Twisty Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 So, I popped the carrier out of my D44, and figured I might as well take the pinion out too... Something looks kinda wrong with 'dat dere oil slinger... Image Not Found And there was this: Image Not Found That was a pinion bearing preload shim! Ouch. I found more metal in the bearing on closer inspection. I have no idea how that would happen. But, what do you expect for something that's 35~ years old and out of a ford? Luckily I wasn't planning on running the 3.50 gearset it came with. I also had some axle tube nastiness. Image Not Found Nothing like 1/4" buildup of dirt, grease, oil, and who knows what on the inside of the tubes. So I took the inner seals out and cleaned the tubes: Image Not Found Rather nasty. I wonder if there's aftermarket outer seals for these things? I'm not sure, I know they make D30 ones. And I glass blasted my inner Cs. Image Not Found Didn't do a wonderful job of it, but they'll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 I got the housing cut down... Image Not Found They did it in a LATHE. I should have told them to just use the horizontal band-saw (that's what I'd expected), but they did it this way, so WTH. $35 for both sides isn't bad. I cleaned the cover up a bit: Image Not Found And shaved it to match the housing. It's a little iffy on the sealing. I drilled a new hole for that lower bolt cause it ain't gonna work. Then I realized I don't have a 5/16 UNC tap. I'll have to remember to buy one. Oh, as you can see that cover come off a working girl. I love previously wheeled parts. So, I got to work on it: Image Not Found I bent and welded on a peice of .125 FB first. The cover is about .150, so that gives me a little over 1/4" over the ring gear. If you need more than that, you were already being a major idiot. I also welded up the un-needed hole. I'll put a bit more FB on the bottom of it, and maybe build a girdle. Might as well try to give some strength back to the centre section since I shaved it so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Cs back on... Had a slight snag in doing it in that when I measured stickout before removing them, well, I didn't exactly take into account that it wouldn't be the same all the way around. It won't matter. Image Not Found Welded up the cover thingy... And started playing around with the design to make it stronger/more supportive to the housing. I am undecided. I also drilled and tapped the new hole. Image Not Found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 sexy axle mate. she's comin along nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 The stupid part is that it's 'done' except if I decide to final weld the Cs (they're just tacked). I don't have a plan for my front suspension, or the money for the parts quite frankly. And I'm not big on doing the gear setup until most of the welding is done on the housing. I can do more work on the cover, and clean it some more, weld the Cs, and that's it. I need parts to do anything on the rear too. They're on the way, but it'll be a week or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feerocknok Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I bent and welded on a peice of .125 FB first. The cover is about .150, so that gives me a little over 1/4" over the ring gear. If you need more than that, you were already being a major idiot. I also welded up the un-needed hole. You can say this now, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I bent and welded on a peice of .125 FB first. The cover is about .150, so that gives me a little over 1/4" over the ring gear. If you need more than that, you were already being a major idiot. I also welded up the un-needed hole. You can say this now, but... :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 I doubt I'll wreck it. The stock one on my other D44 is hammered in pretty good, but it's not touching the ring gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1999MJ Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Comming along nicely :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 I measured my front, axle tube to frame rail... 17". That means about 9-10 of lift? I'm going to need some coils that come out to 8" lift for my front at some point here... Who said designing a front 3-link is hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisty Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Dirty, if you need some inspiration VetteBoy has a nice build-up on Jeepin.com. I might be building a 3 link in the future, so document your progess with pics :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Contrary to WARN's instructions, I would not advise installing their hubs without the outer snap rings. Image Not Found That's what my noise was. I took a poseur shot on the driveway... Mostly becuase I was playing around with it. Image Not Found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feerocknok Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Is it as tall as it looks, or is it the narrow front end? Cage looks aggresive, nice job on the styling. Any thoughts on lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wrangler grill would look bad @$$ in there, definitly BTW, I just read the whole Topic from beginning to here, and all I can say is. Holy buckets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Is it as tall as it looks, or is it the narrow front end?Cage looks aggresive, nice job on the styling. Any thoughts on lights? It's rather tall... The front works out to 9-10" of lift and the rear is about 8". I know I want to drop the front, but I'm not sure if I should drop the rear too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 what spring are you running in the front? i'm back to thinking about a front leaf setup out of sheer simplicity... we've got one jeep built with a linked front end... and i've had death wobble since day one stock. so i'll be happy to go to a more striaghtforward suspension. did you have any steering issues with the leaf's gettin in the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 ...a willy's grille would look good on there :brows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 what spring are you running in the front? i'm back to thinking about a front leaf setup out of sheer simplicity... we've got one jeep built with a linked front end... and i've had death wobble since day one stock. so i'll be happy to go to a more striaghtforward suspension. did you have any steering issues with the leaf's gettin in the way? They're waggy fronts. You're more likely to have wobbles with leafs than not. The steering is bad. I used PMP knuckles and arms (1" taller than milled knuckles) and the static angle is taken out in the arms. And I cut down the waggy inverted T setup. It had issues. The TR/DL attach point would hit the leaf spring. And itdoesn't steer worth $#!& at speed, and that was after I fixed the TR roll problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 thanks, i flipped through your thread real quick didn't see any straight on pics with a good shot of the steering or anything, you think you've got one? coil springs perform better no doubt, but i've seen some flexy leaf setups too, just don't wanna fool with DBs or LA's or stupid tall SA angles and track bars are a pain in my @$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 thanks, i flipped through your thread real quick didn't see any straight on pics with a good shot of the steering or anything, you think you've got one?. Got one of the axle out of the truck with the hydro ram on it, it's in my other build thread where I did the front leafs... I can get you a better pic of the steering so you can see how HACK it is though. You'll just have to wait until later today for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 aight man, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 Image Not Found And here's ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 I went wheeling and broke lots of stuff. Updates in their due time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 My wheeling trip carnaged: Driver's front leaf Passenger rear leaf Wheel bearing on passenger side And probably a bunch of stuff I don't know about. The fact I ran the engine out of coolant didn't help anything. Combine this with the fact that I already had two bent leafs (pass front, driver rear) and that I wasn't entirely happy with my front leafs... And you get this: Image Not Found Blew out all the front $#!&. Took my knuckles, shafts and hubs off the waggy front. No leaf brackets remain (there is one in that picture). And the rear gets this: Image Not Found I'm going to cut it behind the second bed mount (not the cut in the picture) and run my coils off the exo/deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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