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My 44 Knuckle Swap 35/44 Hybrid


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How did you get the ball joint clearance cut out like that?

Also, what's that "window" for?

Did you make any other cuts for clearance?
Used a reamer for the balljoint . The window is for the right side axle shaft to go through .
ill drop by for a little saturday or sunday if your at the house...might even be down for a little trip i Ilake sunday if i can talk the woman into it
Turkey Bay is closed so a quick trip to Interlake sounds great .
 


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First pic of 44 knuckle on the 35 beam .
 

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Turkey Bay is closed so a quick trip to Interlake sounds great .
ill try, since our florida vaca this summer got cancelled because she is pregnant she wanted to atleast get out of town for the weekend....so she chose evansville :icon_rofl:

hopefully she will be bored by sunday afternoon and i can talk her into going for an hour or 2 on the way home
 

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You guys should at least stop by the house .

Both beams and knuckles are in . I'm done for the night .
 

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Interlake is going to be literally a lake. Have fun.
 

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A few trails like 5 and 19 have good drainage and dry out after just a few days . Trail 16 is good on muddy days if you take the haul road to get there . Think yours will be ready by Sunday ?
 

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The torque sequence I used for the ball joints is .
Lower balljoint 80
Upper balljoint 100 while holding 44 camber caster bushing with pipe wrench
Lower balljoint 100
Tighten camp on 35 beam
 

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I have to work, and no I doubt it. It wont start when warm, so if I kill it on the trail, I'll have to let it sit for 45 minutes before starting again.
 

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Connected the inner 35 shafts to the outer 44 shafts and installed in the truck .
 

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good to hear...everything goes well i might be doing this sometime this summer
 

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Dang thats in my state....Ill have to find it
 

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Used a reamer for the balljoint . The window is for the right side axle shaft to go through .


Turkey Bay is closed so a quick trip to Interlake sounds great .
:icon_thumby:

I meant how did you cut this chunk out?

 

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Sorry , I used a die grinder with a cutoff wheel mostly .
 

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