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3/8" custom caliper mounting plate by Jim H. 3/4T chevy disc brake setup. Plan to use exact same up... | 
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Posted: 2/21/05
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Posted: 3/1/05
D60 toner from spicer, and new magnetic pickup from ford. Part numbers visible. | 
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Posted: 3/1/05
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Posted: 2/21/05
will be drilling a 13/16" hole up top to mount the VSS sensor. | 
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Posted: 3/1/05
I did grind the diff for clearance. Ground my current 8.8 as well. Best I can measure there is 1/8... | 
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Posted: 4/11/05
Cut off old low hanging shock mount and fabbed these up out of 2x2 x .25" square tube. | 
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Posted: 4/11/05
Detroit locker. I pulled this so we could press the toner ring on. | 
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Posted: 4/11/05
shot of toner, with VSS sensor mounted up top. got the air gap between to apx. 1mm. | 
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Posted: 4/11/05
another shot of sensor mounting | 
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Posted: 4/11/05
D60 about ready, you can also see I welded on some new 1/4" flat plate to the spring perches after s... |
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Posted: 4/12/05
Fabbed upper ubolt plate, 3/8" with 1/4" risers and offset 1" center hole for the ORD zero rate leaf... | 
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Posted: 4/12/05
overall shot. Shows clearance of shock mounts. | 
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Posted: 4/12/05
VSS sensor mounted on top of diff. | 
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Now using Ujoint "ubolt" type connector (1330 series) instead of flange. | 
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Posted: 4/12/05
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close up of caliper. no more than 1/8" clearance to rim. | 
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Posted: 4/12/05
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Posted: 4/12/05
Right now, until front is converted, it's 8 lug rear, and 5 lug front. | 
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Posted: 4/12/05
Speaking of front, here are many of the components that can be had "used". D44 78-79 housing, every... | 
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Posted: 4/12/05
Chevy Flat Tops. Going to use PartsMike.com stuff for high steer. |
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Posted: 4/22/05
E4OD Crossmember mod needed on pass side for Cage Radius Arms | 
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Posted: 5/26/05
D44 cleaned up, ready for paint. this is my garage "staging" area. | 
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Posted: 5/26/05
As part of the front SAS, I will be cutting the xmember, so the power steering tube needs to go, in ... | 
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Posted: 5/26/05
Hard to tell here, but the 8 lug 3/4T chevy hub and rotor is beefier, as evidenced by it weighing in... | 
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Posted: 5/26/05
again a bit tough to tell, but the big bearing chevy 44 spindle on the left uses a bigger inner bear... |
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Posted: 5/26/05
Drivers inner D44 TTB top and the 3.25" longer '78 bottom. This is evidence the diff sits this more ... | 
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Posted: 6/14/05
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Posted: 6/15/05
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Posted: 6/28/05
Axle all ready to be put under | 
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Posted: 6/28/05
TTB was taken out, upper coil mounts off, ready to begin putting new '78 solid D44 under truck. | 
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Posted: 6/28/05
My old Rancho 4" coil used thicker coil rod, but was only 19" in length (compressed to 15.5"). Supe... | 
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Posted: 6/28/05
This was the final design of the E4OD crossmember. Had to do this since the cage arms and mounting ... | 
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Posted: 6/28/05
locating axle under truck |
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shot before coil was in, and caliper not mounted yet. I had already pre-ground the caliper and moun... | 
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Posted: 6/28/05
caliper mounted. used a superlift stainless line meant for 8-12" lifted cheb. K20 truck, measures 3... | 
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Posted: 6/28/05
cage radius arm and mounting bracket now sit about 3/4" inch in front of the e4OD xmember | 
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Posted: 7/3/05
with weight on the coils, I had from what others had experieced, the same superflex bow problem. | 
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Posted: 7/3/05
this is after the fix, wedge in bottom welded to the cup, made a new upper attaching strap, and adde... |
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Posted: 7/9/05
all done, except for some tuning on all the work. | 
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Posted: 7/9/05
go to subsection after SAS flex misc. pics for better shots. | 
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Posted: 8/7/05
Track bar. Originally tried using the stock 78-79 bar. I redid that and now am running 1.125 DOM (... | 
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Posted: 8/7/05
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Posted: 9/2/05
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Posted: 11/3/05
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Posted: 12/23/05
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Posted: 1/23/06
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Posted: 1/25/06
I don't have the hi steer arms on at this time, clearance issues. This pic just for reference on h... | 
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Posted: 3/5/06
D44 8 lug outer...inner larger bearing race. | 
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Posted: 6/14/07
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Posted: 2/12/08
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Posted: 2/12/08
D60 rear with detroit and toner ring added |
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Posted: 2/18/08
78-79 D44 front with the unusual "chip", but it's there for a purpose. | | | | |
SAS-D44/D60FF swap