx?id=1096

[bcolman]

ill have to check the length of the shank on the bolts, and look in to the grease able ones, thanks for the info

[uglyota]

or just use the right size bolt for the sleeve. If it needs a 9/16" bolt, get it, don't try to use a 1/2" or it will end up looking like the hippies.

scott that was not caused by the threads on the bolt. For the bottom bushing i used a sleeve without a seam and it is fine. You can see where the threads are cutting into the sleeve there but that is not what caused the problem.

Brian you shouldn't need greasable for this application, it shouldn't be moving around like a shackle, it just needs to be able to take a good rock hit

[bcolman]

so after busting 3 u-joints at clayton and with them looking like the picture below, i decided it was time to redo my rear suspension and run a cv rear drive shaft, for the output flange on the 205 i am using a 208 front output flange i just need to change the stock seal out for a national 473457 to make it seal correctly, i have already made the driveshaft, it was my spare for my front, now i just need to finish welding the perches back on and reinstall all the parts i had to take off

[agjohn02]

looks to me like you're just spitting caps out. does your yoke still have both of the tits on it? maybe you should try welding some washers or plate on the outside of your yoke and see if it fixes it.

[agjohn02]

how is it that you think pinion angle and the driveshaft is doing that? that really doesnt look like an axle wrap caused break. do you not have an anti-wrap bar?

[colman]

he hasnt got around to an anti wrap bar yet. i think that is next after this little project

[bcolman]

i dont have an anti wrap bar yet, that is next, the problem was that i was running to much angle, i was in the mid to high 20's on a ujoint to ujoint shaft which is way to much, so the cv shaft should help this problem

[bcolman]

anybody know where to get ubolts for a dana 70hd? the axle has a 4 inch tube diameter, i checked a few sites and they only went to 3.5 inch diameter or so

[uglyota]

gooseneck trailer and Napa are good places to get Ubolts. Maybe even some of the big truck shops out by bryan iron and metal would be worth checking as well