I'm working on making a solid axle outta a couple old D50 beams. Going in my piece of shit '90 2wd ranger as a stockish width and height sorta thing. Maybe getting a plow if I happen across one for cheap. Already got a narrowed 14B in the back. Anyways, was gonna stuff a sterling 10.25 between the knuckles, but couldn't find one for $100 with 4.10s, so screw it. All credit to pushing me to actually starting this project goes to spidr and his 569 axle build thread in gen4x4.
Got them all cut up and stuck back together so far. Ran outta MIG wire really early on, so I stuck a stinger on the TIG and burned the rest in with some 1/8" 6011 at 95 or so amps DCEP. The long side axle shaft [the longest part of it] was perfect in length, but 31 splines where EVERY OTHER SPLINED BIT ON THIS FUCKER'S AXLESHAFTS ARE 30. :mad3: So hey, now I get to use that '70s taiwanese JET lathe in the background of the first pic.:smokin: Gonna be machining the long side axle shaft for a press fit into a hole bored into the stub shaft looking thing that goes into the side gear, then it'll be tigged. Was thinking about tearing into the slip yoke, turning it down and boring out the side gear and pressing them together and welding them, but then I'd have to weld a bunch of metal onto the axleshaft for the seal to ride on, and re heat treat the side gear as the teeth on them look amazingly wimpy. Really should have took pics of the inny bits I'm talking about, but the shop is 10 miles away, so it can't be helped.
Enjoy the pics, or don't. :flipoff2:
Got them all cut up and stuck back together so far. Ran outta MIG wire really early on, so I stuck a stinger on the TIG and burned the rest in with some 1/8" 6011 at 95 or so amps DCEP. The long side axle shaft [the longest part of it] was perfect in length, but 31 splines where EVERY OTHER SPLINED BIT ON THIS FUCKER'S AXLESHAFTS ARE 30. :mad3: So hey, now I get to use that '70s taiwanese JET lathe in the background of the first pic.:smokin: Gonna be machining the long side axle shaft for a press fit into a hole bored into the stub shaft looking thing that goes into the side gear, then it'll be tigged. Was thinking about tearing into the slip yoke, turning it down and boring out the side gear and pressing them together and welding them, but then I'd have to weld a bunch of metal onto the axleshaft for the seal to ride on, and re heat treat the side gear as the teeth on them look amazingly wimpy. Really should have took pics of the inny bits I'm talking about, but the shop is 10 miles away, so it can't be helped.





Enjoy the pics, or don't. :flipoff2: