My Dana turdy polishing job

Well, I decided to do some Dana turdy polishing.. and I thought I'd share my achievements with you all.

First.. I have a 89 XJ with a vacuum disco dana 30. I wanted to upgrade, and get rid of the disco feature. That was a simple upgrade.. I grabbed some 297x ujoint shafts out of a ZJ at the local wrecking yard.



I got a pic of the old shafts, new ones went in right away.. before I could take a picture

At the time, I decided to go ahead and add a front locker as well. I decided on the Aussie locker.



Installation was easy.. hardest part was reading the instructions. It would be better if the instructions were application specific to the D30 only. I was jumping back and forth in the manual. Otherwise.. it was detailed.

I also bought a Rockcrusher cover to go with my locker install. I bought a package deal from nothridge4x4.com(a sponsor of ). I'd like to say they had good customer service, especially with email.

I got the cover raw, bare, in a box filled with peanuts. I got grade 8 bolts, a tube of black RTV, and a niffy sticker ! I decided I needed to finish it. I have powder coating equipment, so I powdered coated it.



The Cover got Argent Silver powder with a clear coat for better UV and abrasion protection. I also powdered the bolts and fill hole plug.



Here, I did a little bit of free hand painting.. I used some car paint - Black Acryllic Enamal. This part is not powder coated. I just bushed on some paint on the letters and around it.



pic with no bolts/plug.



The finished product ! Project Dana turdy polishing completed.

Well, I do have a few loose ends to finish - cover plate for the disco, etc..

If you guys would like a cover like mine, send me a PM and we'll talk.

:cheers:

sounds good, but i cant see the pics.

um... is that rusty looking stuff on the carrier rust? cause if it is, it shouldnt be

I'm polishing my turdy too.

You spent a lot less money. I'll probably break before you do too. Spiffy.

What powder coating equipment do you have? Is it inexpensive? That could be nifty..

so did you put in a new inner axel seal on the disco side?if so what did you use and how did you do it ?

I tried all of these before I bought a non disconnect housing.

cal said:

I tried all of these before I bought a non disconnect housing.

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Damn that garage looks strangly familiar for some reason....

Speaking of which.. I need to get a gear install done soon.

-C

i take it none worked well or at all ?

No, one of them worked and is still working - but I'm not sure which one it is. clean-rc could tell you - as thats his garage and he did the install.

-C

hope fully he'll post up the part#for us.

11771/40576S CR SEAL

This worked for me.

There are two seals when converting to a 1 piece shaft... one says "early" and the other says "late", although I'm not sure exactly what year they switched. The Early style is a National #471354 which is a 2.062" tube diameter, the Late style is a National #471763 which is a 2.0" tube diameter.

HTH, John

sweet thanks ! what tool did you use ? sorry to hijack

http://madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/technicalfiles/ARD30shafts297andSeals/D30shafts297andSeals.htm
hope that's all that you need.

twisted_ed said:

um... is that rusty looking stuff on the carrier rust? cause if it is, it shouldnt be

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That's the new halloween pumpkin grinder edition d-30......

Cal: I bought all my powder coating equipment though eastwood.com.. prices arent bad I dont think. Its a hobby thing.. takes time and patience to do it. 2 things that set me back are, the oven size I have, and the cost of stripping items to bare metal. But there are alot of benifits to power coating..

chrslefty: I got a tip that the stock seal will work fine. I'll be watching my axles to see if it leaks. I hope it'll work.. other wise I'll be changing seals.

For those who have seal PN's how am I gonna get a parts monkey to get this seal for me ? Perhaps there is a specific application that the seal goes with ?

A decent parts monkey should be able to find it... Try NAPA they are better than most.