well i got the trucks steering done, with minimal tools, a very long pipe and some trees close together i managed to bend my drag link the way i needed it, welded everything solid and so far its holding up no problems, i almost ran right off the bank behind the garage tho, i was moving it (without brakes) and had a buddie put clocks down to stop me, ran right over the one and i woulda went over if i didnt toss it in Reverse quick. goal for tomorrow is to finish mounting the rear bumper, plumb the front brakes, and finish mounting the fuel tank (right now its held up with bungies :flipoff2: ).

Oh i found a set of american-racing wheels, 16x8 8lugs, tires mounted, 2 brand new and 2 80% life left, like 33's. what do you guys think i should offer for these? the guy said he got the wheels 2 years ago as a x-mas gift and they were $500, tires were $165 each

well i got photos of the truck recently, but i left the damn camera in the pickup :mad3: ...

i managed to fix my front shackle angels but in the process the truck shifted from the jack stands that i thaught were sturdy, aparently my truck is over the weight limit because they bent and nearly crushed me, i heard them slipping and rolled out of the truck right before it fell, front end was completely on the ground with no axle under it. thats was a fun time getting that off the ground.

but now i found another issue, my twin sticked 205 is not working right and i lost the write up on how to do this, already got the new pin from the local pick-n-pull, anyone have the writeup outof the magazine? i gotta pull the 205 anyway because the seals are leaking :mad3: ... pics will be posted tomorrow

4 wheel offroad has one on there site

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well i found 19 dana60 passenger side drop, 2 kingpin rest balljoint,
Whatever happened to the 19 D60 for $100 each?



they are at harry's you pull it in hazleton PA, $63 each but all are chevy ones so i might end up getting one of them and running a nifferent t-case or getting it retubed, dunno yet
well i see someone got up and took those chevy d60's :flipoff2: not a single one left at my local pick-n-pull.

Chevy trucks NEVER had a ball joint D60 front, yet you claim to have seen 17 of them?

I have never seen a D60 in a pick-n-pull.

The more I read your posts, the more I started to think you are full of shit.












then all thats left to get it moving is to drill out the 14b yoke to use ubolts instead of those shitty straps
How well did this work? Pics?



:flipoff2:

Chevy trucks NEVER had a ball joint D60 front, yet you claim to have seen 17 of them?

I have never seen a D60 in a pick-n-pull.

The more I read your posts, the more I started to think you are full of shit.









How well did this work? Pics?



:flipoff2:

worked fine till relized i shouldof used a drill press and broke 3 bits, so i didnt even get the yoke drilled, i ran the stock straps. and if checy never ran balljoint 60's the only thing i can say is they were dodge, cuz ford only uses driver side drops, and these were passenger side drops

the newer dodges have drivers side drop. and the dodge 60s are the same as chev 60s other then the spring mounts. make sure you get a ford 60 front, kingpin preferably, if not then it will be a balljoint from an 85.5-96 f350. also the 9 inch wont hold up, my buddy just sheered 3 teeth off of his pinion with 35s and 4.56's

and if checy never ran balljoint 60's the only thing i can say is they were dodge, cuz ford only uses driver side drops, and these were passenger side drops
Wrong again. :rolleyes:

Wrong again. :rolleyes:


sorry mister wonderful if i dunno dodge or chevy, as far as i know ford never used a passenger drop, and those were passenger drop 60's. whats the bog deal about it anyway? ius there some law i broke by telling people where there were some cheap 60's laying around, and before someone says anything like "it was a d44" it wasnt, i had a buddie with me that knows a 60 when he sees it and he even said they were 60's. and as soon as i posted where they were and told 3 guys aroun dhere, every last one was gone...


anyway back to the buildup that is "full of shit"... got the rear bumper mounted today, had to redrill for the 82 f250 bumper to fit the 78's frame, tomorrow im getting the 12 other wheel lugs for my 14b and getting the caliper brackets by friday at the latest (hopefully). after the brakes are done i just got little jobs like tuneing the carb, going over all the nuts and bolts, greasing the driveline, hooking up the brake lights. then its going on the road. was testing the flex today and i think i did a rather nice job at it, im grabbing the tape tomorrow and getting my shocks this week aswell, then we start on the sunroof project

Not to discredit you or anything, but if had your vehicle fall from some jack stands, and nearly crush you in the process, you might want to step back and re-evaluate your project.


