and since im not getting my c-clips until monday,im getting this 3rth member strip down,gonna fit my 4.88 gears,!

i never took one of thoses apart,cant be hard,gonna borrow a dial indicator at school tomorow!

 

ok i got my third member apart,gonna have to install 4.88 gears now:



too bad i dont have a locker to put in yet! comming real soon...(im really broke now)



heres my custom lenght driveshaft,made it with old double joint one and new extended lenght one from wabfab,





cutted the shaft;



then fitted new part tapper;



welded it,and i gave it to my fellow friends the machinists,theyre gonna machine it flush and balance it,gonna be nice looking!

 

now heres a little update on the E-brake;

i gotta say that wasnt easy task,theyre are so many people that ask the question "dont they make an 3.0l T-case E-brake kit" well nop,you gotta take a 4cyl kit and modifi it, just like i did,takes lots of patients ,but finally came up with something,not done on the bolting yet,that was a real PITA;





that braket is in the way,and since i dont need it anymore,it has to go!!

 

alright i got my c-clips,just finishing my gearing,and itl be a wrap quite soon.

i came up with a little problem that i later figured out

i was about to install my pinions when i saw theses numbers;



then i was kinda clueless about witch ones goes in front and witch ones goes in the back,so i checked with Brian witch refered me to ZUK gearing and they told me it was only a matching number no matter were you put hem just gotta put hem acordingly to the same number on ring gear!



ring gears installed;

 

That is looking SWEET! I can't wait to see it when its done.

 

Not to pay too much attention to detail, but isnt the steering stabilizer supposed to be on the other side of that tie rod??...i just installed one and was scared of flexing it up into the oil pan. If you think about it, it doesnt flex up that much anyways, but id be a little scared of the bottom tie rod flexin into it...idk...

Oh, and what are you gonna do for bump stops up front??

 

well thats the reason i did a 2wd oil pan swap,and im not gonna weld my bumstops until i get a clearer idea of where its gonna hit! gonna make a flex test prior to welding thoses!

 

you n DIRTCO should have a fabbing contest.

Or even better, work on the same rig at the same time to make the ultimate offroad machine

 

not quite what i meant...but nevermind...bigger matters are on the table...like gettin it on the road again!!!

Lookin good keep it up!

 

I cant wait to do mine. im just saving up for the kit. kinda tight on money. i already have the straight axle(picked it up for 50 bucks!!)

 

hey if your 3rd's don't gernade, you mind doing mine when I get my 4.88's and lockers?

lol, jk

great job man; it's cool watching this thing come along! looks like it's going to sit just right after a litle rear-end lowering

 

thx guys,i apreciate

alright now i got my driveshaft back and balanced!





now for gearing i had a little problem with front diff pinion bearing spacer ,it seems to be too big cause when my pinion sits down in position ,the head of pinion comes in contact with the "gearbox" of spider gears,theres like 3 or 4 milimeters i gotta shave up that spacer! or might be that the bearing is not pressed enought against the pinion flange! gonna check it out tomorow,anyway i cant finish my front axle without the diff!!!

 

looking great!!!

 

diff regeared,and checked,and installed,i only had to take a little spacer between pinion and pinion beering,that was my prob,but i found it!! now jobs done correctly!
but i still have to finish rear diff thoe!



perfect surface contact;



quickly building front axle;



job done already!!

i need some manual hubs that has 30 spline,the ones i had were 27 !








some shots with front tires on,i finally think that ill be fine with just 2 inch longer shackles,ill custom made them out of 1/4 inch stainless steel metal! tomorow

ILL UPDATE CRAPPY PICTURES! SORRY

 

Looking good Chief. I bet you can taste it by now.

 

yea defenetly!

alright i got the back togherter and it wasnt high enough ,like i atisipated,so i got my slightly longer shackles that are not finished yet,and im making some cutom axle shims for about 1 inch lift and with a 8 degree angle for a better driveshaft angle! so its gonna be two for one!
might have to reposition shock hangers,well see!

thats not the actual gap i gotta fillup ,dont worry!
i was only taking mesurements!!



cutting blocks;



meanwhile,when i got back from school it was time for finishups;

grille almost done!

 

Looks fantastic! Can't wait to see her done

 

thx,alright so

friend of mine machined my blocks 8 degrees,with a total of 1 & half inch lift;



finished product;



installed(still gotta weld them in place);



flawless driveshaft angle!!



now height is fairly good,still have to put new shackles in!



alright so talking about driveshaft,heres the front one ;cutted the double joint!

 

finished cutting my braket that was blocking my e-brake travel!



as you can see ,thats when its fully compressed!,gonna weld the braket for line on the frame,further down!

 

Looking good.

I'd just weld the rear blocks on like you did the front 3/8" on the driver side so if need be you can cut it off easily.