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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 429771" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p><strong>Arizona Trip for Axles and other Junk</strong></p><p></p><p>Well the Arizona trip is over with. It was a fast one. I left on Wednesday 5/26 at 7:30 AM my time, and got to Arizona at 10:00 PM their time which is basically the equivalent of me driving until midnight my time with the time zone differences. 16.5 hours start to finish. I will say one thing, humans were not built to drive 1,020 miles at once, but at least it got done and safely.</p><p></p><p>Thursday my friend worked on regearing the Dana 44 to 4.88. This axle came out of his LJ. He previously had a TJ that he built a set of 30/44 axles for, so when he liquidated his TJ, he kept those axles and moved them to his LJ. That meant the LJ 44 was up for grabs. We made a deal and it was mine. </p><p></p><p>While he worked on the 44, I did a teardown and rebuild of my NP231. While I was in there, I installed a 6 pinion planetary, a true neutral shift plate, a wide chain kit, a new range fork (the one with built in pads), a JB Conversions rebuild, and a JB Conversions Standard SYE (NOT Super Short). I was working slowly and didn't get it all done in the one day, but had also focused some of my efforts to the teardown of my new Dana 30. Here's a pic of the completed NP231.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117656[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Garage where all the work was being done...it did not stay this clean throughout lol.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117659[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The D30 my friend acquired for me was pretty nasty, so I spent a good while cleaning the tubes, inner c's, inside the diff, etc. Lots of Super Clean, water, and scrubbing. I installed the seals and removed the old CAD parts and it was ready to be regeared to 4.88. I chose TrueTrac Limited Slips for both front and rear axles. I don't really need lockers for my use and I can benefit from LSDs with the type of driving and terrain I expect to do.</p><p></p><p>On the wagon being cleaned...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117658[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>On Friday he kept working with the 44, trying to get a good gear pattern. The doofus that owned his LJ screwed it up in all sorts of ways, and the axle was no exception. The carrier bearing caps were installed backwards and the old traklok chirped on turns. We think he tried to install a lunchbox locker, hated it, tried to reinstall the traklok and failed miserably. He also twisted the splines on my axle shafts some, so I guess some Revolution shafts are in my future eventually. Anyways, this axle was molested by the same guy who zip tied speakers in place and and did a bunch of other crap to the LJ under the surface. At the end of the day, it's all relatively harmless stuff and the axle is straight, so it was still worth it. He finally got a good pattern on the 44, sealed it up, and set it aside to focus on the Dana 30. Geared/sealed 44 shown, perch work not done yet.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117657[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The Dana 30 gave him pretty much no trouble on the setup, thankfully. He knocked that out in a few hours and then we set the 44 up to weld the perches and shock mounts. I bought <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DK2I28W/?tag=yjforum-20" target="_blank">these perches.</a> I chose them because they are lower profile. My Jeep is already level, and I can not tolerate negative rake (squatting in the rear). These perches did some with pretty large center pin holes, around 11/16". Most aftermarket YJ springs have pins with 1/2" or 9/16" heads. I have 9/16". My friend happened to have some 3/4" OD DOM tubing with a less than 9/16" ID. We drilled the perches to 3/4", cut the DOM, tacked it in place, then drilled out the ID to 9/16". </p><p></p><p>Next up was welding the perches. I don't have any pictures of this but basically we eyeballed it, checked the measurements, shuffled the axle back and forth until it was in the exact right spot, triple checked the measurements, tacked the perches in place, flipped it over, and he fully welded both perches. We welded these with a few more degrees of angle to them than stock. The idea was to get the pinion up a bit higher, but we didn't want to go too high. The end result is that I need around 5 degrees of shim now as opposed to the 8 I used to need. Next up was shock perches. These can be tricky on a YJ as the shocks end up close to the axle tubes. On the YJ frame there is also a fuel filter and a fuel filter skid plate under the filter. The Old Man Emu shock rock guard comes very close to the filter skid plate. I was quite concerned however he welded it would end up wrong, but we tried our best to compare with the Dana 35, and welded them up after eyeballing and making some solid guesses.</p><p></p><p>Old D35 on some stands so we could use it to do mockup of the 44 perches and shock mounts.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117660[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Friday I carted everything home. On this drive I got a bit of a late start, around 10 AM Arizona time. I was planning to stop and spend the night in Amarillo but I never booked a room because I wasn't sure I'd make it. By the time I got there, I couldn't find hardly any rooms open so I kept on pushing down the road. Eventually it got to a point where I wasn't even tired and I just pushed to get all the way home. I ended up home at 5 AM my time. That was a rough drive, and I don't plan on ever driving so far in one day again. I did choose the scenic route on US 60 through the mountains. I saw some beautiful sights and caught a few pictures at a viewing area on the side of the road.