If such huge saftety factors such as propper vehicle support are being overlooked, what ELSE on this project is being overlooked??


Call me paranoid, but I've spent hours sitting my truck on stands. If one little thing was off, or I didn't like it, I'd jack it up and start over. And once supported on stands, I always place the removed tires, and any extra I have under the vehicle so in the event that it falls, it'll fall on the tires. I also use jack stands that can support twice the weight of the front end of my truck.

And I never get completely under the truck when it's on stands. Hell I don't even like having any part of my body under my truck when it's on stands.

Wrong again. :rolleyes:



Well if he's wrong, let's hear what part is wrong.

Ford has always had driver-side diffs.

Early dodges, pre-1994, had passenger-side diffs.
Dodge switched to driver-side diffs with the ram was redesign.

And according to your infinite wealth of knowledge, Chevys never came with ball joints.


So again, what part of his post was wrong?

Not to discredit you or anything, but if had your vehicle fall from some jack stands, and nearly crush you in the process, you might want to step back and re-evaluate your project.


If such huge saftety factors such as propper vehicle support are being overlooked, what ELSE on this project is being overlooked??


Call me paranoid, but I've spent hours sitting my truck on stands. If one little thing was off, or I didn't like it, I'd jack it up and start over. And once supported on stands, I always place the removed tires, and any extra I have under the vehicle so in the event that it falls, it'll fall on the tires. I also use jack stands that can support twice the weight of the front end of my truck.

And I never get completely under the truck when it's on stands. Hell I don't even like having any part of my body under my truck when it's on stands.


not saying that it wasnt my fault but i think the stands were junk, after i looked at the stands i noticed the one leg was bent on it, i useaully do the same as you, place the tire under the axle but the axle wasnt under the truck, and i had to be under it to drill the 1/2" holes for the hangers. first time i ever had a truck fall and will be last, i should have known to support it more but this is what happens when i dont sleep for 2 days and am in a hurry.

no need to worry about things being under looked, im not the only guy checkign this over, got the local shop guy coming wednesday to make sure everything is fits his safety standards, only real thing modified is the coil to leaf front suspention. and there held in with grade 8 1/2" bolts and im putting welds along the top where they meet the frame. and theres no way those 3/8" thick hangers are breaking and grade 8 bolts thru the eyes of the leafs

just to clarify, the pick n pull he's talkin about does get dana60s pretty often, it'd be hard not to when they have well over 500 trucks there. and they're really cheap regardless of what kind of axle it is. i have a pile of toyota solid axles which are tough to find in yards that i just got about 3 weeks ago from harry's.

just to clarify, the pick n pull he's talkin about does get dana60s pretty often, it'd be hard not to when they have well over 500 trucks there. and they're really cheap regardless of what kind of axle it is. i have a pile of toyota solid axles which are tough to find in yards that i just got about 3 weeks ago from harry's.


what part you from? i see your in my county.

found a killer deal, what do you guys think...

they are weld on 14b caliper brakets, i wanted bolt on but those are $60 + shippoing, these are $25 + shipping...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/14-bolt-GM-caliper-brackets-disk-brake-eaton-axle_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33564QQihZ009QQite mZ190006655981QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

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not sure if i have the eaton, where the braket is mounted looks different then mine but it looks like these will work

Well if he's wrong, let's hear what part is wrong.

Ford has always had driver-side diffs.

