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trussing an axle and new skid plate

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DesertRunner said:
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now shes ready for paint!
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That looks friggin great man!
 
Re: trussing a axle and new skid plate

crazyjim said:
That looks friggin great man!
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thanks!
aparke4 said:
I agree - I would like to make a pinion skid for my 44 - I have a friend with a tig but i have not gotten around to it yet

are you going to plate in the tube?
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i didn't tig any of that. i wish i had a tig! im going to leave the tube as it i only used plate on the bottom to keep as much ground clearance as possible. i use the jeep as a dual sport rocks and dezert so ground clearance is important to me.

should have painted pictures of it under the jeep next week! i work till monday....

hopefully i dont bend this one!
-Chad
 
Re: trussing a axle and new skid plate

Should have made a small trip east... I have a TIG you could use...:D

Justin
 
Re: trussing a axle and new skid plate

cool man thanks for the ideas! I think I am going to make a skid for mine - the only skid for a 44 is the one by AEV? and it is around 300 and bolt on...
 
Re: trussing a axle and new skid plate

all you need are dimple dies and you will have the phone numbers just fallin out of your pockets.

I dig it, the skid is the sickness and the top is primo!
 
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thanks guys!

slcpunk74 said:
all you need are dimple dies and you will have the phone numbers just fallin out of your pockets.

I dig it, the skid is the sickness and the top is primo!
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dimple dies are so expensive! some day they will make it to the top of my list!
 
Re: trussing a axle and new skid plate

DesertRunner said:
thanks guys!



dimple dies are so expensive! some day they will make it to the top of my list!
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Chech ebay. Im about to buy some from a guy on there, they have heat treated and 1018.
 
Re: trussing a axle and new skid plate

ok so the axel is filled with a new gasket painted and ready for me to hook the brake lines up. but i ran across one delimma does anyone know the size of a spring bolt (that centers the spring on the pearch) on the deaver 9 leaf pack. i remember it was larger than stock but cant member what size. i measured the hole on the d44 pearch it was 5/8.... just want to know if i need to ream the hole before i try to bolt it up?
thanks,
-chad
 
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Re: trussing a axle and new skid plate

sweet thanks! then maybe tommorow night it will be in its new home!
 
ok i gotta admit i got antcy!
full droop
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at ride hight
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got the drive shaft in today... kinda worried the drive shaft is in farther than it was before.... not sure how much the slip yoke moves through the travel.

any one running a aw4 242 d35 drive shaft with a d44?
 
DesertRunner said:
got the drive shaft in today... kinda worried the drive shaft is in farther than it was before.... not sure how much the slip yoke moves through the travel.

any one running a aw4 242 d35 drive shaft with a d44?
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No but Im running a hack&tap with a stock front shaft on my xj44 with about 5-6" lift FWIW.
 
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