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Yea , now i can move on . Finished brake plumbing today, gonna close up rear axle and put brakes and shoes on so he can stand up !

Will look for some grade eight washers , that kinda stuff hard to find in my town lol. Got 2 more shots for bmorgil's review . Drive side first , cost second. This after moving pinion in .002 ....

Always thought about welding a bunch of scrap iron and parts that i had laying around and calling it sculpture , would bring lots of money my way lol.

Digging into ross steering box .Looks like complete re build . Steering tube cam has a notch in it and some rough ramps , bearings were all in the bottom of case ,shaft of the lever shaft was scored...

Question about "S" brake lines . Used the old ones if leaks cant stop , will put new ones on , thought it be easier to hook up originals . Also on steering rod ball joints castlated nuts to short ...

Got "RIPPER" up on his front 2 feet. Got the new rims , painted em up , been doing brake lines and finishing front hubs ,put steering rods on , and rippers two front teeth ,or zapats.

Wow the bag phone sure stirred up some noise lol.

Noticed that when I read the manual , but it is what it is ,still wish I had a bag phone . HI HO ,HI HO off to work we go , will shoot for 200 ft lbs . Tnx again bmorgil . I need a push once in...

Gonna do the best I can . Gonna do the pinion pre load to get approximately .030 rotational torque inch lbs , at 150 or more if you advise to do so. Tnx bmorgil . Means i gotta add shims to decrease...

Metalshaper checks his rotational torque at 100 ft lbs in his video on rear axle assembly .Should i be checking rotational torque at 150 ft lbs ? If so im not torqueing it enough to check rotational...

I only have it torqued to 100 ft lbs. The specs say to torque pinion nut to 150 ft lbs minimum .

Gonna try .012 , also when I finished it last time I torqued the pinion shaft nut to book 150 minum ft lbs , seemed to tight to me had to turn yolk with pipe wrench should it be that tight ? Maby...

Attention bmorgil ,working on rear end again moved pinion in .002 ,as of now got .020 back lash . How much should I move carrier bearings to get in the neigh hood of .010 ? Your guess as good or...

Same thing here . Old man rust really did his job .

Yea , we really dont need teeth on tires right now , we in drought spell down here . Weather man in our area said it would take 22 inches of rain to get us back to normal , well that means ...

Well started on rims and tires but found out I made a mistake . Thought I had 4 good 16 inch rims but found out this morning I only had 1 good 16 in rim . Had 2 sets or rims 16 inch set and 15 inch...

working on breaks and tires and hubs , cleaned parts and painted .

I moved it .003 out , the backlash was .008 , Im gonna go to other things for now ,let my patience return , then work on it some more. When I do ill move it back in .002. I see the sharp line ur...

Got her done not ideal but im going with it , First pic drive side , second coast , third , pattern in circle is what its close too I think.

Thinking .003 . And the carrier pre load seems correct now , added .014 to teeth side . Tight fit now around 40 inch pounds . If I move pinion out will it change backlash , which I think it will.

Got another addition to pic of gears , first drive side second coast side . Also some shoes for "RIPPER" , and another bunch of goodies from Walcks , they sure pack em good . Got the .01...

Tnx bmorgil , after lasft pattern i took out .007 but havent tried it until i get carrier pre load set up . I assume the .015 is divided between the 2 sides ?

Hello LilWhip. Wulfie here im ahead of you in similar project . Just some of my 2 cents if it is worth anything. Identify every bolt nut and part u take off , put in baggie and list all parts in it...

Got some clearer pics bmorgil . First one drive side and other coast . Still looks like I need to move pinion out some . But my ring bearings not set right yet , the preload . Looks like drive side...

Will get a better pic with load but my preload on carrier bearings is not right yet. How do you know when u get the proper pre load on carrier bearings ? Im gonna get a new set of carrier...