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M1010 K30 -- Budget build (Back from the dead and considering 54" springs...)

wow, Fred, that rear diff has seens some action! A good testiment to the stoutness of a the 14 bolt FF.
 
I did the 12v thing that I said i'd never do so I've got a 24 starter for you if you want.
It is working fine just the bolt for the front bracket is broken but it holds the starter together. Call me if you need it.
And about the shaving it comes with years of wheeling :whistle:.
 
hahaha

I was just going to write, "you realize he is on the other side of the ocean". Then I looked at your Location. Now I am the idiot.

Martin
 
Ronnie4wd said:
I did the 12v thing that I said i'd never do so I've got a 24 starter for you if you want.
It is working fine just the bolt for the front bracket is broken but it holds the starter together. Call me if you need it.
And about the shaving it comes with years of wheeling :whistle:.
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Thanks, I might do that.
 
I love bringing old threads back to life. These builds are so much fun to read. Wonder how he is doing a year later
 
63chevyll said:
I love bringing old threads back to life. These builds are so much fun to read. Wonder how he is doing a year later
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He is doing fine, he's been posting in some threads in the past month.
The priject is another question, he's been looking at a FORD F550 axle set .
:whistle:
 
The truck is holding up pretty good, except for some slipping in 3rd gear.
I'm currently trying to get some time to work on my Camaro,
so I haven't had much time for either wrenching or wheeling with the K30 lately :(

I do have some more stuff planned for it, but I don't know when I'll have the time...

Next in line will probably be beadlock wheels.
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I've already got a set of rings cut out, from a local school.


The ford axles will probably end up under my 2500 one day,
but that's in a distant future it seems...
 
It's been crazy at work lately so I haven't been able to either wrench on it or wheel it much lately.
But the other day me and a friend took a ride to scout out an old forest road to a nearby lake.
The moose hunting season is coming up soon, and we need that road to extract the mooses.
But It's been used to forward lumber this summer, and it's been a really rainy summer here, so it didn't look pretty.
The rest of the team I hunt with said it would be impossible to drive there even with an ATV...
...So of course I had to try it :D

http://youtu.be/WCFLGWwxYHc

The terrain itself wasn't a problem, but I finally realized I need a beefier tie rod, as it bent up and broke of a hose for the steering ram :o
Next time I'll carry a spare hose so I don't have to walk home :doah:






The rod has been bent before, but the ram has prevented it from bending too much backwards, and it hasn't bent so much upwards

So I had to leave it and come back a couple of days later with a new hose
I "adjusted" the tie rod some with the help from my winch and a winch-pulley



So finally we reached the lake :woot:

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So next update will probably be a tie-rod build...
I'm ordering a set of ES2010R/L TRE:s right now.
 
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Now I've finally fixed me a sturdier tie-rod
I found a seemless tube with a 40mm outer diametre and 8mm thickness in a friends scrap-pile (thats ~1.57"/0.31")
But I needed a pair of threaded ends for it...
So I once again enlisted my good friend Robert to help me out with the machining works, Thanks a lot! :waytogo:

First we evened out the end piece of the tube:


Then we opened up the inner diameter some, otherwise the inner part of the threaded ends wouldn't have enough material.
We also tapered the end for a better V-shaped weld seam.


Here are the ends before we threaded them.
We made a couple extra too, If I want to make a new drag link later on.


We made them so it was a press-fit between the ends and the tube, so we had to press them in first.
While I alredy had the help from a pro, I let him TIG-weld the ends to the tube as well.


To make sure that we didn't screw up the threads while welding,
we waited and threaded them after the welding
I didn't want to use custom made TRE:s, so I got a set of ES2010R/ES2010L That's the same TRE:s used in my Dodge.
I borrowed a pair of 7/8-20 left and right taps from a friend (thanks Per!:waytogo:)


But I'm not completely satisfied with how the threads turned out,
I found info from several different sources on the internet that the hole should be 53/64" before threading, but I think that's too loose.
I think even 52/64 was too loose ...:confused:
Or maybe I just got crappy underdimensioned threads on my TRE:s...:dunno:
I bought a cheap set of Mevotechs


Here's the new tie rod next to the old one.

The locknuts I got from WFO when I bought DLE:s for my drag-link earlier.

Then I cut of the mounts for the ram, and welded them to the new rod.


And after a splash of paint it looked like this 8)
But I should have painted it desert tan :o
 
I like it Fred...always nice to have a machine shop buddy!!!!
 
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