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<blockquote data-quote="hokie_yj" data-source="post: 1572960" data-attributes="member: 4238"><p>I guess this thread deserves at least an update 4.5 years later. It still sitting on jackstands. A very small amount of progress has been made. Not much, but it's something. </p><p></p><p>In early '21 we found out we were going to be having our second boy. As that time got closer we decided my old shop/house that we were living in just wasn't going to have enough room for two kids. So we listed it, and had an offer $15k over asking price in 4 days. We ended up finding a nice house, with a nice shop with a lift, and some land in a more convenient location for us. </p><p></p><p>So I had to at least get the buggy movable. I already had the new TG housings and SuperDuty unit bearing cups for the rear axle, so I got started laying it out and getting it tacked together so I could load it on a trailer. </p><p></p><p>I decided to do completely new axles for a few different reasons. First was these axles were built off flimsy factory 9" housings, and the rear was already warped from trussing it. Second was the width, the rear is only 57" wide and the front is 60". That's just too narrow for my liking. I like my rigs low and wide. The new axles will be 67". And the third and final reason was when I started tearing the rear axle down I found the end of the driver's side spindle completely trashed. I don't really know how but the bolt on drive flange for the double spline shaft had been rubbing on the end of the spindle and completely destroyed it. The spindle nut is basically welded on now. All I can figure is I didn't have a race seated in the hub properly or something. Who knows. So new axles it is. I've thought about once I get the rear done slapping some spacers on the front and wheeling it that way while I build a new housing for the front. Wouldn't be ideal, but it would work. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Apparently I failed to take any pictures of it but I bought a 7' long piece of 1.5" polished shaft material to use as an alignment bar and some chunks of aluminum and had them machined to fit the carrier bearings, the ID of the axle tubes, and the UB pockets. Looking back the DIY route on that was not cost effective, but I never could get the guy that sold alignment bar kits on Pirate to message me back so I was out of options.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]208819[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208818[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208820[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208821[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208822[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208823[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208824[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208825[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208826[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208827[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>The upper link towers are Rockwell brackets from Barnes4WD. They were the only off the shelf bracket I could find that was tall enough to do what I needed. The lowers are from Barnes4WD as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hokie_yj, post: 1572960, member: 4238"] I guess this thread deserves at least an update 4.5 years later. It still sitting on jackstands. A very small amount of progress has been made. Not much, but it's something. In early '21 we found out we were going to be having our second boy. As that time got closer we decided my old shop/house that we were living in just wasn't going to have enough room for two kids. So we listed it, and had an offer $15k over asking price in 4 days. We ended up finding a nice house, with a nice shop with a lift, and some land in a more convenient location for us. So I had to at least get the buggy movable. I already had the new TG housings and SuperDuty unit bearing cups for the rear axle, so I got started laying it out and getting it tacked together so I could load it on a trailer. I decided to do completely new axles for a few different reasons. First was these axles were built off flimsy factory 9" housings, and the rear was already warped from trussing it. Second was the width, the rear is only 57" wide and the front is 60". That's just too narrow for my liking. I like my rigs low and wide. The new axles will be 67". And the third and final reason was when I started tearing the rear axle down I found the end of the driver's side spindle completely trashed. I don't really know how but the bolt on drive flange for the double spline shaft had been rubbing on the end of the spindle and completely destroyed it. The spindle nut is basically welded on now. All I can figure is I didn't have a race seated in the hub properly or something. Who knows. So new axles it is. I've thought about once I get the rear done slapping some spacers on the front and wheeling it that way while I build a new housing for the front. Wouldn't be ideal, but it would work. Apparently I failed to take any pictures of it but I bought a 7' long piece of 1.5" polished shaft material to use as an alignment bar and some chunks of aluminum and had them machined to fit the carrier bearings, the ID of the axle tubes, and the UB pockets. Looking back the DIY route on that was not cost effective, but I never could get the guy that sold alignment bar kits on Pirate to message me back so I was out of options. [ATTACH]208819[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208818[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208820[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208821[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208822[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208823[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208824[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208825[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208826[/ATTACH][ATTACH]208827[/ATTACH] The upper link towers are Rockwell brackets from Barnes4WD. They were the only off the shelf bracket I could find that was tall enough to do what I needed. The lowers are from Barnes4WD as well. [/QUOTE]
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