3axles, 2guys, 2 rigs, 2 days
Well, Bear is now officially the owner of a 4 wheel drive rig. We got together Saturday and put a new diff into his front axles, rebuilding some of the axle in the process. One side had bad trunnion bearing, so we replace the top and bottom. We decided to just put the rear diff into another housing that was already set up for a spring over and just replace the whole unit. We had to ream out the hole in the spring perch a little, but this was no big deal. This was Saturdays project. Bear is now locked up front and rear, even if the gearing isn't optimum.
Sunday was my rear axle day and Bear came over to help with this. Since I was going to have some help, I decided to add a couple of leafs from a waggie spring pack. We spent a little time cutting the leaves to fit and reaming out the holes for the spring pin, but no drama. We stuck my already prepped Taco axle under my rig and bolted it up, only to find that I couldn't find the bag of ARB parts that had the fitting for the connection to the diff! Anyway, all set to go and I will pick up the fitting at High Country when I go over there to pick up the IFS box that Jon sent up with Jarret.
No physical damage except for a slice from some metal on a finger (Pete) and a smashed finger (Bear). I watched him do this-his aim was great!
Thanks to Bear, Jon and Jarrett!
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