Drop Box nearly finished
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Drop Box nearly finished
Some of you may remember a couple of months ago I had a topic going about my home made t-case for my mud truck, (49' ford 4x4),
Well the holidays slowed me down a bit but I've nearly completed my drop box,
one more bearing retainer and it should be good to go, I just thought I share some pics,
Here is the building of the bearing retainers/seal area,
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65901&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65903&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65904&width=0
Here is the out put shaft
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65905&width=0
And a couple of the box completed exept for the last bearing retainer,
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65906&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65907&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65908&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65909&width=0
I'll try and get a few pics of the inside when I finish & install the last bearing retainer,
sorry about the dark pics, I'm still trying to learn how to run the new camera,
Well the holidays slowed me down a bit but I've nearly completed my drop box,
one more bearing retainer and it should be good to go, I just thought I share some pics,
Here is the building of the bearing retainers/seal area,
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65901&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65903&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65904&width=0
Here is the out put shaft
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65905&width=0
And a couple of the box completed exept for the last bearing retainer,
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65906&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65907&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65908&width=0
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=65909&width=0
I'll try and get a few pics of the inside when I finish & install the last bearing retainer,
sorry about the dark pics, I'm still trying to learn how to run the new camera,
Last edited by Skipped_link; Jan 12, 2005 at 08:46 AM.
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Fool...you coulda just bought an Atlas and been done with it... 
You're gonna put that in the MUD?! It's too dang beautiful to get dirty! What do you have for the gear ratio in there? And how are you getting oil to the top gears? What size chail are you using on the inside? And lastly, how much $$ do you have tied up in there? It's beautiful...
You're gonna put that in the MUD?! It's too dang beautiful to get dirty! What do you have for the gear ratio in there? And how are you getting oil to the top gears? What size chail are you using on the inside? And lastly, how much $$ do you have tied up in there? It's beautiful...
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Thanks for the compliments,
I am running a double 60 roller chain and the bottom sprocket can be changed so pretty much any ratio can be had up to 2.5:1, right now I have the lower sprockets & chains for 1:1, 1.5:1 & 2:1, as far as oiling goes I have the fill plug up high enough for the lower sprocket to run in the oil which should let the chain carry the oil to the upper bearings,
Yes the box will be full time 4wd but for a comp. only rig it should be fine, I will still be able to unlock the hubs,
the box and bearing retainers are aluminum and naturally the sprockets/chain & shafts are steel along with the tensioner, as you see it in the pics with the 1.5:1 gearing in weighs just under 70lbs,
All work was done between my shop and my dads shop, I have all the welding tools and he has the lathe & mill,
I figure I have approx $500-$750, I haven't figured it all up yet,
I am running a double 60 roller chain and the bottom sprocket can be changed so pretty much any ratio can be had up to 2.5:1, right now I have the lower sprockets & chains for 1:1, 1.5:1 & 2:1, as far as oiling goes I have the fill plug up high enough for the lower sprocket to run in the oil which should let the chain carry the oil to the upper bearings,
Yes the box will be full time 4wd but for a comp. only rig it should be fine, I will still be able to unlock the hubs,
the box and bearing retainers are aluminum and naturally the sprockets/chain & shafts are steel along with the tensioner, as you see it in the pics with the 1.5:1 gearing in weighs just under 70lbs,
All work was done between my shop and my dads shop, I have all the welding tools and he has the lathe & mill,
I figure I have approx $500-$750, I haven't figured it all up yet,
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You know, I wonder if a 205 can be clocked to be totally vertical and just overfill it, same as you did...hmmm...sounds like a spring project to me...is there any reason that you didn't just do that? Aside from the cool factor, of course...
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Lookin good man....ya know what the sad parts gunna be...when ya open up your motor in a mud hole and ya hear. ..WACKLKELKKLEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.......second to last semester of my engineering degree i machined a bunch of stuff for a tranny for the race cars that we were building....well i take it out to test it and about two minutes into runnin....the tranny let loose and trashed itself.....there went three weeks of machining work...
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Originally Posted by momudder720
You know, I wonder if a 205 can be clocked to be totally vertical and just overfill it, same as you did...hmmm...sounds like a spring project to me...is there any reason that you didn't just do that? Aside from the cool factor, of course...
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Originally Posted by Skipped_link
I think that indexing the 205 would work fine, I had two resons for building my own box, #1 weight, I wanted a box as light and strong as possible, and #2 I wanted to get my output shaft both front & rear lower to help with the drive line angle, indexing the 205 would only help with the front ouput, of course the cool factor isn't a bad reason either,
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Originally Posted by wyldstallyn73
Nice work, skipped!!!!! Have you actually tried the different ratios for chain fitment like we discussed earlier???? or does the mentioned tensioner make up the difference?
