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  • Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post
    lol my life is one constant distraction
    It's her job!

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    • yes, but that mistress is the subject of this thread.
      Doing it all wrong since 1966

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      • Jealousy?

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        • Been distracted with other things but got a few things done on this





          got the sheet metal on, ish


          Just a bit short on one end


          the finished(ish) product




          so time to see compression and such stuff


          looks like this fender fits

          I really need to get on bolting the spring in because it's pretty annoying to watch it roll across the floor whenever I lift up the vehicle


          flex... more importantly, tire clears fender




          and last thing tonight was assemble the Nitro gears custom axles....



          Doing it all wrong since 1966

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          • Damn that's slick...er...sick... you know what I mean!
            Patrick & Tammy
            - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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            • There ain't gonna be nowhere this fails to go...
              When in doubt, nail it is not great words to live by when you can flex like a yoga master!

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              • good gravy I'm irritated.
                I figured tonight I'd do a fairly easy job... a bit of work leveling the fender (that was easy).. then the "easy" job of lubing bearings, installing seals, installing the axle shafts....


                so I got to here


                yay, end in sight... NOT

                why won't the hub go on?


                on the old axle, this is how it's supposed to fit


                it slides over the end to give strength to the hub


                but wait, it doesn't fit over the 30 spline new hubs



                new hub on right, old hub on left (both milemarker premium hubs)


                they're the same... however, it's a 30 spline new shaft (same as GM dana 44s) - yet it looks like someone put the ford hubs in a box with the chevy inners.... oh good grief.

                I'm not throwing the supplier under the bus yet - but they are dangerously close to getting an "avoid them at all cost" rating.
                Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                • Just a info post... these are the u-joints in the front axle


                  no needle bearing, lifetime warranty against breakage... not cheap, but blow up a u-joint and the money you'll pay to fix the axles will more than cover what it costs for these u-joints. they're fairly new, so it should be interesting to see how they do. Most who use this are rock-bouncer types - I'm more "drive it to the mountains at 70 mph" - so I'm curious to see how they do in that kind of abuse.... fortunately, lifetime warranty ;)
                  Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                  • Huh? You don'y finasee over obstacles...
                    Never figured you for a jumper!

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                    • 14" of travel and I'm going to finesse?
                      Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                      • Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post
                        Just a info post... these are the u-joints in the front axle


                        no needle bearing, lifetime warranty against breakage... not cheap, but blow up a u-joint and the money you'll pay to fix the axles will more than cover what it costs for these u-joints. they're fairly new, so it should be interesting to see how they do. Most who use this are rock-bouncer types - I'm more "drive it to the mountains at 70 mph" - so I'm curious to see how they do in that kind of abuse.... fortunately, lifetime warranty ;)
                        I was reading about these. Very interesting concept. As long as the hubs get unlocked before the long road driving there can't be much of a problem. And they grease on each point of the cross, neat. What are the holes on the sides of the cross center for?


                        Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.

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                        • the holes are for grease, they have a V shape reservoir between those crosses.

                          So I ordered the paint, single-stage urethane buckskin flat. I'll paint the entire vehicle flat, put matte paint over it to protect it, and clear over the dash...
                          Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                          • plugging holes
                            in addition to getting the front end together in a more permanent fashion, I worked on a fender


                            thanks for the plugs, dad


                            all plugged


                            brace goes here


                            cut, and coped


                            and welded


                            that's all folks... g'nite
                            Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                            • There are days that really irritate me, this is one of them

                              Chad posts this
                              http://​bangshift.com/bangshiftxl/bangshiftxl-online-find/bitchin-hard-core-lifted-k5-blazer-on-42-5-inch-boggers/

                              yet utterly ignores stuff like my build.... nothing like getting a big phuck off from the management. That Blazer is a POS and nothing special at all - but it underscores that there are some people here they'd rather not have here. I hear you all loud and clear.

                              This coming on the heels of being offered to be paid to post elsewhere with the fine print that reads "may not post this content on other sites."

                              Chad, I'm still right about the exhaust and you were a jerk for writing what you did about bicyclists... ban me, I couldn't care less.
                              Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; September 10, 2015, 10:47 AM.
                              Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                              • I for one want you to stay here.
                                I click on your stuff every day..
                                Chad's. Not so much.. What turns him on does not excite me..
                                I hang out here more than any other section..it will be a big loss if you do leave
                                You know as well as I do that Chad and Brian only check on here when somebody gets butt hurt and complains..

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