Mad Dash for Tellico...

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Alright... Ill throw some pictures up soon but.

Got the tranny out. Power washed the undercarriage and painted it. Hopefully I will get the newer W56 in tomorrow night.

I also scored e-lockers for the front and rear.



Question though. I am shy one gasket. The one that goes in between the tranny and t-case. Is it okay to run RTV instead? If not I will hassle with my useless dealership to try and order the gasket.

Thats all for now,
-Al
 
Alrighty time for a little update.

Got the tranny and the DU in. Also got some trail shafts made (.250 DOM). I am going to run the DC in the rear and almost was going run one in the front but decided against it, for a few reasons. I was planing on making my own crossmember but no matter what way I bent the tubing it was still to low. So, I am going to puss out and just order the FROR which means I no longer need the DC to clear the crossmember.

I also got the floor notched and the new boots and shifters in.

Aside from waiting on the crossmember to come the trucks ready to drive.


Ordered some 12voltguy panels for the e-lockers. Its also starting to look like I wont get my bumper made and winch mounted before the trip.


Ahhh welll guess I'll just have to avoid getting stuck:doh:
shafts.webp
triple sticks.webp
 
Alright I got a brain buster for you guys. I have never run a DC before in the rear of any of my rigs (just in the front).

Before I pulled the old tranny and t-case I checked the angle of the flange and it read 3 degrees. I would assume I put the new tranny and DU in at the same degree and rotate the pinion to be pointed at the case. But would I have to find where the pinion points at the case then rotate it down 3 degrees to match the t-case?

The driveway might not be perfectly flat before you ask me to rotate it to 0 degrees it might be there already because the 3 degrees might be zero, get it ? :) I can't rotate the t-case up to zero anyway as it hits the floor.
 
for a DC shaft ya dont really need to measure the angle, just point it directly at the case, and maybe clock it down a couple degrees if you dont have an anti-wrap bar, so when its under load it'll be at the right angle;)
 
zucruisers said:
for a DC shaft ya dont really need to measure the angle, just point it directly at the case, and maybe clock it down a couple degrees if you dont have an anti-wrap bar, so when its under load it'll be at the right angle;)
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Yulp, knew that. Just prob over thinking things about the 3 degrees.
 
E-locked diff arrived today so the rear end got torn down. Waiting on C-dan for new studs and gaskets to get here. To drill, grind and tap the housing.

FROF will hopefully get my skid plate, clocked cross member out to me soon. I also dropped off another rear shaft to be lengthened and balanced. Hopefully the monkeys that where at the counter don't screw it up, But its the only shop remotely near me (1.5 hours one way)...

Tomorrow night will be another late one as well....

Pictures to come.
 
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