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117650[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117651[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117653[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117649[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117648[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117654[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117655[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>Miscellaneous</strong></p><p></p><p>My Arizona friend had been storing parts for me for ages. I had made plans back in 2018 to go out there, get a Super 35 installed with an Eaton E-Locker, as well as an E-Locker up front too. I bought the S35 shafts in anticipation of that, so those will be up for sale. I had also changed my plans to a Ford 8.8 later, so I have a TrueTrac for that, which will also be for sale. I also have the 8.8 yoke from East Coast Gear Supply that I was going to install on the 8.8. I ultimately opted to skip the 8.8 because I changed my mind (again!) to go with a Chrysler 8.25. I didn't like the offset pinion of the 8.8, nor the low ground clearance of the 8.8 diff. The 8.25 plan never worked out and it just worked out perfectly that he bought an LJ that had an axle to spare, so that's what I went with. Anyways, the 8.8 TrueTrac and the Dana 35 Super shafts will be for sale soon.</p><p></p><p>We also worked out a deal on a Sonopod with a 10" Kicker that he decided not to use, so that's awesome. I'll be sticking it under a Tuffy trunk enclosure eventually. You screw it down to the floor and it downfires for a good quality bass feel.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117665[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>He also bought this Rugged Ridge <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IJ4T6V8/?tag=yjforum-20" target="_blank">third brake light riser bracke</a>t to use on his Exogate tire carrier, but he was going to have to modify it anyways to clear his 35" spare, so he gave it to me instead. It made my third brake light a bit excessively tall, but that's fine. IT looks a bit goofy currently but it only went up around 2" and I expect the 33's to be pretty big compared to my 28" 31's, so I bet the future with 33's will look like the "before" picture. Regardless, I want the light higher rather than lower for maximum visibility, and it will help drivers behind me see it behind the larger tire better. Many people throw the third brake light in the trash but I like having it because it really helps the people behind you differentiate between brake and tail. Granted, my Quadratec tail lights do a VERY good job of that, but it can't help to have the triangle. </p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117661[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117662[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Before:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117664[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117663[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 429771, member: 18789"] [B]Arizona Trip for Axles and other Junk[/B] Well the Arizona trip is over with. It was a fast one. I left on Wednesday 5/26 at 7:30 AM my time, and got to Arizona at 10:00 PM their time which is basically the equivalent of me driving until midnight my time with the time zone differences. 16.5 hours start to finish. I will say one thing, humans were not built to drive 1,020 miles at once, but at least it got done and safely. Thursday my friend worked on regearing the Dana 44 to 4.88. This axle came out of his LJ. He previously had a TJ that he built a set of 30/44 axles for, so when he liquidated his TJ, he kept those axles and moved them to his LJ. That meant the LJ 44 was up for grabs. We made a deal and it was mine. While he worked on the 44, I did a teardown and rebuild of my NP231. While I was in there, I installed a 6 pinion planetary, a true neutral shift plate, a wide chain kit, a new range fork (the one with built in pads), a JB Conversions rebuild, and a JB Conversions Standard SYE (NOT Super Short). I was working slowly and didn't get it all done in the one day, but had also focused some of my efforts to the teardown of my new Dana 30. Here's a pic of the completed NP231. [ATTACH type="full" width="338px"]117656[/ATTACH] Garage where all the work was being done...it did not stay this clean throughout lol. [ATTACH type="full" width="385px"]117659[/ATTACH] The D30 my friend acquired for me was pretty nasty, so I spent a good while cleaning the tubes, inner c's, inside the diff, etc. Lots of Super Clean, water, and scrubbing. I installed the seals and removed the old CAD parts and it was ready to be regeared to 4.88. I chose TrueTrac Limited Slips for both front and rear axles. I don't really need lockers for my use and I can benefit from LSDs with the type of driving and terrain I expect to do. On the wagon being cleaned... [ATTACH type="full" width="365px"]117658[/ATTACH] On Friday he kept working with the 44, trying to get a good gear pattern. The doofus that owned his LJ screwed it up in all sorts of ways, and the axle was no exception. The carrier bearing caps were installed backwards and the old traklok chirped on turns. We think he tried to install a lunchbox locker, hated it, tried to reinstall the traklok and failed miserably. He also twisted the splines on my axle shafts some, so I guess some Revolution shafts are in my future eventually. Anyways, this axle was molested by the same guy who zip tied speakers in place and and did a bunch of other crap to the LJ under the surface. At the end of the day, it's all relatively harmless stuff and the axle is straight, so it was still worth it. He finally got a good pattern on the 44, sealed it up, and set it aside to focus on the Dana 30. Geared/sealed 44 shown, perch work not done yet. [ATTACH type="full" width="314px"]117657[/ATTACH] The Dana 30 gave him pretty much no trouble on the setup, thankfully. He knocked that out in a few hours and then we set the 44 up to weld the perches and shock mounts. I bought [URL='https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DK2I28W/?tag=yjforum-20']these perches.