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1452 hits | 60.8 KB | Posted: 9/27/07
Started taking the front apart
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1408 hits | 70.8 KB | Posted: 9/27/07
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1020 hits | 65.36 KB | Posted: 9/27/07
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656 hits | 81.7 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
Getting it torn down
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523 hits | 81.35 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
Missing spider gears
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897 hits | 76.62 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
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816 hits | 80.4 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
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672 hits | 80.21 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
Axle on the Ground
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675 hits | 79.32 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
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512 hits | 74.57 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
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894 hits | 71.44 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
The wife LOVES my trucks to be in this condition.
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801 hits | 80.95 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
Axle ready to go be geared and locked.
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672 hits | 48.98 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
Got my D44 axle back from Six States.
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710 hits | 66.84 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
Detroit locker, 5.13 gears, all new seals and bearings
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679 hits | 49.45 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
5.13
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689 hits | 43.28 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
Big ass 1350 yoke
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742 hits | 70.6 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
Ready for paint
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693 hits | 78.79 KB | Posted: 10/8/07
Pressure washed the frame
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758 hits | 77.75 KB | Posted: 10/8/07
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731 hits | 73.59 KB | Posted: 10/9/07
Frame painted semi gloss black
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700 hits | 76.66 KB | Posted: 10/9/07
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715 hits | 67.73 KB | Posted: 10/9/07
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791 hits | 66.67 KB | Posted: 10/10/07
Shiny VHT epoxy paint
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670 hits | 56.18 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Radius arms showed up today
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518 hits | 70.69 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
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654 hits | 65.06 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
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699 hits | 58.1 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Pivot brackets
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600 hits | 58.95 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Lots of extra holes
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587 hits | 60.13 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Other side
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634 hits | 61.58 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
4 degree c bushings
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470 hits | 94.4 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
The cast ends for the ends of the arms
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683 hits | 54.28 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Big ass heim
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702 hits | 65 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
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704 hits | 69.33 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
Measuring up for the brackets
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528 hits | 71.82 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
Bolted up with 4 bolts
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761 hits | 60.8 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
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689 hits | 59.73 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
Inside bracket
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680 hits | 45.15 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
Drivers side gonna suck
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667 hits | 66.13 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
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755 hits | 51.22 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Here ya go, cut and bolted on
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674 hits | 42.34 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
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663 hits | 71.79 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
A look inside
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677 hits | 41.1 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Decided to hit my finger with the "Dead blow"
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587 hits | 36.29 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
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498 hits | 73.76 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Radius arm in place
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675 hits | 72.58 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
And a pair
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790 hits | 70.94 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Almost ready for the axle
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729 hits | 78.04 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Axle ready to get bolted back up
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621 hits | 76.95 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
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630 hits | 49.4 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Drivers side bolted up
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696 hits | 72.86 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
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747 hits | 71.31 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Passenger side
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724 hits | 69.13 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
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669 hits | 73.51 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
Spring cups and track bar installed
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773 hits | 77.59 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
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772 hits | 67.73 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
6" Deaver coil....the old style soft ones.
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584 hits | 64.99 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
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692 hits | 70.97 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
Sitting on jackstands under the axle
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746 hits | 56.33 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
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781 hits | 51.72 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
Coil bow to the outside, passenger side
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790 hits | 59.35 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
Coil bow drivers side
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683 hits | 63.91 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
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570 hits | 69.66 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Took it apart to make angled shims
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545 hits | 52.22 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Got more brackets from duff.
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581 hits | 50.79 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Making my shims in the vice with a grinder
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670 hits | 54.63 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
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756 hits | 54.94 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Like this.
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731 hits | 50.08 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
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793 hits | 56.17 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Then it rained...but i think its better
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679 hits | 37.61 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Hit my finger a few more times, does it look normal?
