Solid Axle Swap BS Thread

I don't think they sell them anymore. I bought a "Thin wall' on Amazon that isn't. Its just a stanard thickness chrome socket. I checked the Snap-On and Matco catalogues online and dont see anything. I'm gonna take a spacer from the front to Lowes, Sears and Northen tool and see if I can find a socket to fit. Might even let my buddy with a lathe try to turn one down.

Push come to shove I'll take a box of cutoff whells to the bitch and cut through the spacers and all the studs. But I REALLY don't wanna do that

 

If it works you will be like all the time haha

What materials are spacers made of? Can you bastardize them with a torch?

 

They're aluminum. I'm tempted to try to melt them away with the torch, but I'm told it won't work

 

So how do people cut strong pieces of aluminum? There must be something that work lol

 

honestly just buy a "thin" wall socket take a flapper disk to it and you'll be golden. If the easy way doesn't work then you can always get creative with a wide vane bur bit for and air dremmal tool.

 

The thin wall socket option was already recommended but he said they don't sell them anywhere

 

hence the "thin" and taking a flapper disc to it to make it thin.

 

Got you LOL. I read that too fast the first time around

 

Just like a D60 Pinion Nut socket

 

I got a flip socket from low range Offroad that is thin and made for those nuts. It's 19 and 21 mm

 

I havent had an issue ever but i have like 80K in tools so it's not hard to find the right tool for the job.

 

I think I have the problem figured out and solved but I won't know for sure till I go back to the truck and try it

 

Bought a 13/16 socket which is the biggest thing I can fit it the spacer and hogged out the inside. Modern sockets have rounded edges to prevent the corners of bolts from rounding but it means the socket has to be thicker. I figure if I knock those high spots down with the dremel it might fit over a bigger nut. Hope this works

 

Finally happening

 

Hell yeah!! I wish I'd gone this route

 

Damn, you must have really well equipped garage. That's a dream of mine to have a garage with hydraulic lift and a shit ton of tons at my disposal.

Awesome!

Would you mind sharing your thought process as you selected the 4spd with that gearing?

I debated for a while but ended up with a 2spd atlas, after receiving advise from multiple individuals that affirmed a 2spd would be a better choice for my specific application. The gears on the 4spd are either too close to each other on one end, or way to far on the other end. This might work well in a vehicle with a different configuration, but with my 2.7 5spd running on 40"s the 2spd Altas does not have as much gear overlap.

Looking forward to hearing your opinions.

 

Anyone know if they make an adapter for the 6 speed trucks

 

I work at a shop with 4 2 post lifts and we have a sister shop with a 4 post and alignment rack. It's a must to have lots of tools. My dad and i have a shop with a two post lift and i don't even wanna think about how much into that shop.

 

I really just did a lot of research on what other similar trucks had for dual t-case gearing (mine is a 3.4/r150f 5-speed with 4.88s in the axles). I saw a lot of guys running dual yota cases with 2.28s and 4.7 gears in the cases and they seemed very happy with that setup so I went with the 2.72 and 3.8 gearing which is 10.34 in double low. I'm not running a lot of high traction trails like the west guys but I plan on it. I have some ratio options written down at home that I'll post when I get home.

 

I did the 2.72 and the 3.0. great new is if i want to jump to the 3.8 in the rear case i can do that later in life, for now though i actually love having that gearing because depending on what tire size im running i can be very close to a factory 4low gearing and performance. The 3.0 is perfect with my 42's and on 39's the 2.72 is perfect. it's 8.0 in double low and thats stupid slow esp. with the auto. My max speed in double low is 25 mph in overdrive and bouncing of the revlimiter.