Humvee post #7

I finally started cutting some tubing.

Humvee post #6

Today I started cleaning up the front kick panels and removing the broken rivets from the rocker panels.

Body work

I dragged the hmmwv body panels out of storage and started cleaning them up. These are quite filthy and will require extensive cleaning. The panels may look good from a distance but they are quite beat up. I started to straighten out the smaller panels tonight.

Axle pt 39

After I installed the tie rod I noticed that it made contact with the diff cover when the wheels were all full lock when turned left. I removed the cover, heated the area put the small left over piece of DOM on it and pounded on it for quite some time. The next day I cleaned up the cover,  painted it and installed it.

Hood #2

I found another Humvee hood a couple hours from me... so naturally I bought it. The damage on this one should be easier to fix than my other hood.

Warn

A buddy of mine stopped by to the other day and gave me these! Brand new, I am quite exited!

The new hubs came with a different style retaining ring which were a major PIA to install especially on the side with all the chisel damage. After I installed the hubs I noticed the they were not engaging the spindals when locked. I dissembled everything and counted the splines and sure enough these hubs are 35 spline for a later model ford. I disassembled the Warn and stock locking hubs and checked snap-ring tolerances and they were identical. I swapped out the inner splined piece and reassembled everything and now they work properly. 

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Axle pt 38

Here are a couple shot of the brakes going back on. I also cut the tie rod to length  and mocked it up.

I initially TIG welded the the threaded inserts but I felt I need needed more weld (this is the  steering after all) I laid a MIG bead over the top (its not pretty but it should hold). This new Millermatic 211 is a pretty sweet machine!