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633 hits | 59.26 KB | Posted: 10/16/07
Yup, looks pretty good
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605 hits | 63.47 KB | Posted: 10/16/07
Steering setup passenger side
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564 hits | 62.28 KB | Posted: 10/16/07
You can see the angles are better with the dropped track bar
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680 hits | 75.25 KB | Posted: 10/16/07
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556 hits | 69.4 KB | Posted: 10/16/07
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548 hits | 79.21 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Yukon axle shafts showed up today
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702 hits | 65.68 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Cage shock hoops too
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541 hits | 27.74 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Cage changed his upper mount
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579 hits | 64.75 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Getting the passenger side mounted
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602 hits | 78.49 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Todd drilling the lower mounts
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728 hits | 74.94 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
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547 hits | 75.92 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
The shocks poke up in the engine compartment
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713 hits | 82.18 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
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566 hits | 80.2 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Drivers side
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757 hits | 61.7 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Getting closer to done
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562 hits | 62.61 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Braces installed on the crossmember
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498 hits | 66.01 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Yukon shafts cleaned up
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681 hits | 71.51 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
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698 hits | 77.03 KB | Posted: 10/18/07
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805 hits | 58.11 KB | Posted: 10/18/07
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656 hits | 62.74 KB | Posted: 10/18/07
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525 hits | 84.95 KB | Posted: 10/19/07
Todd brought by some Brute force 297s.
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475 hits | 94.94 KB | Posted: 10/19/07
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452 hits | 65 KB | Posted: 10/19/07
So..this is Yukon shafts with Brute Force joints
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473 hits | 63.34 KB | Posted: 10/19/07
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512 hits | 55.21 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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605 hits | 50.27 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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627 hits | 44.94 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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609 hits | 40.43 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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646 hits | 68.32 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
Next morning in the light
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605 hits | 54.87 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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619 hits | 75.86 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
Custom bent brake lines
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576 hits | 73.91 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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615 hits | 78.95 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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584 hits | 73.83 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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592 hits | 75.93 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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576 hits | 62.72 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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537 hits | 61.99 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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678 hits | 57.91 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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634 hits | 65.08 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
Bluetorch fab diff cover
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545 hits | 69.63 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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708 hits | 67.57 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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648 hits | 78.6 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
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489 hits | 87.65 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Checking the wheels for fit on the front
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483 hits | 82.77 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
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509 hits | 64.52 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
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523 hits | 90.56 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Painted the "rock ring" drab to match the truck
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522 hits | 84.16 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
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604 hits | 51.36 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Cut almost a full coil off of the Superflex 6" springs.
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462 hits | 51.34 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Primed the end so it wont rust
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591 hits | 60.02 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Passenger side with cut coil
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613 hits | 64.96 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
I cut right to the low spot on the spring cup
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595 hits | 67.22 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
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555 hits | 57.92 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Drivers side
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724 hits | 60.74 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Does it look more level? It dropped almost an inch.
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820 hits | 92.12 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
Went to pick it up at Robs offroad
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1897 hits | 67.19 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
They flexed it for me
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805 hits | 61.49 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
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681 hits | 71.95 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
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752 hits | 66.63 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
Spring at compression
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734 hits | 72.75 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
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736 hits | 74.38 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
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750 hits | 66.99 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
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657 hits | 78.36 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
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775 hits | 73.84 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
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782 hits | 70.56 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
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489 hits | 80.77 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Tires coming off to go to a dyno
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423 hits | 78.77 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
A little surface rust after sitting all winter
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391 hits | 72.25 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Was gonna drive it like this...but it looks too funky
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421 hits | 65.9 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
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425 hits | 73.51 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Took the fronts off also
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412 hits | 72.19 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Got it up on jackstands so I can swap the track bar
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374 hits | 80.86 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Old track bar angles were great
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427 hits | 70.76 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
But there were issues, like the exhaust.
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448 hits | 82.66 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Used ratchet straps to contain the axle side to side
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485 hits | 74.99 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Track bar has a drop bracket, which i feel was putting lots of stress on the frame, and it didnt fee...
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460 hits | 74.18 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Unbolted track bar bracket from the frame, notice how far the adj track bar id extended out
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438 hits | 74.93 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Drilled the hole in the bracket out to 3/4"
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481 hits | 75.68 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
New track bar ready to go in
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452 hits | 72.74 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
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430 hits | 47.66 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Bolted in place, nice and solid
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427 hits | 58.02 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
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441 hits | 68.76 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
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433 hits | 79.97 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
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472 hits | 79.69 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Angles arent great, but much more solid
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451 hits | 68.23 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Where the tie rod was hitting the dropped trac bar mount
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446 hits | 68.46 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Back on the ground
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477 hits | 67.03 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Ready to go to the chassis dyno
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470 hits | 73.49 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
Old steering removed
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532 hits | 83.53 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
New steering from Bulletproof
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482 hits | 76.12 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
New stuff bolted on
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517 hits | 66.56 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
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573 hits | 61.66 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
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592 hits | 66.36 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
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688 hits | 72.42 KB | Posted: 6/21/08