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Post by wvopowered on Nov 10, 2016 21:12:25 GMT -8
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ODJeepster
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Post by ODJeepster on Nov 11, 2016 10:39:13 GMT -8
Looks like you made that bumper fit nicely. You planning on leafs or coils for the front d44 swap?
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Post by wvopowered on Nov 15, 2016 18:47:36 GMT -8
I have been going back and forth on that one. I was thinking radius arms with coils what I would like is coilovers but that's not in the budget right now. But I think I am just going to do leaf springs it's the cheapest and easiest route and see how it does. I got my front housing together just need to weld it up now
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Post by wvopowered on Dec 9, 2016 17:44:18 GMT -8
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Post by wvopowered on Jan 4, 2017 19:09:28 GMT -8
No turning back now. I removed front suspension and all mounts last weekend. The hi pinion 44 is going to solve the problem most people have with to steep of a drive line angle. And it looks like it may be a little higher than I was thinking.
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Post by ExCabSwap on Jan 5, 2017 0:36:14 GMT -8
Right on! What are your plans for the front driveline?
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Post by wvopowered on Jan 18, 2017 21:56:29 GMT -8
I am not sure about the drive line . I was thinking to make a flange adapter at the t-case so I could go to bigger u joints but now that it is apart there is not much room to go bigger. I started the new frt suspension . Definitely going to be higher than I had planned. Thought about frenching the rear mounts up into the frame but that would only have dropped me a few inches and would have been a lot of work . I am not planning on driving this on the street so the extra clearance will be nice any way. tried to put up some pictures but my picture site is not working
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Post by wvopowered on Jan 18, 2017 22:20:31 GMT -8
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Post by wvopowered on Jan 24, 2017 20:59:16 GMT -8
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Post by wvopowered on Feb 5, 2017 9:52:55 GMT -8
I have the front springs and the axle under it. The height is higher than I was planning on, the tires measure 36 1/4 they are listed from Interco to be 37.20 . Any one have a comment on the ride height, good bad okay normal ?
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Post by wvopowered on Feb 5, 2017 9:56:26 GMT -8
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Post by ODJeepster on Feb 5, 2017 12:13:26 GMT -8
Looks great!!! I really like your build. What's your goal date for test run?
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Post by wvopowered on Feb 5, 2017 18:55:28 GMT -8
I would like to have it done by the end of the month. Not sure if that's going to happen unless I take some time off work. I did the steering box today , made and welded in the plate to the frame to mount it on.
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Post by wvopowered on Feb 18, 2017 9:31:02 GMT -8
Ran in to front drive line angle issues .The flanges I have that fit the transfer case would not allow for the angle I needed . Was thinking about doing a trans swap to a turbo 350/205 but that would require a custom converter possibly this motor has the chevy 60 degree pattern so the bolt circle is smaller and no room to re drill flex plate and after taking measurements it still would not gain me much in improved drive line angle. So I decided to take a die grinder to the yokes to see how much angle I could get and was able to go from about 25 degrees to 35 degrees this is enough to make them work I am going to have to drop the ride height down as much as I can so I can have the largest amount of travel. Started setting up the gears in the rear end have them close but found that the shim kit I have did not have the correct size pinion shims, the Isuzu Dana 44 uses a smaller bearing than the earlier 44's . I had bought a FSJ rear 44 for the Detroit locker when I tore it apart I found that it had new gears and bearings ,the bearings still had grease on them that they used for assembly only problem was that there was no pre load shims on the pinion they had just tightened the nut to set pre load. So I decided to take the locker apart to see what it looked like. I found that it looks to have all new internal parts no wear marks on any of the teeth. The bolts that hold the two case half's together were loose though. Also they had assembled the springs and retainer rings in the wrong way. The springs were between the retainer ring and case with the retainer rings flipped the wrong way. This was putting the whole assembly in a bind and most likely made it into a spool.
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Post by wvopowered on Feb 20, 2017 20:37:08 GMT -8
I pulled one leaf out of my front packs and that dropped me about 2". I have around 3 1/2 " of up travel and at least 5 down. I will see were that comes in at once I get the drive line in and test for binding. Also was able to get exh cross over pipe from pass side to drivers side made. It used to go under drive line due to IFS. Started working on steering linkage.
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