The wifes runner

I pulled the hubs out to throw them on---no way I could put them on. So cleaned them up and threw some paint on them...

Next I wanted to get the brake master swapped out. I went with the larger "V6" master which I believe is a 1" bore. You can certainly tell its larger by looking at the back side (piston).

Installation was simple and required bending the lines a tad. The forward line took a little more patience to get it right and I should have made a new line so it didn't look corky... But it was pretty simple...

Once the master was done I threw on the new calipers and all the lines....

I got the steering stabilizer thrown on :redneck:

So that pretty much takes care of the front of the rig for now--time to move back..

So to the middle of the rig. One thing that drives me nuts when he torsion bar mounts are left one--one of my pet peeves... Started with the drivers side..

So one thing I live by and follow all the time-- "it was never there". I dunno if you guys can tell that or not ,lol...

Next I went ahead and pulled the fuel tank. I don't think this thing has ever been out and was rather shocked when it came out with little no hassle. I can't tell ya how many times the high pressure line was a battle to remove. This will give me a ton of room..

So the passenger side torsion bar mount is a little more work for 2 reasons. Fist being the E-brake cable mounts to it and the second to move the lines away from it there is one bolt holding the line clamp on top of the rear crossmember that the body is kinda in the way. I was able to remove the bolt and clamp with extreme prejudice and it won't be going back in,lol.

So Once its cut off if you choose to use the e-brake ya got make a new mount. If you wanna use the stock clip to hold the cable you have to shave the steel to around 2mm. My measurements on the bracket location are 3" from center of cable to frame, 2.75" from back edge of cross member to cable holder with like a 4 degree tilt to match the mechanism.

Of course this fawker is going to be removed and thrown.

Time to get this all gutted...

I don't think this spare has ever been out. An old skool buckshot that looks brand new almost...

So everything was removed off the back with extreme prejudice lol... I hit the U bolts with my 1/2" impact and the first one didn't turn. Ya so they all got cut off...

I got the spring buckets and shock mounts cut off. I will wait to see how he shackle angles look once he springs are roughed in to see if I need to remove the shackle mounts..

But this is where I currently am on the rig and tomorrow I will start setting up the springs.

So one thing I would like some help with is identifying this toy CV and a source for parts. One of the u-joints are toast (ball socket feels really good).

Always love watching your builds... Clean clean clean :awesomework: :corn:

tobyw said:

Always love watching your builds... Clean clean clean :awesomework: :corn:

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I tried doing fast/ok once--didn't like it

So one thing I always do before I tear the rear apart is use a plumb bob to locate the center of the housing to the frame and mark it. I also have a piece of 1" square tube that I clamp to the frame measured off the front spring bolts. There are also matched holes on the frame that can be used.

So I clamped the spring mounts to the frame to get the housing where it needed to be and tacked them into place. I was unsure where the shackle angles would be so I kept the stock shackle mounts alone to see the outcome. And they were too steep...

So I lopped off the shackle mounts and tacked the new ones in and now siting at 23 degrees...

So since the springs were where I wanted them I pulled the housing and stripped it and cut the perches off since I needed to rotate the housing.

Got the 3rd bolted to the housing and under the rig. Even though I need to rebuild the cv on the driveshaft it has no vertical slop so will work perfect for setting the pinion angle. So I set the pinion angle to 1 degree down. had it been a manual I would have gone 2 degrees. Got the perches tacked in place so now I can work on the shocks...

Also the driveshaft length is soo close.....