Freds40 builds a 60

[freds40]

Had thought about it at one point but I have the materials and it won't take me too long to build them.

 

[cruiserfj45]

I think I found the stile I want on my cruiser. Just need some extra cash for the materials. Way cool.

 

[freds40]

Good deal. Keep me posted. Don't know that I'll have much time between now and the Rubithon but ya never know.

Sorry about the car show, had my daughter's b-day party.

 

[Trapper50cal]

Rig's lookin tough. It was nice to meet you and press palms at CM09.

(Fat guy w/ pointy beard and biege 60)

 

[freds40]

Thanks,

I remember ya. Seeing all the 60s there really made me itch to have mine there too. Oh well, really looking forward to Rubithon.

 

[freds40]

Got a little more work done. The PS pump swap needed some fine tuning. Finally got it taken care of this weekend.

The Volvo pulley works ok. It is narrower than the stock 60 pulley but is wider than the more common GM pulley. Also, the spacing is way off on the Volvo pulley so I had been running about 1/2" of spacers to make the pulley run in line. It has worked fine for the few months it's been on but I wanted it to be right and finally had the time to fix it.

Had a friend with a lathe and mill and we were able to mix and match th evolvo pulley hub with the 60 pulley. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics while we were doing the work but you van see the difference.

Spaced Volvo pulley:

And the reworked Volvo hub and now bolt on 60 pulley:

Also when I originally did my mounts, my alignment was off a bit and the "canned ham" was binding a bit on the stock 60 PS pump mount. I took some time and did some spacing and adjusting and got it right in line.

 

[freds40]

Also been doing some work on the rear axle. Should be ready for Rubithon.

























































No pics on that just yet though.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Also been doing some work on the rear axle. Should be ready for Rubithon.

What have you done on the rear axle?

 

[weak-link]

Plan A or B?

 

[freds40]

Whichever was the low cost high strength route.

BTW, my valves are still ticking.............................

 

[LCOwner]

So what will it take to get you to help me with my PS and hydro assist?

 

[D'Animal]

They are suppose to, don't remember laughing at Moab about all the I-6 Toyota engines sounding the same and they all had the same "tick" noise? I think you had an hour of sleep.

BTW, my valves are still ticking.............................

 

[freds40]

How much ya got?




I won't be able to do anything until after Rubithon but we can probably get it done. Do you have all the parts?

 

[freds40]

They are suppose to, don't remember laughing at Moab about all the I-6 Toyota engines sounding the same and they all had the same "tick" noise? I think you had an hour of sleep.

Don't remember that.

I still need to adjust my valves. It's running fine but they need adjusting.

Your rig back up and running yet?

 

[Willius]

Fred,

How well does your rig power itself with those large tires?

 

[freds40]

It pulls pretty well. With the SM465 (driven like a 4 speed) and the stock 3.73 it's a somewhat quick shift from first to second off the line but 2nd and 3rd pull strong.

There is a hill here that leads to a lot of the local trails. It is pretty much a constant 6% grade for 6 miles. With myself and my daughter, I can run anywhere from 50 up to 65 no problem (speed limit is 60). With my wife, both my daughters and all our gear, it slows me down to a steady 45.

On the freeway I am spinning about 2100 doing 70 and it will speed up, not quickly but it will speed up.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

It pulls pretty well. With the SM465 (driven like a 4 speed) and the stock 3.73 it's a somewhat quick shift from first to second off the line but 2nd and 3rd pull strong.

There is a hill here that leads to a lot of the local trails. It is pretty much a constant 6% grade for 6 miles. With myself and my daughter, I can run anywhere from 50 up to 65 no problem (speed limit is 60). With my wife, both my daughters and all our gear, it slows me down to a steady 45.

On the freeway I am spinning about 2100 doing 70 and it will speed up, not quickly but it will speed up.

What is your final low range ratio? It must be really low to be able to spin those 39.5's slowly if you are spinning 2100 rpm's going 70 mph.

 

[freds40]

Crawl ratio is 262-1

 

[LCOwner]

How much ya got?




I won't be able to do anything until after Rubithon but we can probably get it done. Do you have all the parts?

I'll take it in trade for the use of the pipe cutter and the D60 hubs.

No but I can in a mater of days.

 

[freds40]

I was thinking of all that stuff too.

Just keep in touch after Rubithon and we can get going on it. I might have you drop your box to me and I can drill/tap it.