Happy Birthday dude!
CK5
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Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!!
Happy birthday
Been a minute since I’ve updated my thread and a few things have happened in the mean time. Changed jobs due to a lay off and am now working at 4wp in salt lake. Truck wise I’ve just been feeding it gas and driving it around. Yesterday I tried to swap out a sagging front spring and found out my D60 housing bolt holes for the spring mount stripped out. Is the fix to drill out to 3/4 and tap?
Or do U bolts
Thats not a bad idea. any idea on the width of the housing?
You have to do a bit of axle housing grinding too.
“Quick fix” it was not, 2 days later it’s back to driving. Made a new top play to fit the new ubolt and figured it could be a bump stop pad too. Now I need bump stops 
I picked up a steering box frame plate kit and decided since I have a leaking gear box why now pull it off weld in the plate and get a new box under warranty. Well Oreilly no longer stocks early style 2wd steering box’s making the swap out just bit more difficult. I’m waiting to hear back if they can get one and what kind of time frame I’m looking at.
In the meantime I’m moving forward with the frame plating as a preventative measure.
In the meantime I’m moving forward with the frame plating as a preventative measure.
So what’s the consensus in welding in the patch? Only weld the areas that the instructions indicate, or weld the entire perimeter?
I follow the instructions in this case.
make sure you have some clamps and a BFH so it lays flat against the frame as you weld it.
Got the patch in and while I had the tools out figured I’d open the fenders a bit
I'm late to the party, but the one change I make on the plate is to make the holes that get plug welded a little bigger just for more contact patch. Probably unnecessary but I guess I have to tinker with things.
