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I need a bigger shop and more disposable income......
If I ever build again the shop will same size as last 44 x 88 w/ 16' to the trusses then off one end I will have a 30 x 30 with 10' ceilings heated & ac in that portion. The 30' sq will be machine shop with welding and reloading areas.
Nice work! The can carrier is shaping up nicely. I like the round bar usage, and the way you're securing the cans. Simple, useful. I assume it will all fit nicely between the tailgate and tire carrier?
Rack looks good, except for the osb part. :)
Thanks buddy!!Sent from a spaceship
I've got hubs in stock for gm/dodge d60 spindles to convert to 5x5.5 fyi. (8x6.5 and 6x6.5 too) Phil's got a set of the 8 luggers on the Ramcharger.
Just some food for thought.Your JK is already hefty and will get heavier. Large brakes are nice. Your modern tire choices are all 17" or larger these days, so these accommodate large brakes. You live in hippy land with large hills, requiring large brakes. Sell your present front 5 bolt Dana 60 arrangement and acquire some Dodge knuckles/spindles/hubs and your now 8 lug. Higher Tie rode location than Chevy even, and much stronger knuckles than a Ford 60. Weld some 14 bolt spindles on your 9" and your now 8 lug back there as well. This would require some new floater axle shafts, but that's ok because some alloy 31 spline shafts are less likely to break anyway. Just saying....
LoL.... I think you could easily do it either way...but I'd float that 9" regardless. If staying 5lug why not use a 14 bolt style hub, open up some 5 lug rotors and use the original calipers thus allowing your ABS to work. Not sure why yr worried about the ABS since it's a stick =PAlso your front calipers on the 60 will work with the abs? The amount of 1 ton equipped Jk's running around I am sure there is a formula for this...All I know is even aftermarket 9" semi float shafts have very little side load torsional resistance. I once ran 40 spline semi float...I still broke/bent them at the flange. When I floated the 9" I never broke a 31 spline in the same truck. 5400lb truck on 38's. Now if you just drive it around on the street/mulch beds...semi float should work.
I've heard that to be a pretty favorable setup with the superduty hp60 Sean, pretty sure Brian knows some guys that manufacture those too, i'll look into it for you. fun fact, if you don't wire in a switch to actually disable the active stability and traction on the automatics, the wheel skip of a heavy posi or auto locker like a grizzly will cause the tcm to freak out and throw it into limp mode. thanks Chrysler.
Tate, is there another option for the wheel speed sensor on a front 60 then the superduty axles? I already have the built 60 front w/o the speed sensors in 5 on 5.5 (stock hubs turned down & redrilled).
Unless I am old and forgot something, he can run just one wheel speed sensor and minus the ABS, everything will work correctly. Only the newer Jeeps need all 4 sensors. So regardless of combination....ya just "need" one sensor. Sooooooo... sell your present 60 housing. Use a SD housing from any yard.. $225 here at the pick and pull when they have one. Use one Currie hub for your sensor and away you go. I feel 8 lug is a no brainier because the rotors/calipers are off the shelf, everything is cheaper and simpler. Swapping that 9" to 8 lug is child's play. Used 8 lug wheels are a dime a dozen if your feeling all thrifty.
Currie has a 5x5.5 brg hub conversion but you have to buy custom Wilwood brakes and not saving any money on the junkyard axles. I was just talking w/ Joe at Unlimited off road in MI, and unless that Superduty housing is free, you're spending too much for them at $500+ each wholesale on hubs only, then about $1k on brake conversion. better to do a dynatrac or something similar or just go 8 lug wheels. sorry to sink your battleship there Sean.
Chief, you're smoking something if you think a king pun Dana 60 came from an 05 superduty FYI......Furthermore if it was an 05 60 it had abs brakes on it stock.
Ok, now that Don has sobered up. I think I may have a way to make it work. I ran it past Norm last night and he couldn't argue his way against it. Odd I know, he said something about Kay in yoga pants or something at the start of the conversation so maybe it's possible he was distracted from the conversation. Here's the thing, I need superduty knuckle out components to figure this out for you Don. I'm pretty sure I have a work around for mine at the moment.
Also worth noting you would be a guinea pig of sorts if you wanted to proceed with this test pilot idea. Like how I added pilot in there so he couldn't say no?