BTR is Jack Stand Wheelin

[Todd]

Man I want to get this thing done. Checked the tracking number and the gears have an ETA of Monday. So I guess its on then.

Found something a little odd to me at the parts store today. The only part I didn’t have to set up my gears where new crush sleeves. Have bearings and shims and all that but no sleeves. So I wondered if I could get just the sleeve. Ask my buddy Neil at the parts place if I can, tells me to look at the HELP rack You know the rack will small dinky crap that you would fix in the parking lot of the place. Sure as shit there are crush sleeves going by ring gear diameter. So I get them for the 35 and 8.8. Also came two per pack at about 3 bucks per pack.

I just found it weird that they had crush sleeves with all that stuff.

Ah, blew the rear and need to set up my gears on the side of the road, HELP

 

[milje]

That's great. Who'da thunk you'd find the crush sleeves there?


Monday? That sucks.

 

[samsonitesamsonite]

the help! section that has all those random interior parts?

 

[milje]

Yeah, like blinker switches and random springs and stuff. I think they also have 710 caps.

 

[Todd]

the help! section that has all those random interior parts?

Ya, weird eh?

 

[CopyKat]

So what's the part number??

Post up son!!

 

[milje]

So any progress? I know you got the gears yesterday, maybe I'll stop by later and see what ya got done.

 

[Todd]

Got the rear together and under the truck with the tires on it. Almost have the front gears set. Need to dick with them a little more to get it right. After the front gears are set the rest of the 44 knuckle swap will be compleated. Hope to have it done by this weekend.

 

[95offroadx]

sweet man, this might happen to my explorer down the road

 

[Todd]

The front gears are set up and the third member is bolted to the beam. With the beams out of the truck I have begun to mock up the 44 knuckles. After my first test fit after reaming the beams I knew I had to do some clearance of the 35 beam to have enough clearance for the 44 upper ball joint. Got one of the beams clearance last night but stopped as I don’t have a camera to take pics anymore. So I stopped in order to get full photo documentation of the process. After I get the other beam ground I should be able to slap the rest of this together quickly.

 

[84EB]

Awesome work. So how much wider will this make the front? If any wider at all.

On the tierod, did you just use that same tool to ream the knuckle for the tierod? Wouldn't that leave the hole to big at the bottom where the nut goes?

 

[Evan]

Awesome work. So how much wider will this make the front? If any wider at all.
?

It probably won't make it any wider. But, now since he won't have crappy wheel bearing spacing he can run a big offset wheel and even some spacers to get more width out of the front end.

 

[Todd]

Sup Evan, long time no talk or see man. You need to get your ass up here to do some wheelin.

Well, she lives. Still need to finish up the brakes as there is a leak at the caliper as well as finish up the toe and camber then its all done.

And it is wider I would say by just looking at it 1-2" on each side. It looks damn sweet. Pics and writeup to come.

On the tierod, did you just use that same tool to ream the knuckle for the tierod? Wouldn't that leave the hole to big at the bottom where the nut goes?

The same ream was used yes.

 

[84EB]

Well this is awesome. I have been thinking about this and was going to do a little research in the moog book and at the parts store, but PARKINGLOT pointed me towards this thread. So now all I've got to do is gather the parts and find a ream and I'll be ready to go to work.

 

[Todd]

She is all done sitting out in Painsdale at a buddys house ready to wheel. Going to do some scouting of a new trail for the club to run this weekend. No class today therefore Im wheelin all day.

Have pics of the knuckle swap on my g/f’s camera but don’t have the cable to get them off. Will be posting some of them up later as well as wheelin pics from today.