i see the axle. this is such a great show, too bad its keeping me from getting anything done.

 

doh :pat: that third members on the wrong side!

 

Are you doing some major reworkin in the transfer case arena, or are 2slo and I missing something. That axle sure looks like one that should go on my 95.

 

Psst! Guys! The axle is upside down and backwards...

 

GUYS?!?!?!

 

i just saw the new pics. what are they thinking?

 

Pig goes on the driver's side, kingpin/balljoint thingies tilt in at the top....

 

i was making a joke, thats what the laugh was for. im sure they just want to compress the springs and check the shackles.

 

BWAAHAHHAHAA!!!

They must be getting tired...

 

i didnt hear the 6 o clock whistle

 

I SEE THE AXLE!!!

FINALLY................

LOL!!

 

Just talked to Chris, they were just screwing with our minds on the backwards axle thing. The bar they were using to try and check the shackle angles was flexing too much so they had to use the axle instead. Now they're trying to figure out the angles for the knuckles and pinion.

 

i wonder how the short shackles are working?

 

Okay, a chance to update you. I have been fabbing parts all day and haven't really taken a net break.

The spring hangers are all on and the springs are hanging from them. We went with shackles that are 6" hole to hole. Hopefully that will be the right size.

As Shane mentioned, we had to use the axle to compress the springs to see how the shackle angle worked out. Since the axle had perches on the bottom for the original spring under configuration, we flipped it over and used those perches to catch the centering pins. Sorry if we got your heart rate up, we wondered in advance if anyone would notice

ChrisCo is currently fabbing some new spring perches for spring over, JRuz is assembling steering components, look for a photo of steering stuff soon.

I am doing some research on pinion angles and caster angles, under the camera, but I am here. We are still hoping to get the axle under the truck tonight now that we have a plan for setting the correct angles...

 

Like I was telling Chris, worry about the pinion angle first so you can get the spring pads tacked on. Then put the full weight of the truck back on it again (hopefully the truck will be level enough...) and set in your caster. This all of course requires that you're turning just the knuckles and not the whole axle tubes. I forgot to ask where you were rotating them, just assumed from the shiny areas next to the knuckles that you were doing it there and not at the diff end.

 

Thats the plan. We are prepping some perches now so we can set approximate angles, then we will set the truck on it and look at angles. THEN, we will pull it all off, set the permanant angles for pinion and caster, then put it on and bolt it all up.

We are turning the knuckles at the knuckle end, not the whole tube Turning the whole tube looked like WAY to much make work...

 

eek! The WATTORA garage ghost made an appearance!


If that poor webcam had retinas they would be fried right now. Talk about flash burn!

 

ChrisCo said EXACTLY the same thing when he saw that one.

I was welding on the second spring perch so we can drop the truck on the axle in the morning

ChrisCo says that is the "Ghost of Fabrications Past".