Axle pt25

I pulled the diff cover and carrier today. The diff cover came off quite easily but the carrier was stubborn. 

Axle pt24

I welded a piece of 1/4" steel plate inside of the coil perch supports. This is basically redundant bracing and will give the supports more rigidity. 

Axle pt 23

I cleaned up the axle a bit today as well as removed the angle iron I had tack welded in place to keep the proper width for my control arms.

Axle pt22

I finished disassembling the hubs today. The seals were very stubborn, I hit then with some penetrating oil, let them sit for an hour and then took a pry bar to them. Still so luck...so out came the hand sledge. After a little "persuading" the seals broke loose and came out. The bearing are still in good shape and there was plenty of grease inside the hub. I took the hubs to a DIY car wash place and gave them a good power-washing. When I got back home I dried the hubs off, wiped them down with lacquer thinner and sprayed them with WD40 to keep them from rusting. 

Tire troubles

Eli was driving on the freeway the other day when his passenger rear tire decided to come apart and start beating the side of his truck. He pulled over cut off the flapping tread and drove home. 

Axle pt 21

I finally got around to welding in some more bracing for the coil perches.

Trippin

I have been traveling for work recently. For those of you that live in areas where it regularly drops below 0, I don't know how you do it. Here is a shot of the finished king pin knuckles.