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The Lone Ranger – 60/14 Bolt swap – Stripping the Rear and Quick rear spring location for 115” WB
A brief period of dry timed allowed me to flip the truck around yesterday, so here’s a before and after shot for you. Pulled into the garage 2/15/11 looking like this: Flipped around 3/10/11 looking like this:
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The Lone Ranger – 60/14 Bolt swap – Quick rear mockup and Bed removal
Turns out pulling the bed off these trucks really is as easy as everyone says. I’m shocked at how light the thing is (If it wasn’t so awkward, I’m betting I could pick it up myself). Before pulling the bed, I took some measurements to try to figure out where I want the rear axle to wind up sitting, as well as what my final wheel base would be. Ideally, I’m shooting for 110-115” WB when I’m done, time will…
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ORT – Washita 1/1/11 – NYD
Another trip to my favorite park in the ’87 XJ for our annual “NYD” run down to the park We traveled about 8 miles during our annual trip to the park: Everyone playing on the poser area: The 3 ton XJ playing on a little larger ledge by captains rock: And a short vid of “lead foot” 😆 : Slideshow of all the photos
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – HP Dana 60 Swap
I’d said more than once that I would rock the 44 until it gave me too many problems. After replacing ball joints, and killing the high steer, I’d finally had enough. So in came the ‘78 Dana 60:
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – “K” Member Trimming
As with most SAS’s, the K member needed to be trimmed up some to make room for the high steer linkage as well as some clearance for the pumpkin under full compression. Since I’m running full width axles, I don’t think I’ll have to get too crazy with the trimming. While I had the axle out of the way, I figured I’d take a whack at it to get started on it as it was easily accessible. I won’t know…