Secondhand Tin Can.

jeepin' jen said:
Not the handicap rails!!!! Those things saved me from my busting my ass countless times šŸ¤£
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If you were taller you could just grab the cage.... I am planning to leave them sticking out enough to serve as handles for my elders.
 
As parts arrive the axle is getting assembled to make sure everything plays well together. The current piece of tube for the tie rod is just for mock up. Location for the hydraulic ram has been figured out but tabs can't be installed till the track bar bracket is in its finale resting place.
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I finally have everything I need to complete this axle and bolt it in. My goal is to get it in by the new year. Things left to do is set the gears up, bolt it in, bump stops, set track bar mount and hydro assist mount. Then figure out limit strap lengths and wheel it.
 
I finally had time to get the front axle in. First portion of the install went great up until I went to align everything. For some reason all of my links were about 2 inches too long to work and didn't have enough adjustment. I think this was a combination of when I made the links the first time trying to keep plenty of thread engament. Mixed with the 44 having larger axle tubes and mounts in slightly different places. After I got the links fixed I was able to get it aligned fairly well. Side to side is with in an 1/8 of each other. The pinion is within 0.5 degrees of being "flat" at ride height which gives me about 6 degrees of caster. The only concerning thing is my front drive shaft only has a inch of slip showing at ride height but I only have 4 inches of up travel.

I'll get pictures to add to this tomorrow. Since posts with out pics are useless lol.
 
Second test drive went great. The first one was sketchy the toe was way off. Metal cloak springs and fox shocks ride great.
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