[FORD FLARESIDE]

Me to :thumb:

You can pick me up on the way!!

 

[Mr. Beefy]

I heard this things broken again?

 

[whiterhino]

You need a hi-9 in the front

 

[Kyle M.]

Time for upgrades

 

[MiNiBeast]

Is it not always time?

 

[Mr. Beefy]

You need a hi-9 in the front

I do need to upgrade the front.

Time for upgrades

:naughty::naughty:

Is it not always time?

Kyle keeps telling me "it should be solid now" Three years running :sonicjay:

 

[Kyle M.]

Link bolts have seen better days. Time for some upgrades there too

 

[Kyle M.]

So we did a thing, ribbed 14 bolt center with 05+ super duty outers. Found a place (Down to Fab) that sells new outers so decided to go that route instead of cutting up another axle. We kept the knuckles and highsteer from the old axle to adapt to this housing.

I found the new 14 bolt had 3.5" diameter axle tubes with a 1/4" wall thickness, didn't think that was enough so I sleeved the old tubes with dom 3", .120 wall. 3/8 total wall thickness, double layer, should be pretty stout.

Another hurdle to sort out was getting inner axle seals. Crane sells a fancy inner seal kit for a 14 bolt, it replaces the oe spanner for one machined to hold a seal. That eliminated the need to retube the axle for machined inner seals which really saved me some time.

 

[Ryanw10]

I need to find that style seal for a 9" center section!

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[xj4life]

Another hurdle to sort out was getting inner axle seals. Crane sells a fancy inner seal kit for a 14 bolt, it replaces the oe spanner for one machined to hold a seal. That eliminated the need to retube the axle for machined inner seals which really saved me some time.

That's pretty slick! Nice work Kyle :rock:

 

[whiterhino]

I went with these.
https://sealsit.com/product/economy-axle-seal/

One thing I can't understand is why people beef up axle tubes but fail to truss the axle for front impact. The tub can still break out of the center section.

 

[Kyle M.]

I went with these.
https://sealsit.com/product/economy-axle-seal/

One thing I can't understand is why people beef up axle tubes but fail to truss the axle for front impact. The tub can still break out of the center section.

Those are neat.

 

[mtnbiker995]

I’m just still impressed you were able to straighten that damn axle without killing yourself.


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[Kyle M.]

I’m just still impressed you were able to straighten that damn axle without killing yourself.


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Haha, I had to push it a long way.... Didn't die.... Winning

 

[JohnnyJ]

Cool. Will it get a shave?

 

[Kyle M.]

Cool. Will it get a shave?

Yes, nothing major, but it's shorter than the 60 by 1/4".

 

[whiterhino]

Looks good.

 

[Ryanw10]

X2, looks great. What's the caster going to be set at?

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[whiterhino]

I wish I had Beefy's money.

 

[Kyle M.]

X2, looks great. What's the caster going to be set at?

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I was thinking someplace around 6° and 7°, that sound reasonable?