Derek Weeder
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I was just going off the box. It said 4.88
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My full conversion
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Derek Weeder
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Beat me to it!
smokeum99ta
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Great call derek. Definitely was sent the wrong gears. Thank God I looked at this before setting them up. The correct gears are on the way.
Close call, that would have been a huge PITA and potential broken parts.
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
No doubt. Funny thing is I swear I double checked the ring gear after noticing the pinion gear looked the same.
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Thanks derek. Got the right gears now lol.
Derek Weeder
Registered Member
Glad I could help!
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Housing cleaned up
Pressed in new seals with a piece of allthread and race drivers
All done pretty easy but wish I used 1/2" allthread.
Pulled off the pinion bearing and when I started to press it on the new pinion this happened. New one on the way
Guess itll be another couple days before I get back at it.
Pressed in new seals with a piece of allthread and race drivers
All done pretty easy but wish I used 1/2" allthread.
Pulled off the pinion bearing and when I started to press it on the new pinion this happened. New one on the way
Guess itll be another couple days before I get back at it.
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Well this beauty showed up today with the bearings. I gotta say this is the cats meow, made pulling the bearings off so easy and didnt damage anything. Highly recommend getting one if a gear swap is in your future. (Yes one if my new kittens photobombed the pic lol)
Took a whole minute to pull off the bearing.
Moved .010 shim from one side to the other and got .008 back lash. Paint the ring to check gear pattern
Coast side (I think). Looks good to me
Drive side. Looks good again
This was my setup to press on the outer pinion bearing to check preload.
Everything checked out within specs so I put the cover on and considered the r&p swap done. Tomorrow I'll tackle the king pins and possibly throw the axle back in the truck
Took a whole minute to pull off the bearing.
Moved .010 shim from one side to the other and got .008 back lash. Paint the ring to check gear pattern
Coast side (I think). Looks good to me
Drive side. Looks good again
This was my setup to press on the outer pinion bearing to check preload.
Everything checked out within specs so I put the cover on and considered the r&p swap done. Tomorrow I'll tackle the king pins and possibly throw the axle back in the truck
Who makes the bearing puller?
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Started to remove the upper king pins. Found a little trick to make getting them off very easy. Simply cut a hole in a piece of plate, weld it on then smack it off.
Plate
Hole layout
Hole cut with torch
Fits
Let my son weld it on
Ready to be knocked off
Literally it was that easy to get off.
Plate
Hole layout
Hole cut with torch
Fits
Let my son weld it on
Ready to be knocked off
Literally it was that easy to get off.
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Now for the lower bearing races and dust caps removal.
I did one side and my boy did the other. Just used a long punch to drive them out
Couple smacks and the races came out. Ready for the new races to be installed
New races installed. One side was easy the other need some heat to get right
Time to put the axle back under the truck
We hung the axle with small ratchet straps to get the ubolts installed.
I forget to get a few pictures but we torqued the ubolts, cleaned the knuckles, tapped and installed new limiting bolts in the knuckles, torqued the upper king pin with a 3/4" drive ratchet w/ 4' pipe, installed new bearings and seals on the lower assembly.
Now I'm clamping the spring down. As per instructions even thou this side didnt need it but the other did.
Slid the axles in to prevent any cridders from going in there and making a home.
Done for the day time to eat and enjoy Easter with the family.
I did one side and my boy did the other. Just used a long punch to drive them out
Couple smacks and the races came out. Ready for the new races to be installed
New races installed. One side was easy the other need some heat to get right
Time to put the axle back under the truck
We hung the axle with small ratchet straps to get the ubolts installed.
I forget to get a few pictures but we torqued the ubolts, cleaned the knuckles, tapped and installed new limiting bolts in the knuckles, torqued the upper king pin with a 3/4" drive ratchet w/ 4' pipe, installed new bearings and seals on the lower assembly.
Now I'm clamping the spring down. As per instructions even thou this side didnt need it but the other did.
Slid the axles in to prevent any cridders from going in there and making a home.
Done for the day time to eat and enjoy Easter with the family.
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
This was a list of stuff to do I made a few months ago. Obviously I've done more than what's on the list but I've always thought that making a list gives me more drive to get things done. Hopefully within the next month I'll have it on the road without the paint and interior work I wanna do. Really just waiting for rear disc brake kit w/ parking brake to show up. Everything else is just comedic stuff that's not all that important to me.
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Did alittle prep work last night. Clean the hubs, bearings, spindle and pretty much everything else that's needs to go back on. Plus packed the bearings with new grease and installed the seals.
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Only had a few minutes tonight plus lack of motivation and rain = only putting together one side somewhat. Found another thing wrong, but it's a easy fix. The bolt that's in the caliper should be round not hex head so I had to source them on Ebay no biggie.
That's it for today
That's it for today
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Put the other side together and put some paint it. No more blue lol
My helper passed out
Cleaned up the shock mounts that i cut off
New brake bolts showed up
Installed
Ready to put the tires back on. But I'm gonna wait until I bleed the brakes.
My helper passed out
Cleaned up the shock mounts that i cut off
New brake bolts showed up
Installed
Ready to put the tires back on. But I'm gonna wait until I bleed the brakes.
Looks like progress...keep it up, great build!
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Took apart the old tie rod to get the adjustment sleeve and steering stabilizers
New tie rod ends and clamps for the stabilizer
Tie rod coupler. Didnt come off easy that's for sure lol
Got it off and that dam blue paint too
Loaded it up with antiseeze so next time it has to move it will easily
Installed. I'm not sure if the rod is on backwards or not. But it's on the same way I took it off but I'll research it. Pretty sure it doesn't matter with a aftermarket stabilizer
Took a picture of how the stabilizer was put together
Just about all the bushings fell apart and all the shocks are shot. So I'll be getting a new stabilizer setup. Just not sure if i wanna go back with a quad setup or dual.
Seems like 2 steps forward and 1 step back. On a side note just got a email about the rear disc kit w/ parking brake that said it finally on it's way. I purchased these months ago.
New tie rod ends and clamps for the stabilizer
Tie rod coupler. Didnt come off easy that's for sure lol
Got it off and that dam blue paint too
Loaded it up with antiseeze so next time it has to move it will easily
Installed. I'm not sure if the rod is on backwards or not. But it's on the same way I took it off but I'll research it. Pretty sure it doesn't matter with a aftermarket stabilizer
Took a picture of how the stabilizer was put together
Just about all the bushings fell apart and all the shocks are shot. So I'll be getting a new stabilizer setup. Just not sure if i wanna go back with a quad setup or dual.
Seems like 2 steps forward and 1 step back. On a side note just got a email about the rear disc kit w/ parking brake that said it finally on it's way. I purchased these months ago.
smokeum99ta
1/2 ton status
Just like I thought. The tie rod is on backwards. And there some sort of mount missing on the housing for the factory stabilizer. Not sure if I’m gonna flip it around or not. Guess that depends on whatever stabilizer kit I get and how it mounts.
