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Didn't accomplish much today unfortunately. Spent a long time cleaning the grease off the steering box and spent a lot of time looking for a banjo bolt for the brakes. The brakes are all done besides bleeding them. All that's left is swap the steering box, bleed brakes, and add some 80w90.

I did get my diff cover in the mail today. Then I painted it and put it on. I then got a chub just looking at it. :)

Only pics I took today...

Love this color

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Sure does look purty. Makes me wanna paint mine with some por15. Interested to see how it holds up
 
82355 said:
I wish I had the patience to paint things.

Martin
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I like to paint smaller things, but this axle I used a brush cause it was por15 and I really had to push myself to keep going... :haha: It sucked, and that stuff does not come off if you get it on yourself.
 
do you have a steering box brace? unless I'm missing something it looks like you aren't going to have hydro assist yet- and crossover steering can be pretty rough on a frame so I hear... just don't want to see you get any cracks!
 
schuttothrill said:
do you have a steering box brace? unless I'm missing something it looks like you aren't going to have hydro assist yet- and crossover steering can be pretty rough on a frame so I hear... just don't want to see you get any cracks!
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It was on the truck when I bought it.

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Someone smarter than me would probably know. I know crossover is mainly beneficial when you get to flexing, and I thought I'd read that it was harder on the frame.. but I very well could be wrong. I'm known to overbuild most things, and I installed hydro assist and a brace from the start so it wasn't ever an issue for me.
 
You do lose some steering "power" with crossover due to change in leverage. That may mean you are putting more stress on the box.

I cracked up my frame after putting on crossover. I also had a bolt-in brace. It was basically after running a really hard trail. I can't say for certain it all happened on that one, but it probably did most of the damage. This trail: http://s5.photobucket.com/user/MrK5/media/Videos/MontroseApr2008.mp4.html
 
Crossover pushes the box away from the frame. Where as push pull is trying to move the box along the frame rails, both front to back.

What gets people on crossover is the bolts come loose, and it does work on the frame until it breaks. I would do the weld in plate, as well as the bolt on piece if you are hard on the truck with anything above 35s. I would also buy longer bolts, and use locking nuts on the bolts so it has a dual lock thing going on.
 
454Sub said:
Crossover pushes the box away from the frame. Where as push pull is trying to move the box along the frame rails, both front to back.

What gets people on crossover is the bolts come loose, and it does work on the frame until it breaks. I would do the weld in plate, as well as the bolt on piece if you are hard on the truck with anything above 35s. I would also buy longer bolts, and use locking nuts on the bolts so it has a dual lock thing going on.
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That's not a bad idea. I will probaably end up doing that at some point as well as the weld in brace.
 
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