[/URL] I chose them because they are lower profile. My Jeep is already level, and I can not tolerate negative rake (squatting in the rear). These perches did some with pretty large center pin holes, around 11/16". Most aftermarket YJ springs have pins with 1/2" or 9/16" heads. I have 9/16". My friend happened to have some 3/4" OD DOM tubing with a less than 9/16" ID. We drilled the perches to 3/4", cut the DOM, tacked it in place, then drilled out the ID to 9/16". Next up was welding the perches. I don't have any pictures of this but basically we eyeballed it, checked the measurements, shuffled the axle back and forth until it was in the exact right spot, triple checked the measurements, tacked the perches in place, flipped it over, and he fully welded both perches. We welded these with a few more degrees of angle to them than stock. The idea was to get the pinion up a bit higher, but we didn't want to go too high. The end result is that I need around 5 degrees of shim now as opposed to the 8 I used to need. Next up was shock perches. These can be tricky on a YJ as the shocks end up close to the axle tubes. On the YJ frame there is also a fuel filter and a fuel filter skid plate under the filter. The Old Man Emu shock rock guard comes very close to the filter skid plate. I was quite concerned however he welded it would end up wrong, but we tried our best to compare with the Dana 35, and welded them up after eyeballing and making some solid guesses. Old D35 on some stands so we could use it to do mockup of the 44 perches and shock mounts. [ATTACH type="full" width="391px"]117660[/ATTACH] Friday I carted everything home. On this drive I got a bit of a late start, around 10 AM Arizona time. I was planning to stop and spend the night in Amarillo but I never booked a room because I wasn't sure I'd make it. By the time I got there, I couldn't find hardly any rooms open so I kept on pushing down the road. Eventually it got to a point where I wasn't even tired and I just pushed to get all the way home. I ended up home at 5 AM my time. That was a rough drive, and I don't plan on ever driving so far in one day again. I did choose the scenic route on US 60 through the mountains. I saw some beautiful sights and caught a few pictures at a viewing area on the side of the road. [ATTACH type="full" width="332px"]117650[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="330px"]117651[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="330px"]117653[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="331px"]117649[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="331px"]117648[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="331px"]117654[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="319px"]117655[/ATTACH] [B]Miscellaneous[/B] My Arizona friend had been storing parts for me for ages. I had made plans back in 2018 to go out there, get a Super 35 installed with an Eaton E-Locker, as well as an E-Locker up front too. I bought the S35 shafts in anticipation of that, so those will be up for sale. I had also changed my plans to a Ford 8.8 later, so I have a TrueTrac for that, which will also be for sale. I also have the 8.8 yoke from East Coast Gear Supply that I was going to install on the 8.8. I ultimately opted to skip the 8.8 because I changed my mind (again!) to go with a Chrysler 8.25. I didn't like the offset pinion of the 8.8, nor the low ground clearance of the 8.8 diff. The 8.25 plan never worked out and it just worked out perfectly that he bought an LJ that had an axle to spare, so that's what I went with. Anyways, the 8.8 TrueTrac and the Dana 35 Super shafts will be for sale soon. We also worked out a deal on a Sonopod with a 10" Kicker that he decided not to use, so that's awesome. I'll be sticking it under a Tuffy trunk enclosure eventually. You screw it down to the floor and it downfires for a good quality bass feel. [ATTACH type="full" width="316px"]117665[/ATTACH] He also bought this Rugged Ridge [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IJ4T6V8/?tag=yjforum-20']third brake light riser bracke[/URL]t to use on his Exogate tire carrier, but he was going to have to modify it anyways to clear his 35" spare, so he gave it to me instead. It made my third brake light a bit excessively tall, but that's fine. IT looks a bit goofy currently but it only went up around 2" and I expect the 33's to be pretty big compared to my 28" 31's, so I bet the future with 33's will look like the "before" picture. Regardless, I want the light higher rather than lower for maximum visibility, and it will help drivers behind me see it behind the larger tire better. Many people throw the third brake light in the trash but I like having it because it really helps the people behind you differentiate between brake and tail. Granted, my Quadratec tail lights do a VERY good job of that, but it can't help to have the triangle. [ATTACH type="full" width="336px"]117661[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="335px"]117662[/ATTACH] Before: [ATTACH type="full" width="326px"]117664[/ATTACH] After: [ATTACH type="full" width="326px"]117663[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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