Early dodges, pre-1994, had passenger-side diffs.
Dodge switched to driver-side diffs with the ram was redesign.

And according to your infinite wealth of knowledge, Chevys never came with ball joints.


So again, what part of his post was wrong?
What part is wrong? He is lying about seeing 19 Dana 60's in that yard. He claims they were Chevy Dana 60's, and 17 of them were ball joint axles. Chevy never used a ball joint D60. So I bust him on that and then he says maybe they were Dodge axles. The part I have a hard time believing is that he seen 17 Dodge ball joint D60 axles and never once noticed that they were in a Dodge truck rather than a Chevy.

Why can't he just build his truck and be honest?

.

What part is wrong? He is lying about seeing 19 Dana 60's in that yard. He claims they were Chevy Dana 60's, and 17 of them were ball joint axles. Chevy never used a ball joint D60. So I bust him on that and then he says maybe they were Dodge axles. The part I have a hard time believing is that he seen 17 Dodge ball joint D60 axles and never once noticed that they were in a Dodge truck rather than a Chevy.

Why can't he just build his truck and be honest?

.


who ever said they were in a truck? you know axles dont have to be in a truck to be there....

why cant you just accept the fact that you faild in trying to be the cool one on the board and make everyone out as a lier. i coulkd tell you i have a 14b in the rear of my truck and you wont believe me, i can also tell you if you goto harry's you pull it in hazleton they have atleast 50 of those 14 bolts sitting along the fence, but i bet you wont believe me about that aswell, dude get a fuckin life and stop being a troll

What part is wrong? He is lying about seeing 19 Dana 60's in that yard. He claims they were Chevy Dana 60's, and 17 of them were ball joint axles. Chevy never used a ball joint D60. So I bust him on that and then he says maybe they were Dodge axles. The part I have a hard time believing is that he seen 17 Dodge ball joint D60 axles and never once noticed that they were in a Dodge truck rather than a Chevy.

Why can't he just build his truck and be honest?

.



Have you ever been to a salvage yard??

What part is wrong? He is lying about seeing 19 Dana 60's in that yard. He claims they were Chevy Dana 60's, and 17 of them were ball joint axles. Chevy never used a ball joint D60. So I bust him on that and then he says maybe they were Dodge axles. The part I have a hard time believing is that he seen 17 Dodge ball joint D60 axles and never once noticed that they were in a Dodge truck rather than a Chevy.

Why can't he just build his truck and be honest?

.

you're a douchebag...i guarantee he saw that many dana60s, last fall i was there and they had just gotten more than a dozen dodge trucks from the state parks or something i forget but they all had dana60s.


NetBSD, i'm in the town of northumberland

more pics, sadly all i got done was the wheel studs and gear oil in the axles, it was that damn hot i almost passed out. read 102F down at the grandfathers

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i managed to get 2 mountain butterflies doing the nasty :flipoff2:
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that is one nice looking butterfly, the female was bigger then my thumb, id say almost 5/8" thick and the male was only 1/4" thick, they were still at it when i left over 2 hours later :eek:

who ever said they were in a truck? you know axles dont have to be in a truck to be there....


Eh, whatever. I wish my local pick-n-pull had a couple dozen D60's just laying around. All of the axles are still in the trucks at our pick-n-pull... hence the name. Doesn't matter, good luck with your build. It's looking good so far :smokin:





Have you ever been to a salvage yard??
Yep, I've been going to junk yards since you were swimming around in your Dad's nutsack... and still haven't seen a Dana 60 in any truck, or just laying around.





you're a douchebag...i guarantee he saw that many dana60s, last fall i was there and they had just gotten more than a dozen dodge trucks from the state parks or something i forget but they all had dana60s.



And you're a jack off, so what. At least you know what you are looking at, though. This other arrogant prick was told earlier in the thread his bed was newer than an '81... but he still denies it even though it is clearly newer than that. And he thought some other guy had an F350 when he really didn't. I don't think he really knows what the hell he is talking about.



