fountain

alright i did the rear gear swap...so far, so good. i purchased a front section from here and now ready to install. what all is involved? do you practically disassemble the entire front end or are there any tips to install this thing with minimal headache?

also,while im at it and stuff is out and apart, are there any routine maintenances that i may need to do or upgrade?

all tips and hints appreciated....this looks to be a tough and tidious job

rattlewagon

Take your time and have fun with it.

Pull the d- shaft, cvs and mounting bolts and out it comes. Sounds easy written like that but my first swap took close to 8 hours.

When I did my first one I had to pop a lower ball joint to have enough room to pull a CV. Now, I tap the studs out of the flange so the diff slides out without interfering with the CVs. Just put a bar on them from outside the fender and tapped them out.

Good luck. WHat are you putting in for gears?

fountain

going 4:88 with 33s. do you have to pull any steering, a-arms or anything?

rattlewagon

Steering and A arms should not need to be removed.

waskillywabbit

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It would be easier to SAS than swap diffs. You'll at least think that after you're done

:wabbit2:

dntsdad

x2 on removing the studs for the CV's.

Put a nut on the end, and pop the studs out. When they are all out take a small grinder and grind the splines off them to essentially make them bolts. Then the CV's will slip out the next time you change them

fountain

Bro I hope I don't do this but once! Im dreading it, but ready to do it so I can feel "complete ". Now...if somebody can just tell me how o make this little truck grow an extended cab. I need more room something bad!

CAPTDASH

Since I will likely be helping Fountain with this, what CV studs are you referring to? I am an 85 kind of guy with a SA, so the swap will be my first one on the IFS, but I have complete confidence in doing it. Fountain and I would just like to know any tricks, do's, dont's, etc. Thanks to you guys for any advice.

I did find out last weekend how much the routing of front brake lines suck. While replacing the pads and new caliper springs, I bent the already pretty fragile brake lines at the caliper. Those things suck compared to SA brakes routing.

We do appreciate any advice you guys can offer us. Thanks.