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I like the idea of the center (east-west) disconnect. No ends hanging loose to catch or line up.How about just a piece of square tube doing the same thing? Same concept as you have with the bolts.Use a spring to push 1 side onto the other for normal driving. For a disconnect just us a cable and pull back the sleeve hooking it back onto,,,,,,well thats easy!
Man you are making some great progress on your build. I'm interested to see how your sway bar comes out. I'm going to have to do something different on my front one as well.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
On the sway bar I've thought about trying to use one of these.https://polyperformance.com/shop/Universal-Antirock-Sway-Bar-Kits-p-17993.htmlHaven't really looked at it close enough to see if it would work on the front of these trucks. I do have a factory one but when I did the steering gear box support mod that closed off the factory holes on the frame to mount the sway bar too.
even just a good ol pull pin on a heim joint or similar. Fold it, have another place to pin it and your done. Less mass, simple and less stress near the end of the bar.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Quote from: JR on December 14, 2014, 01:46:15 PMeven just a good ol pull pin on a heim joint or similar. Fold it, have another place to pin it and your done. Less mass, simple and less stress near the end of the bar.Too simple to be part of this thread!However, I agree whole heartedly.
Firstestest, is the fixin' of Square D ::)eyes B needin' basic transportation, and that truck is just a couple rungs of the ladder above peddlin'So that's the next big adventure. I figure a solid week of well, cutting, grindin' replacin' kleenin' and discoverin' and that old bird will be ready to carry my happy butt around while I accumulate wounds and scar tissue cutting apart the Chebby!But, yes, I'm gigglin' just a tad bit!
So I just came across this in the Cmax thread that Ken is tirelessly moving over and it made me LOL for real. Quote from: KensAuto on December 14, 2014, 12:18:52 PMFirstestest, is the fixin' of Square D ::)eyes B needin' basic transportation, and that truck is just a couple rungs of the ladder above peddlin'So that's the next big adventure. I figure a solid week of well, cutting, grindin' replacin' kleenin' and discoverin' and that old bird will be ready to carry my happy butt around while I accumulate wounds and scar tissue cutting apart the Chebby!But, yes, I'm gigglin' just a tad bit!This was last September from the date that Ken had pointed out. Quite an oil change and a wee bit more than the predicted week...Carry on then... ::)
There was a bit of rust on the original 3.54 ring gear from disuse, but that is no issue since it will polish right off as soon as I get those innards turning under power some day soon.
Nice progress. Get that front axle in before Christmas! Be a nice present to yourself...
Red Dog is saying, "give me a job.........or I do some freelance work for Harbor Freight"
Hmm, I can see this very thing in my future.Think I would have painted Red Dog before the picker though. Speaking of pickers am RR mine now so it folds flatter.