:flipoff2:

And you're a jack off, so what. At least you know what you are looking at, though. This other arrogant prick was told earlier in the thread his bed was newer than an '81... but he still denies it even though it is clearly newer than that. And he thought some other guy had an F350 when he really didn't. I don't think he really knows what the hell he is talking about.



:flipoff2:


who did i say had a 350? and if i didnt specify i had a f150 i bet anyone would say its a f250 or 350 just because it has 8 lug axles, nothing is different between the f series then the motor/axles/springs, its the same body style. and i never said it wasnt a 81 or later model, i did agree with them that the fender wells were different but i was told this was never swapped by the owner, never in a wreck.

or my buddie hasd a 78 f350 with a 460, 60 front/rear, the 460 in it needs new mains tho, mint condition and i can get it for $1,500.

I know you started with an F150, so that's not an issue.

Read posts 167 to 175 about your denial of owning a newer bed.



I am done whoring your thread with trivial arguements, so I'm done with that. I'll still follow your build up and comment if I see something I like or dislike, or possibly provide some info to you along the way.

Yep, I've been going to junk yards since you were swimming around in your Dad's nutsack... and still haven't seen a Dana 60 in any truck, or just laying around.




At every junk yard I've been to, there have been piles of axles laying around. Axles in the beds of trucks, in the backs of vans, on top of other cars.. etc. All different makes models and years. Axles don't always stay attached to the truck once in the yard, so it's very likely to see a 60 and NOT immediately know what it is out of... unless you know exactly what you're looking at.


Maybe next time try not to be an asshole :rolleyes:

el amo, and how long ago was that, i made a mistake and was corrected about the f350, i was one year off

I STILL like your 87 up copper bed though..Lookin good so far mann.

I STILL like your 87 up copper bed though..Lookin good so far mann.


yeah suprizingly it was sitting for 5 years next to a river and has not one single rust spot, looks awsome but it wont stay copper for long, its going for paint within the next month

well my 14b caliper brakets just came in, so ill be putting them on as soon as the rain lets up. will grab some photos of my welds and what not

Quote:
Originally Posted by el amo
Yep, I've been going to junk yards since you were swimming around in your Dad's nutsack... and still haven't seen a Dana 60 in any truck, or just laying around.



2 sides to this argument..

While in WA state I never saw a front 60 in ANY junkyard for any price.

Now in NW Penn, the first yard I walk into has a KP D60 front for $150 - and they pull it....

Not seeing D60s in junkyards just means you are in the wrong yards... or the wrong part of the country...


Regards,

eric

Werd. 3 yard i tried had NONE zero nada nothing. One had one and wanted $800 for it. I got mine for $200 from somone who didnt know what it was

well i finally got the energy to take the little tag off of my new dana 44 closed knuckle, i needed it to see what year it was because the lower and upper roller bearings on the kingpins were gone, when i say gone i mean i pulled it apart and found nothing but metal shavings everywhere, so this was my poping problem, $20 a bearing and $8 a race, so i replacxed them and found out the axle is out of a 73 with 4.09 gearing, was i ever relieved to find out its only .01 off from the rear, i have 4:10 in the rear so 4:09 shouldnt affect it

Most old fords are 4.10 rear, 4.09 front from the factory

not saying that it wasnt my fault but i think the stands were junk, after i looked at the stands i noticed the one leg was bent on it, i useaully do the same as you, place the tire under the axle but the axle wasnt under the truck

Doesn't matter if the axle is in there or not. Put the mounted tire under the frame. (One on each side). That way if it falls off the jack stand you won't be crushed.

Doesn't matter if the axle is in there or not. Put the mounted tire under the frame. (One on each side). That way if it falls off the jack stand you won't be crushed.


maybe YOU wouldnt be crushed, but i think a guy liek me is a little fatter then a tire :flipoff2: