Sweet. No the 10 pounders fit in the 180hd.That you did.
When we buy a house, I'm going to put a sign in a window that says "Dukes window", since you saved me enough to pay for that window, probably.
Hope I don't have to butcher up my case to fit it.
What did you go with for knuckles? I saw you were asking about which ones to get.Birthday parts are the best parts.
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High steer arms are next on my list to order. Potentially this weekend. We'll see.
If it warms up at all I'll get into the shop and get the ball joints in and ready for steering.
Miranda actually bought these for my birthday. I thought I was holding off for another few weeks.
They're from a company called Harsh Terrain out of the states, and they're cast steel. According to their card they are a cast chromoly, but I don't know if that's a thing, or a marketing term.
I do know they're way lighter than the others. I'm going to delay mounting them until I get my steering arm, since I have to get the drag link hole drilled to a different position than normal to match my pitman length.
Slim what do those teeth mesh on to?Sssshhhhhhit.
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Not gonna lie, got a little back-yarder on er. Just took a few teeth off and called it good. I'm Lily replacing this carrier with a locker anyway. I just want the gears in to get them off my bench, and see if a 1995 Isuzu rear 44 really is the same as a 1979 Wagoneer front 44 aside from the outer pinion bearing.
(So far, it really is)
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Well shit. The plasma gun would have come out for that trim job. You did say you are changing it out so no need to get that involved into it.it's the ABS tone ring. It's milled into the carrier, but completely useless now.
The Isuzu 44 housing the gears came out of is clearanced for it.
Think the next thing I'll move to after this is steering and then brakes. Once those two are done, I have to buy a donor truck to go any further.
I was abuut to order my front and rear bumpers locker and winch but like you said prices are going to come down and priorities will change depending on the end result of this current shit show.I don't have a plasma.
I could have taken it to the bench grinder and that would have made quick work of it, but I didn't feel like having to clean all that shit out of the bearings then.
The slowing of the economy has seen a drop in pricing on certain things. An Eaton Detroit style locker for this is down to 600 CAD now, from about 850 previously.
A Trutrac is down to about 450.
Once they get down low enough I'll pull the trigger.