Chevy 1 tons, 40s, blah blah blah

[bigdummy30]

those are 39 1/2's

and when you are that far can you get a bunch of pics of your front axle and brackets....gonna be doing a chevy front 60 build soon and rounding up ideas...

[WAD357]

Originally Posted by jkl

I have thought about your setup as a backup plan but would like to keep the hi steer so the tierods stay more out of harms way.

This is true.. I have 5 runs on mine and that shits bent already.. I also drive with my foot on the hammer

[jkl]

Originally Posted by bigdummy30

those are 39 1/2's

Yeah Yeah

Originally Posted by bigdummy30

and when you are that far can you get a bunch of pics of your front axle and brackets....gonna be doing a chevy front 60 build soon and rounding up ideas...

It will be back in the garage soon so I can work on the front end some more and i'll get some better pics.

Originally Posted by WAD357

This is true.. I have 5 runs on mine and that shits bent already.. I also drive with my foot on the hammer

I already bent and straightened the factory tie rod a couple times when it was under the other jeep.

[jkl]

Trans/transfercase adapter showed up today. Looks like I'll be busy tomorrow!

[jkl]

Got some work done today, but not as much as I wanted too. Woke up this morning to a backed up septic system and had to deal with that

The adapter ring didn't quite fit right, but after sone grinding and enlarging the holes a hair it finally bolted up. Hopefully I'll get it mounted to the tran later this week.




And the big hole I cut for clearance. Found some rust in that side of the floor pan so I just hacked at it since I'm going to have to replace it.

[jkl]

Got the transfercase installed today. The only issue is now it wont start with the key (started when I jumped the starter). I have not checked the nuetral safety switch yet, but is there anything this swap could have done to cause this?

[RedZeppelinXJ]

could be your solenoid on your starter went bad........this happened to my trail beater and i just wired in a push button switch to jump the solenoid instead of replacing it.....it cost me like $6 but is redneck as hell

[(o)(o)xj]

Yes it could be the nss, i believe it is a normally closed switch (failsafe), so if its gone it aint gonna work, connect the wires and you should be a go.

[jkl]

Got the frame stiffeners cut and fitted today. Now the fun part of preping the frame and drilling all the rosette holes begins.

[jkl]

Messed with the suspension brackets a little today. Cut and trimmed a piece of 2" x 1/4" angle




Then I'll tie it into some 1/4" plate that will sit on top of the ballistic brackets. I'll then weld the round coil base to that.




On the drivers side basically going to build a third leg and then tie them all together with plate like the other side




Also used a spot weld cutter and seperated the rear fenders. Hopefully I'll get them cut out tomorrow.




A friend is moving out of his storage shed and needed a place to keep his welder so I quickly volunteered my house!

[jkl]

[mcg311TJ]

Kevin, nice little project you got going on here. Keep up the good work!

[jkl]

Originally Posted by mcg311TJ

Kevin, nice little project you got going on here. Keep up the good work!

Long time no see buddy. We need to get together for some

[userbmx1315]

working on the same build kinda.

what clocking ring is that? website?

[jkl]

Originally Posted by userbmx1315

working on the same build kinda.

what clocking ring is that? website?

/forum/motor-tranny-t-case-performance/1010047-7-8-clocking-ring-d300-6-bolt.html

[userbmx1315]

this might be a stupid question but, why did you go with the 7/8 thick one rather then a 3/8 thick? wouldnt spline engagement be a huge factor?

[brant tough xj]

Originally Posted by userbmx1315

this might be a stupid question but, why did you go with the 7/8 thick one rather then a 3/8 thick? wouldnt spline engagement be a huge factor?

cuz u need 7/8 space to put a dana 300 on a aw4....

[adamusmc2002]

love it. got the same plans for mine, you're just faster gonna keep an eye on it, see how you finish up... keep it up man.

[jkl]

Originally Posted by brant tough xj

cuz u need 7/8 space to put a dana 300 on a aw4....

Yep, otherwise you have to cut the shaft or modify the bearing retainer or somethin, I can't remember

[jkl]

Originally Posted by adamusmc2002

love it. got the same plans for mine, you're just faster gonna keep an eye on it, see how you finish up... keep it up man.

Thanks. Hopefully this afternoon I'll get the front axlxe pulled so I can start welding up all the suspension brackets.

[jkl]

Got the front axle pulled and fired up the welder today. Only got the driver side finished. At the FD tomorrow, so hopefully I will get done mowing early Thurs. and can finish the pass side. Looked at the leaking freeze plugs and they are worse than I thought. Since the axle it out I'm going to go ahead and replace them all. Have a deal pending on my SBC and TH350. Suppose to be picked up on Sunday and should give me enough cash to get this rolling under its own power again.




Made a third "leg" so I can offset the coil seats. Traced the ballistic bracket onto a 4" x 1/4" piece os steel and then cut it out.







And then went to town...

[Chaps]

Do you have some plan for the coil capture plate? Usually a .5" bolt should go through a plate that should come with your ballistic bracket and that hole in the center of the spring perch. The bottom of your coil would be captured between these to plates like this, there is a .5" nut welded under the spring perch.

[jkl]

Originally Posted by Chaps

Do you have some plan for the coil capture plate?

Yep

[Chaps]

Oh, ok I must have missed that. Dose the coil attach to that piece of pipe or just slide over it?

[jkl]

Just slides over it. The plan is to make a retainer clip like on the factory axle.