What does the driveshaft look like sitting flat?
How much extension out of the splines do you get on full articulation? It may be a case of being able to extend the driveshaft (if you have room to play with), but you probably have already thought about that.
What does the driveshaft look like sitting flat?
How much extension out of the splines do you get on full articulation? It may be a case of being able to extend the driveshaft (if you have room to play with), but you probably have already thought about that.
Yes sir, I have thought long and hard about that. Thank you for the compliments by the way.
The driveshaft angle is very nice, but the splines just do not have enough travel. See when the vehicle is at static heigth, everything appears fine, but once I compress the driver side suspension, the shaft compresses all of the way. I can limit this with a bump stop, but this is not quite the best answer. At any rate, even with this particular measurement, once the dirver side reaches only a moderate amount of extension the driveshaft pops out. This means that longer splines are going to be needed to accomodate the travel needed to keep the shaft together.
I believe that part of this problem is that this axle (late D60 F) has a short driver side axle, and the diff itself is offset further than any other D60. That means that yoke itself will travel on a greater arch, or require a greater amount of movement when the suspension cycles. This has to be greater than any earlier axle that has the diff closer to the center.
Notice that the rear does not see this type of travel, since the diff is located in the center of the axle, and the axle can rotate on the center during regular old articulation.
The front is not so fortunate. Its a small price to pay really.
Yeah I love leafs lol. Nice truck you've got there.
Soft rate Old school what can I say?
I bet it might just ride nice.
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nuff said
How much are they worth on Ebay
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That and the blocks under the front springs! Or is that just a 3 inch, non rate spring?
I was just looking for a 79 Dana 60 HP KP for my Jeep. He would not part it out so I bought the whole truck. It has not been on the road in 16 years. Old school Monster Show truck. Not a bad deal for $1,750 delivered.
Now who has a Cummins 5.9 to trade for a 76 Highboy
Was on Gateway 44" Monster Mudders back in the day.
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Just simple 3/8" mild steel. Only MIG welded together. Nothing fancy here. Small breaks that were pretty easy to do.
These are a direct copy of some that are available from any aftermerket supplier.
I believe that I made mine only slightly longer. My front hanger is right around 4 inches in length. This is why the stock SD front spring could be used and this heigth was achieved.
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If it ain't broken... don't fix it?!?! SCREW THAT!!! Friends don't let friends drive stock
