Continuing on with axle install, again last week everyday after work I out a few hours in wrapping up parts & hooking things back up,
Starting with wheel tethers, I run down & cut all the parts out, the following night I got them all cleaned up, & tacked together, I even got 4 welded out before calling it a night.
I have to post this pic just to trigger the internet welders,
It really bothers some some folks that I didn't burn edge to edge on that fillet,
Truthfully I know it's strong enough for the application, & I just wanted to see if there was enough time & materials difference to be worth running a smaller bean on all the passes on all the parts,
I wasn't worth the time, the rest of the parts were welded edge to edge,
Once the tethers were finished I moved on to plumbing,
By my last work day I both front & rear steering plumbed a long with the brakes,
That lead into days off, where the first one was started with a trip to the bulk fuel distributor about 100 miles east, & having a couple 55 gallon drums filled with methanol. After getting back to the shop I messed with the rear steer RTC,,, until the power went out, since the whole town was down, the kiddo & I loaded up & ran into town & bought all the paint & oil we were thinking we'd need to wrap this thing up. By the time we got back to the shop the second time, the power was back on & the RTC stuff wrapped up,
I had a couple friends rolling into town to help out for a few so while I waited for them to show up late, I got started on driveline cages,
The next day I continued with driveline cages, while my buddy Ben (normally co-driver at Havoc) cleaned up the tether parts & spritzed a little blue paint on them,
By the time the cages were done, the tethers were dry, & installed,
Only part of the D-line cages got any paint, mostly cause I'm simply running out of time,
That night we tired the truck down, & got the diffs & planetaries filled with oil,
Sunday morning company left & I was back to working solo, I decided to tackle the tire rack for my trailer,
I can only get two tires inside the trailer, so I whipped up a rack on the back door that will haul two tires outside,
It's pretty simple, after closing the door about 75%, the tires can be rolled into the tire rack, as you finish closing the door it lifts the tires about 18" off the ground,
I still have to add a couple D-rings the the main rear trailer structure, that way I can tie the tires down without actually putting the full load on the door/pins.
Yesterday was my last day off, & that time was spent going over the valve lash/rockers, changing oil, & firing the truck up to make sure everything goes the right direction,
I turned the truck around in the shop, moved the trailer outside the main door, & winched the truck into the trailer,
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