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Full body crew cab crawler
- Thread starter k.baker
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Here is the page of the thread I was talking about when he starts to talk about and mess with his tcase/d-shaft angles:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/chevy/1879354-gmc-envoy-5-3-axle-tech-4000s-family-rig-9.html
he literally rotated the 205 almost all the way down to where the front output was almost in the middle of the truck
But when you're on 4000's and 47's who cares about ground clearance
When I first watched gammill's build, I was a little concerned that his wheelbase was too long and it was low enough, especially with the drop cross-member/skid plate, that he would be getting high centered on everything (when he had the 44's on there to start), but once he started upping the tire size to 47"+, it seems to work really well
That was one option but those guys are also way taller than me my angles arent bed like I said I'm not making a decision on drive shaft till its got axles under it and I cab look it over good
Well... What's the hold up???
We're working on it last night started to cut some axle brackets off got allot more to goWell... What's the hold up???
This thing is going to be nuts!
take off brake parts look to get crazy money on that evilbay website . . .
so you should get paid a bit back if you resell them not used parts .
so you should get paid a bit back if you resell them not used parts .
Here's the arms my friend is using on his, and then a doubler ended ram. These have the correct Ackerman angle. He also built a skid plate and pinion mounted disc brake setup for it.
I wonder if it would be worth using studs instead of bolts to hold the arm to the knuckle?
I've heard a couple people ask this regarding the steering arm bolts but most everyone I've heard says those bolts are freaking huge and they see no real reason to change them from a bolt to a stud...I haven't heard a single issue with them braking so far (unless I missed it somewhere) or them having any issues at all with the bolts
as long as the correct grade and style bolt is used I see no problem .
biggest thing I see kill stuff is a bolt with no shoulder letting the part move around a bit and wobble the hole out and thin down and break the bolt off.
biggest thing I see kill stuff is a bolt with no shoulder letting the part move around a bit and wobble the hole out and thin down and break the bolt off.
It is very hard to tell how beefy Axletechs are until you have actually been around them. The pinion on this axle is actually bigger in diameter than a Dana 30 ring gear. However, most of the strength is from the planetaries. It effectively makes it about 3.5 times stronger than the inner parts which are already stouter than a 2.5 ton Rockwell. Comparing a Axletech 4000 to a 2.5 ton Rockwell is about like comparing a Dana 80 to the axle in your riding lawn mower. And if that isn't stout enough, you can always upgrade to the Axletech 5000.
Good stuff!
If you do tear it down where internals are visible, post pics with a Coke can or something for scale.
If you do tear it down where internals are visible, post pics with a Coke can or something for scale.
I have the hub apart I'll get done pictures
AT4000 compared to a Dana 30 ring gear.
Dana 60 shafts compared to AT4000. Axletech is 1.655" Dana 60 is 1.50". Both are 35 spline.
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Cross section of the axle tubes.
