Front: EB D44 Converted to Disks, 5.13's, Detroit TruTrac, 5.5" James Duff Coils, Wristed passenger radius arm.

Rear: 8.8 Welded, 5.13's, 63" chevy springs with overload cut down and leaf removed+belltech 6400 shackles

36x12.5r15 Bias TSL's

 

sitting that long, you can almost guarantee there are flat spots, although you usually feel those at low speed, like even 5mph you should feel them...

 

I ment like cut that fugly crossmember out and replace it with an atractive tube one or somthing. You should extend those arms too and you'll pull some more flex out of them.

 

The point of a wristed arm is so you get the benefit of long arms without the clearance loss. This is how i will stay for now.

 

Nice I saw your thread on Pirate.

 

mmm beefy

 

looks very beefy

 

Love it

 

little off topic, but has anyone ever had their warn hubs, get turned to unlock, by rubbing up against something or being in mud or something like that, while 4x4ing?

 

Ive never seen it. The ones on my old Chevy, you had to push them in a bit then turn them. But it takes a bit to turn them as it is.

 

looks good man! now cut them fenders!


my warns that take a full complete turn did unlock once, caught it on a rock and it spun it back to free. doesnt happen often though...

 

Trimmed the front a lot today. Folded it back nice and everything but I'm just not a fan of no flares on this gen. I'm gonna paint it tomorrow as the paint chipped while bending it and I sanded it. Any tips on flares that could work and not look ridic? I wont use garden fence or bushwackers. Rear I just took a little off the back corner because its setup for 90% droop rather than uptravel.





Made this temporary shock setup to get me through winter. Limits flex but will be all redone when I get my fox shocks in the spring. Came out nice though for a temporary fix. Theyre suburban shocks and ride STIFF



Heres the tranny x member I built. All 1/4" or 1/4" wall. Ties both radius arm brackets together as well to keep them stiff and prevent the frame from bending. Not the prettiest but it works and is way better than the flimsy stock one.




Trac bar



Wheelin pics soon

 

Looks like a good solid setup... I can't wait to score a find on some 76-77 Bronco axles(both D44 and 9") and then start the axle rebuilt and swap inot my truck!

 

nice! good luck with those axle shafts haha


and I never had a warn "unlock" but i grenaded the internals of one once. it worked as far i knew until i got home, went to pull the axle apart to clean it up and bam, tons of metal from the exploded Warn inside my hub :(

 

doesn't that trac bar hit the crossmember?
lets see some closer pics of the radius arms
and do you have one wristed?

good work

 

yes, he does have one wristed...

nice look xmember, that braided steel hose, is that the breather for the diff?

 

No brake line. It comes down to that braided line, then the braided line has a T fitting so it splits off L and R then there is a section of hard line, then soft lines at each side so it can turn back and forth. Not the conventional front setup.

Shocks max before trac bar hits x member

 

ahhh makes sense... i guess it goes without saying you don't have abs on this one eh?

where is your spedo pickup? stock it's on the wheels, isn't it? (mine is)

 

Your ABS is on the wheels dude, not the speed sensor. On earlier models there is a speed sensor in the tail housing of either the Trans (2WD) or t-case (4WD), Later models use the tone ring in the rear axle housing to send a signal to the speedometer.

 

i was under the belief that the ABS sensors doubled as speed sensors, as if you do the abs disconnect switch mod, you also disable your spedo...

 

Na gotta remember this is a 96. Actually took the whole ABS box out and just plumbed the lines straight off the master cyl to front and rear. Speedo not effected.

 

i figured yours was seperate... either way, good to hear it all worked out for ya...

 

looks good what size are them rubbers?

 

36x12.5 bias

 

how did you fold the fenders in? can you give me some closer pics?