Got off work at a decent time so went to the shop to start swapping lockers. Well I welded the artec ram mount on a little flatter than intended apparently. But a little notching and got the trutrac out.
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It used now, only worth 80% of new.
It’s sitting on my entertainment center as art for now might just stay there for only $250
People pay a lot more for art.
Yeah and it's going to a good cause.
Found 3 crane inner C’s for $180 on Facebook for the rear steer axle! 1s brand new, 1 has a broke tubing still in it and 1 has the side cut out because it didn’t fit right. Now I still need to decide if I’m going to build a 14 bolt or Dana 70..
Steering 14bff for the win.
The C’s will be 3.5” bore though, but I could retube the 14, which would probably be a good idea anyway. 14 bolts are 3.375 right?
Correct on the tube diameter dimension. I vote 14B because cool factor! Although rear steer 80 would be fun
Isn't the aam 10.5 a larger diameter than older corporate 14 bolt?
I have a good Dana 80, the problem with that is the price of lockers and gears... but if I find a good deal on something, maybe.
The only difference in the lockers for the Dana 70HD and the Dana 80 is usually just the size of the ring gear bolt holes. Just drill the holes out.
Really? Isn’t the 80 a bigger ring gear? Otherwise no need to upgrade to one.
Yes. Bigger ring gear but same indexing ring and ring gear bolt pattern. ARB started just making one locker that fits both. I believe the instructions tell you to drill it out if using a Dana 80.
Dana 80 is a lot stronger than a Dana 70 or a 10.5" 14 bolt.
Well that’s cool, and my locker already has the right carrier bearings. This might be the way to go.
And using the Dana axle will make inner seals probably a little easier
The problem will be that the Dana 80 tubes are 4" and the aftermarket Dana 60 inner C's are not really supposed to be bored out to 4". The 2005 and up Ford knuckles are better suited for that. They are about 3.75" ID. You can get the knuckles from a 2wd F450 or F550 cheap. The factory shafts for the 4X4 F450, F550 and about 2016 and newer are 35 spline on both ends and have 1550 u-joints. The are available as an assembly (inner, outer and u-joint) for really cheap. The F450 and F550 knuckles are way stouter than the kingpin 60.
Hmm, I could have it retubed with the ends turned down, I was planning on obviously going chromoly axleshafts, and don’t need the 1550 upgrade for turning angle for sure, because I’ll already need to limit the steering probably because the rear wasn’t originally designed around steering also. I’ll probably order crane knuckles too, but maybe I should’ve talked to you more before I started buying parts
What’s the best place to get a vss setup for the 205?
Found the pirate thread to setup air shifters, it’s about $150 for each 205 shift rail and then I’ll probably just do a mechanical lever for the doubler part. Then the VSS is another 2-300.... I need to sell something. I told the roommate I wouldn’t be buying anything for a while... oops.
