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Dana 70U

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Big drum brakes seem to be stuck

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Number on the housing

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Very smooth bottom

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Suprise!! its still full of oil

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Numbers on the ring gear...I think it means 4.10

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35 spline 1.5" shaft

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Put a big puller on to remove the drums

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Back of the hub machined to fit the chevy k20 rotor

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Front and rear bearings. The rear outer bearing is the exact bearing as the front inner.

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Inner bearing

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Hub installed to the rotor with new 9/16 studs

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Got em both done

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Dana 70 on the way to Gresham 4wd to do gears and lincoln lock

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5.13 gears

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welded spiders

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gear mesh pattern

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Bluetorch fab cover

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Really thick

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Disk brake brackets from Ruffstuff

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New spring plates from www.foothilloffroad.com

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Getting ready to pull out the spooled 9"

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Better pic

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Last shot 5 lugged

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Coming out, i had to cut the drivers side ubolts off

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It's out

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D70 ready to go in

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D70 back on the garage floor. Wrong spring plates, the ones I ordered are on the way.

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Got the D70 in for real

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Up on the stands, the truck is much more solid

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Bronco wedge, Deaver springd, and 5/8 Ubolts

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Torqueing to 200 FTLBs

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Disk brake brackets

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Done for today

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Spring plate

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Painting the '78 K20 calipers with hi temp black paint

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Hub assembley bolted on

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Other side

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first way i set up the brackets

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Tearing it all apart again because the brake pads wont fit

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Back together correctly

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Plenty of room with the 16" wheel

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Dont look at the little 33, but the wheel looks like a good width.

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Got my little rollers on it, and got it on the ground

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My first time bending brake lines

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Brake fluid all over the axle once i started the truck and went to move it

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Leaking on the passenger side as well

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Bad pic of the brake line routing

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Another bad pic, drivers side

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Stripped bolts

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Back to this stage again

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Got my new brake lines from Russel

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Got all 4, fronts too while i was at it

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Calipers reinstalled

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Hose routing

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Out to the street. It's been awhile

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Back in the driveway after a run to the store in it. 5.13 gears and little baby tires is fun

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No leaks

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Ready to start on the front gear and 8 lug swap