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Originally Posted by Randy88FJ62
How long does it take to tear an axle down and rebuild the components into my existing housing? Roughly.
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A few hours. That's the least of it. You have to tear it all down anyway to do a cut and turn, so no big deal. You have to replace the axle seals after you reweld the knuckle as the welding heat will probably damage the seal which is right there. Go back and read Chicago's build and all the trials he went through.
Here is an order of attack:
Bare front axle housing-really bare-cleaned of all perches, stops, brackets, brake lines etc Pull out diff to make it easier to handle
Set under the truck with unwelded perches-experiment and choose pinion angle. The PS perch will have to be creatively cut to fit arround the upper part of the differential
Weld perches--This is fairly critical to get right as it freezes your pinion angle forever
Mount axle on springs, look at caster angle.
Cut and turn to set caster angle-weld up the "cut"
Rebuild knuckle on the axle housing
With knuckle in place(so you know where the stops go), weld in steering stops
Build on the rest of the axle components-inners, hubs, lockouts etc
Weld on the brake line mounts and shock mounts
Final assembly
That should keep you busy a few weeks!
What do you plan to use for springs? If stock, beef them up with some of the extra leaves you got on the parts truck.
Post up the step by step pics-I got so wrapped up in mine, I basically forgot to get the pics.