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And still doing it ;) here in 2025 I'm now up in Prescott, AZ at 5000 feet elevation and love the weather......and all the mule deer and raccoons that sometimes visit. I will be turning 69 next month and still as strong as an older ox. I still work on occasional diffs...usually it's a...

Hi Ward:) One of my customers had a question just today about this subject of Harrop vs Eaton....is the Harrop and the Eaton the same exact thing? and I could not say for sure.....there must be a few notable improvements with the Harrop I would think.....

So far, I have installed over 100 Harrops/Eatons for my customers and no negative feedback of any sort. But, then again, I don't think they ever competed in those fast paced Hammer type events. As simplistic as the design is with just 2 wires....+12v and a ground.....you'd think the shops...

Just reach under there and turn the front driveshaft 1/2 turn....then the tires are locked and spin in the same direction. 👍

Hi Fortuitous- The debri on the magnetic plug and the whine going away with the DS off sure sounds like the outer pinion bearing is starting to disintegrate. I know what you mean about 529 would have been the ticket.....Heck, now's the time to make that happen as I see a bearing rebuild in...

Crusty, You'll never get a decent pattern out of that used set......it looked like it had a deep ridge near the root of the ring gear....I saw weird hammer marks on the tooth contact surface. That thing was run "out of position" for way too long and the original pattern kinda went away. It...

Same bearing separator I use....and I also tuned mine just for those same situations 👍 That ring and pinion is trash

OK....Crusty you had a severely Yucky pattern and you were making "micro" changes when you really needed to make BIG changes to affect pattern. You started with ..... o752 drive way deep coast extreme toe 0745 pretty much same 0725 pretty much same but improving 0715...

With zero shim it at least did what I expect it to do....it moved from the toe end deep in the root to the heel end to the extreme tip. There is the possibility you have a bad used ring gear but before we say that....this time put a shim between 0 and 70.... I think 035 will tell us more...

Hi Crusty- All of those paints are way too deep. Try it with ZERO shim. Then I'll tell you what I'm thinking...... Ken

Coming along nicely, Mike. I'll be on the Island in about 9 days to check out your rig:beer: For real :D Ken

Maybe a LS 347 ci crate engine with a kickass auto tranny. I'll get the 9.5" 4.10 ring/pinions cryo-treated and set them up just right. Food for thought. You wouldn't have to do the 8-5 job thing.....be your own boss....for the rest of your life.

Charlie- Did you ever think of doing some more of these kinds of builds from the powder coated frames up? You have the skill set to do it. You could sell a built FJ40(or 45) for about 100 grand. Plenty of wheelers out there with the money and would rather someone else put the blood...

A fresh frame....so much nicer to work on clean painted stuff.👍 Working on boxing these 2 bad boys up. I will send an email shortly. Ken

Notes of the rear build. No locker and new Nitro 370 gears, new bearings and solid collar....and Marlin seal.