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Post by butterball on Apr 27, 2010 12:59:13 GMT -5
Damn even better.
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Post by butterball on Apr 27, 2010 13:01:40 GMT -5
Its going to be fun to wheel that beast
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Post by onecooldude on Apr 27, 2010 15:52:01 GMT -5
hehe evil ....
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Post by onecooldude on Apr 28, 2010 17:39:34 GMT -5
been busy lately seling my daily driver and shoping for a new older one, then i sold the 54 and the 53 , so it was quite the running around, and the weather was kind of crappy , but i still managed to get some stuff done, i took the box off the 52 and salvaged wath i wanted under and in it , and then i started stripping axles to get to some decent gears, the first set i took out of the 55 was a bit slim at one point but not as bad as the set i took out of the rear of the 52, the pinion is almost paper thin , i looked in the setting intruction in my shop manual and all they talked about was bering preload and no mention of any pinion depth or gear mesh partern, i then understood why my gear where in such poor state lol, then i took the shaft out of the front axle the joint are an interesting concept compare to a u-joint kind of a constant velocity birfield, then i got the gear out and finally i had a decent set even if the pinon was set a little far from the crown and there was 30 thousand of back lash in the set, so i took all the best part appart and cleaned them, the carrier is a pain to take appart but i am happy i did because i had a trust washer that was fubared, also my girlfriend sanded down some spot where some sticker had been painted , if you can identifie the unit or sticker let me know anyhow here are all the pics! enjoy! unknown sticker, on the door we also found all sort of paper work in the dash from dnd and the rangers
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Post by onecooldude on Apr 28, 2010 17:52:38 GMT -5
more pics! salvaged the rear bump stop and the shock mount of the 52 savaged the gas tank of the 52 salvaged the tail ligth and bracket of the 52 the paper thin pinion that was in the rear end of the 52 front shaft and joint view front gear out of the 52 seted a little far but in good shape, they had 30 tou of backlash the rest of the trust washer behind the spider gear ,show you do have to take everything appart and check everything to do a good job
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Post by onecooldude on Apr 28, 2010 17:57:47 GMT -5
and for the final picture of the day! all the part that will go back togheter tomorow in the third member, all cleaned and ready to go! reassembly begin tomorow yes! paul
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Post by onecooldude on Apr 29, 2010 17:07:36 GMT -5
well today i got the reasembly started and at the end of this day i have one third member ready to go in the rear axle, the army did not shim their pinion but mine is shimed and my axle should be less noisy then one that hasn't been shimed, i also got some tire for the project, i wil have to try them on my bud rim as they seem a bit wide, they are 325/85R16, 38 incher!!! any how here are the pics of the day, enjoy! my new to me war tires they are still in good shape this is the patern i ended up with with the axle setted the way the army instruction said to set the gears up, i found that the pinion was a bit far from the crown so i shimed the pinion bering 0.030,i used some shim i had left from a maser install kit from a rubi dana 44 and a dana 35 or 30, i put them here and here and i ended up with a more centered patern, its not perfect but much better and now i have a ready to install third member with improved gear partern
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Post by onecooldude on Apr 30, 2010 18:19:01 GMT -5
well today i took both pionneer rack off and decided wich one i am going to keep and wich one is going for sale, then i started tearing the front axle apart to clean it and paint it so when i mixe my olive drab i use all the paint i mix, then i had to quit to bring the kid down to my ex wife.... here are the pics, enjoy! pioneer rack i am going to sell more pictures of the funny front joint front axle appart partially and the way i left it at quiting time and them parts on the bench
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Post by onecooldude on May 1, 2010 21:18:14 GMT -5
well today the 53 got going to its new home, and one of the rear axle got in my yard, one of the shaft in it was twisted but the gear where in good shape, also on the twisted shaft all off the wheel stud are bent, so that side did take a heavy hit, then i finished taking the front axle appart , striped it and found some marking on it, a serie of number 12-20-51 dont know what they mean but hey , they are in a strange place behind the front axle looking at the rear one, then i got all of the paint off the housing , i just need to sand blast a few spot and she will be ready for primer here are the pics enjoy! twisted axle markings third member i started taking appart and a almost clean housng almost ready for paint! paul
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Post by onecooldude on May 4, 2010 16:27:47 GMT -5
today i got a few leaf spring derusted and i got the front axle and the bumperette and some leaf etched not much progress frigin on details the olive drab is getting closer!
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Post by onecooldude on May 5, 2010 15:58:01 GMT -5
the work of the day consisted of painting part of the rims and the axle housing and fidling with detail while the paint was drying not much to show , the paint turn out a great color that look pretty close to the original color any how here are the pics of the day leaf spring all ready for prime got 4 rims painted the axle housing painted and ran out of paint and i did not want to mix an other batch since i could not use it all paul
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Post by onecooldude on May 6, 2010 14:30:52 GMT -5
today i painted the rear axle black out ligth white spot and frigged around trying to make a stencil for the front axle number with tape , but it did not work so i got the local sticker shop to make me a stencil, and voila my marking where that easy to paint, here are the pics paint i used, flat white both axle togheter close up of the markings paul
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Post by onecooldude on May 10, 2010 16:25:47 GMT -5
well today i frigged around on my buddy's truck so i only had little time for the project , but i did get the rear bumpstop and two new leaf hand sandblasted and primed, i got myself a new paint gun , it is much better then the other one, the old one had a 2.0 tip and was wasting way too much paint, the new one has a 1.4 tip and is much better and makes a lot less overspray here is the only pic of the day ,enjoy!
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Post by onecooldude on May 12, 2010 18:30:12 GMT -5
well today i got one side of the rear leaf togheter and installed on the frame , i got both bump stop on the rear of the frame, and i almost finished painting the other side of the rear leaf pack, i also ceaned up a bunch of bolts and nut ...lol . lots of work that look like nothing, but i tell you , i am happy that some stuff is making its way back on the frame! here are the pics of the day, enjoy! the first leaf pack hanged! leaf and more harware painted , i will have to apint the other side tomorow more painted parts! more painted leafs leaf all sanded ready for primer bumpstop installed new leaf hand installed, this is a brand new old stock! and the passenger side leaf waiting for the rest of the pack
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Post by onecooldude on May 13, 2010 15:46:09 GMT -5
well today i had some pretty help from my girlfriend, aint she something! she stripped the front bumper in order to try and find some marking , we found some black some white and some yellow but nothing conclusive!, i also got the rear leaf all done and i have started to put the rear axle togheter , i spended about 4 and a half hour cleaning ,painting and chasing the tread on the hardware for the rear end so put it at 30 buck and hour my hardware is now worth 135 buck of labor plus material, could you imagine paying someone to do this kind of work! any how here are the pics of the day enjoy! my girlfriend working on the front bumper unidentified marking rear axle back in place and the way i left it when i was done tonigth oh! and my buddy randy took a picture of me working! he said he rarely saw it!
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