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:
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: