D60 and 14b build

[brendank]

I'd say the pinion is still a bit shallow, but you'll be fine. The flares and mudflaps for street legalness eh?

It was a little bit better than that with the setup bearings, so I must have gained some distance with fresh bearings. I also dropped from about 6 thou to 8-9 thou backlash after I pressed in all of the new stuff.


Yeah, it's all to be road legal. I tore one of the mudflaps off on a huge rock and the flare cracked too. I'm thinking that I'll make the flaps removable when I have some time. That's how I should have done it in the first place.

 

[wahlstrom1]

I made mine removable using semi-truck hardware. IIRC when I talked to Skyjacker I was told my coils were in the 300inlb range. Might wanna check for binding somewhere, as I seem to be able to get nearly the same flex and I know my radius arms are binding hard.

-andrew

 

[Live 2B OffRoad]

Ok so its been a few years.

How is this thing holding up? what worked and what didnt? is there anything you changed?

 

[brendank]

Ok so its been a few years.

How is this thing holding up? what worked and what didnt? is there anything you changed?

I put quite a few miles on it and it's a decent setup. When I was still in the process of tweaking things, the transmission blew up again and it has been sitting ever since. It didn't make sense to replace the tranny, because the 4.0L in there is almost at the end of it's lifespan anyways. I just became busy with other things and forgot about it.

The steering needs attention. The setup I had on there was decent in theory, but far from good in real life. It will be getting a full hydro setup since I won't be driving it on the street anymore.

There is huge potential in the front suspension, but I was on coil choice #2 when the transmission went. They were far too stiff. This time around, I will go straight to coil overs or air shocks and forget about coil springs. The radius arms are so long that there's very little bind in the front suspension, but you need a soft spring to take full advantage of that.

Very happy with the 14 bolt and D60 though. Tried to break them on multiple occasions and it wasn't going to happen with that tired 4.0L.

I've got my eye on a low mileage GM 5.3 with tranny and tcase for a decent price. If I can find time, that's most likely what will end up under the hood.

 

[-Nathan-]

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