'72 Bluggy: Rocks/ 47s/ LoMax

[F3RR3T]

...let me see a pic of your rig, i bet i could point out some stuff....

i wasnt pickin on the rig just looked small till i woke up and fiquered out it wasnt fully dressed.

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

it's alright, i was just being hot tempered. lol. as a matter of fact, there ARE several & by several i mean about 10 people who have said the same about the motor...i need a damn BBC

 

[F3RR3T]

i got a fairly helathy 454.

if i was goin to put it in a rig i would do a rebuild.

let me know if ya interested im sure i can a cut a ck5'er a deal

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

lol...no thanks. all i wanna do right now is finish the damn thing & wheel the crap out of it. maybe when i try out for TTC i'll swap out the motor.

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

well started pulling the 60 apart to check the kingpins & they're perfect. just gonna clean everything up & replace the driver side lower kingpin cap/seal/gasket, paint 'em up, put in the new upper bushings and springs, and slap on the Sky Manufacturing Hi Steer Arms. also gonna put in the MAD4WD outer seals and Tera Low manual hubs. grease everything up as well. looks like the PO kept this well greased. ordered up some stuff from Greg over at www.4wdfactory.com to finish the rebuild on the kingpins. Greg was awesome to deal with & is highly recommended. but anyway, hopefully i'll have it steering on its own by Sunday.

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

also bought some new rotors. and here's a pic of my 'cage plates, shock tabs, etc. from Kert over at www.diy4x.com

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

wow there's a lot of stuff going on. it seems my thread falls down quicker every week. am i losing momentum?? anyway, couldn't get the steering on this weekend, took some time for the family. went to the beach, drank some Dos XX, and flipped my four wheeler. but tore into it again today. cleaned up the "c's", knuckles, and caliper brackets...i also repainted my shackles and front x-member silver. just too much black, it looked kinda yucky. had the shackles machined to 7 1/4". got my rebuild kit in from 4wd Factory. & painted everything else up. hopefully tomorrow, i can get around to painting the axle shafts & start on getting the 60 back together.

 

[supersize75k5]

so shiny shiny shiny

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

so shiny shiny shiny

i'm just trying to keep up with your bling bling buggy



well after giving the lower kingpin race a beating, things finally started coming together....

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

60's starting to look like a 60 again. new MAD4WD outer seals, Sky driver side arm on, new rotors, everything greased up & painted. tomorrow i need to retap one of the steering knuckle holes and get two new studs as they became victims to breakage today. i just want to swing this damn thing back into place.

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

well got the 60 ready to go back in. torqued the arm nuts to 110 following the ORD procedure using the ARP studs. setup the tie rod. put in the Tera Low manual hubs. if i might say so myself, the thing looks pretty damn nice & a bit bling...not bling bling, but just bling. hopefully i get the rock rings welded on & put everything back in place this week.

 

[Yukon Jack]

Definitely a sweet looking Dana 60!

 

[hunterguy86]

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

thanks.


have the front rock rings welded on. everything is torqued down again & the 60 is back in.

 

[RGV72BLAZER]

hopefully finish up the steering tomorrow

 

[chevy wrangler]

i like how clean everything is

 

[hunterguy86]

so where you gonna take this baby on her maiden voyage?

 

[greythorn3]

Boggers

Is there a right way and a wrong way to put boggers on? i mean are they directional?

ray

 

[Yukon Jack]

Not sure what more I can say!

 

[Big91RustyBucket]

Nice.