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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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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…
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – Track Bar:
After fighting doing what I could to solve my death sway issue with the rear (Added rear leafs, played with the shocks, etc) I turned my attention to the front end. Now I knew my front shackle setup was causing some of my vague steering that I was experiencing, I didn’t realize how bad it actually was until I added this track bar. Adding this track bar solved my death sway issue. Onto the photos! During lunch I borrowed some…
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – Front Shock Mounts
Using some 2” x 2” x ¼” wall tube, I made up some quick axle shock mounts: (hmm… looks like those photos were ate by the internet, just us your imagination).. I then used some 3” channel to make the frame side shock mounts: After those were burned together, I slapped them on the truck. I’ll probably wind up adding a gusset or two to the frame side, but I’ll hold off until I get a chance to flex it…