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Got the chassis jig welded out and the castors on, still measure true & level, and rolls nice and easy. Measures 17" high from the floor to the top face of the beam.

You nailed it, to many folks just go, and not enough take a step back and slow down to go faster. Also been playing around with this stuff long enough to know better, add to the fact that I'm a Certified Welding Engineering Technologist, which basically means i'm supposed to know a thing or two...

Didn't have any. Beveled the ends, kept the welds small and jumped around a lot. The twist in the beam was a bigger problem.

I've fried a battery & burned a few fuses before, partly due to faulty vehicle wiring, and once due to wrong grounding. If there is anything that is drawing a current with the key off you can hurt that circuit (such as a draw more than your standard radio memory circuits). Always ground as...

Forgot to say, I would've ran the cross beams standing up right (stronger this way too), but it would've been too tall with casters (about an extra foot and a half), as I want to be able to drop this nice a low for the cage work.

Thanks guys, anyway I've been using the new bench, been working out great, here's why I built it as heavy as I did as well as leaving those extensions on it. Those are the Meritor 9 ton planetary diffs, the housing in the pictures weighs over 600lbs. Anyway I decided to build a separate...

Thanks guys, I've been collecting parts for a while and I'm just happy to get to working on this. Not much to show on the rest of the truck, just a stripped ranger. I'll make a separate thread when I get to building the truck, as I'd like to keep the axle tech separate, and searchable to get...

Purpose of the truck is for all around use, primarily mud bogs, tough truck events, and top truck challenge style events. Base is a 96' ranger. Engine started as a 351m ford. It is now a nascar headed 434 mechanically fuel injected stroker, should be good for 750-800hp. Transmission is a...

If I were using a 9" diff in a 10,000lb rig, yes. These diff's are big because they are a 9ton GVAW rated axle. The axle shafts are only 1.64" diameter at the splines, a 35spl 9" is 1.5". In other words for me, espically with the 2:1 hub reduction i'll be more than fine. I'm using an...

No porosity, that's why I doubt this is an issue.

This, get a new spool. The gas flow won't cause your issues, just wastes gas.

I was able to press out the bushing/seal retainer setup yesterday, and found that the outer C in the pictures is now very similar to you typical Dana 60 inner C. My plan was confirmed to bore out the inner C ID to 4", use 4" od x 1/2" thick axle tube, press & weld the tube to the inner C, have...

Had to move these things around constantly, only way to move them was with the cherry picker. inner c prior to removal: King pins installed in the knuckles for comparison: Top and bottom kin pins are basically mirrored images save for the shims used on the top: Cut line, there was a...

Last summer after a big local event, I found a contact at a local place called Western Canadian Rockwell had the Meritor RF611-19's (they came under the MRAP military trucks) available for a pretty good price (1000cdn ea). For some backstory, aout 5 years ago I came across a fellow on...

Those joints are hands down the best you can buy (be warned, they are a small shop with lots of work, so lead time can ****). My 4 door bronco that I put the kings over uses all of his joints in the steering, and the rest of the joints will get swapped over to his parts as well. I understand...

I hit post to soon, re-read it, that 90* thing isn't what I meant (apologizes) This will fix your tie rod deflection issues I had a similar issue on my truck I put 14" kings in, needed more deflection in the drag link then what the stockers could provide, that and non adjustable heims are a bad...

Yes they do move. Local guy (local guy that own EMF Rod ends) builds steering setups machines grooves in the tie rods & camps so they don't slide.

Do some measuring, 180* turn on a fine thread stud on one heim joint at one knuckle is likely less than 1/16", that's a tighter tolerance then what they will measure toe too.

Has this been answered/clarified, do you still need more (I don't want to sound mean or anything, I just want to be clear)? Please do this at a minimum, but you have more than enough adjustability with your setup without installing that collar. The majority of steering setups are done with...

You're fine welding to the DOM you have, as mentioned it's one of a few different low carbon mild steel's. Sorry this bugs me a little bit, DOM tubing still has a seam. The DOM process is a finishing process than removes any internal/external dimensional inconsistencies (such as what a weld...