After a year of broken knuckle studs It was time for an upgrade.
I bought 9/16 Dana 44 stud kit and welded some meat for the 5th stud. The block on the knuckle was welded following cast welding procedure and then passed trough stress releif and checked for cracks. The block was after mill to the same plan. And a nice set of 30 spline waiting for abuse :smokin:
After we re-tapered the steering arm to accept the new tapered washers using a modified 1 inch end mill. Knuckles were then tap for the 9/16 studs and my friend even did the bottom one :idea: .
I bought 9/16 Dana 44 stud kit and welded some meat for the 5th stud. The block on the knuckle was welded following cast welding procedure and then passed trough stress releif and checked for cracks. The block was after mill to the same plan. And a nice set of 30 spline waiting for abuse :smokin:
After we re-tapered the steering arm to accept the new tapered washers using a modified 1 inch end mill. Knuckles were then tap for the 9/16 studs and my friend even did the bottom one :idea: .