I almost forgot the most important part of the story. Within a minute of coming to a screeching halt, two people came up and offered help. First a...
That will wake you up! In reality it was very controlled and I was able to steer to the center lane easily. My speed was probably about 45 mph....
Well it was an interesting couple of weeks. I was working feverishly up through 4/2 so I could take the jeep with me up to Paso Robles. Got it all...
I have fond memories of the beautiful aroma of kerosene as I huddled around an old space heater though the cold winter nights growing up in Michigan.
The sm465 is a bit of work to rebuild, a little tougher than others I have worked on. Good job working through it!
If I could subtract the 2 seconds between each shift (sm465s are known for their lightning fast shifts afterall) I might get a decent ET. I...
One side done...mostly These moroso studs are pretty nice, the are too long at 3" so I will likely need to trim them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I have done that before with my parts washer, which is a kitchen pot on a hot plate, 50/50 simple green, water. For being a mild solvent it works...
So I didn't get many pics due to not wanting to get my phone all grungy with the blood sweat, tears and grease. My springs are kind of sagging,...
I am pretty happy with it, thanks!
Worked more on the caliper brackets today. These took all day, a lot of operations on the mill and had to make some tools on the lathe. Here is...
Yeah, remember how I said a smart person would start with square stock... I started over on those.
Ordered some new springs since mine are drooping a bit. Picked up these revere eye springs from RE. [ATTACH] But there is a problem, these will...
It is now fighting me at every turn, after burning me I think it is getting cocky. Went to install arb lines and there were clearance issues...
I did have to do a little work to them, they left the end about 0.008 too big and it wouldn't fit in the spindle. Just a little kiss fixed them...
Painted housing after another round of straightening. The traction bar bracket took some heavy welding and it warped a bit, maybe 0.050". But it...
Was making progress, then this happened: [ATTACH] That is touching and that sent me down the rabbit hole. Can't grind the caliper, too thin....
Oh, I think we all know who is in charge!
Full day in the garage and life is good! I should have bought one of these a long time ago. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I got the traction bar brackets...
Thanks for the video, it is cool to see the ring gear pumping all of that oil! My only concern with this 9" is that the top of the housing has a...
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