69 rat house

[Esteban]

This is going to be a project to watch. Congratulations on your decision.

What will be your immediate plan?

[RiverPatrol]

Looks pretty typical for a Patrol project. You'll find that you get pretty creative for finding storage.

[nizmut]

So my front diff had one of the right inner spring mount bolts cross threaded. It egged the hole bad enough that I couldn't chase with a tap after many tries. So off to my buddies shop. Start finding chunks of metal, jack screws, and clamps to jig it to the mill. And Viola

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I need a mill, it's 9/16 now.

[mdawg4x4]

So my front diff had one of the right inner spring mount bolts cross threaded. It egged the hole bad enough that I couldn't chase with a tap after many tries. So off to my buddies shop. Start finding chunks of metal, jack screws, and clamps to jig it to the mill. And Viola

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I need a mill, it's 9/16 now.

Nice to have those kinds of friends! Ain't it?

[nizmut]

So my front diff had one of the right inner spring mount bolts cross threaded. It egged the hole bad enough that I couldn't chase with a tap after many tries. So off to my buddies shop. Start finding chunks of metal, jack screws, and clamps to jig it to the mill. And Viola

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I need a mill, it's 9/16 now.

Nice to have those kinds of friends! Ain't it?

Yeah, it sure is handy since Greg moved PRG up here.

[nizmut]

Been tinkering around a little, time for a little paint on the diff.

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Then I farted around with some of the old junk I picked up.
Off with the old, yeah what a bugger. After scraping paint off the lower hinge pin and drowning both pins with penetrant, I still had to use a floor jack, block of wood, and wiggle the door back and forth for 20 minutes.

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On with the old.

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About that felt welting between the braces and door skin. What has been used to replace that? Something that does not hold water would be nice.

[nizmut]

So, I had a few minutes to fart around this weekend, and a little time on some other weekends. Put the front end mostly back together. New inner axle seals, new pinion seal, new o-rings bearings and races for the knuckles, new roller bearings for the stub axles. New wheel bearings, seals, nuts and locks.

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waiting on one more set of nuts and locks

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this side is done, I even slapped on the new wheel cylinders.

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Napa set of nuts and locks, they only had one. Ordered a e-bay set for half the money, will see if it works.
Nuts are 1.625"x16tpi, locks take a little file and saw work. The tab is to deep, and to wide.

[nizmut]

Few minutes here, few minutes there. 120 hours and 1750 miles of commuting in 12 days made for a dull boy.

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Looks like the relined shoes fit perfect.

[nizmut]

On another note Talked to Jeff @ Deaver Springs. 1.5" lift springs are part# U667 & U668 No I don't remember which are which.

I will probably be making my own bushings at my buddies shop, not to worried about that.

[nizmut]

come to papa

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