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Adventures with Peggy's jeep.

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Also forgot to add that the e350 FF 60 has big bore spindles from the factory. This allows you to run 35 spline axles without boring the spindles. Moser did a great job on shortening the front. I will get some 35 spline chromoly axles made after getting the axle tube shortened.
 

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I brought the rear 60 to a local hot rod shop to be shortened on Friday. I brought a piece of 2 1/2” schedule 40 pipe (not tube) to sleeve the joint. This measured at 2.875” OD. They turned it down about an 1/8” to give a snug fit inside the axle tube. Probably overkill as they shorten 9” SF housings for 2000 hp cars with a butt weld. They did joke a bit about me using this 60 for a 165 hp v6.

This should be right at 62” WMS now with the pinion 1” offset to the drivers side.

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I don’t know if I’ll ever need the factory differential mounted speed sensor, but I’ll try to keep it. Never know what the future brings.

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Now I will wait until the sales at the end of the week. Next up is locker, gears and install kit!
 

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I brought the rear 60 to a local hot rod shop to be shortened on Friday. I brought a piece of 2 1/2” schedule 40 pipe (not tube) to sleeve the joint. This measured at 2.875” OD. They turned it down about an 1/8” to give a snug fit inside the axle tube. Probably overkill as they shorten 9” SF housings for 2000 hp cars with a butt weld. They did joke a bit about me using this 60 for a 165 hp v6.

This should be right at 62” WMS now with the pinion 1” offset to the drivers side.

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I don’t know if I’ll ever need the factory differential mounted speed sensor, but I’ll try to keep it. Never know what the future brings.

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Now I will wait until the sales at the end of the week. Next up is locker, gears and install kit!
The only think that beats kill is overkill! No one ever said “I built that too strong”! Good job!
 

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Felt weird taking something to a shop. They did a solid job though. I don’t think I could have gotten it nearly this straight.

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Next is cleaning the inside with my modified “dingle ball” hone. I spray the inside with a few chemicals like brake clean, simple green then hone for a while. Then I wash it out with soap. Really seems to clean the inside nicely. Blow dry with compressed air then spray with WD40 to hopefully keep rust at bay.

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There is some pitting on the drivers side wheel seal surface. I cleaned it up, but it still isn’t perfect.

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Should have snagged an after. It’s pretty decent now, but not as good as I would like.
 

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Felt weird taking something to a shop. They did a solid job though. I don’t think I could have gotten it nearly this straight.

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Next is cleaning the inside with my modified “dingle ball” hone. I spray the inside with a few chemicals like brake clean, simple green then hone for a while. Then I wash it out with soap. Really seems to clean the inside nicely. Blow dry with compressed air then spray with WD40 to hopefully keep rust at bay.

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There is some pitting on the drivers side wheel seal surface. I cleaned it up, but it still isn’t perfect.

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Should have snagged an after. It’s pretty decent now, but not as good as I would like.

The lines/grooves are more concerning. See if you can put a "speedi-sleeve" over the seal surface of the spindle.
 

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The lines/grooves are more concerning. See if you can put a "speedi-sleeve" over the seal surface of the spindle.

I know you are right. I need to find a descent source for them. I've bought new parts for everything else, I don't want to be changing leaky seals on my new brakes after 50 miles...
 

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Ox #2 came in!

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Probably for the best that I did the front 44 first. If I had them side by side I probably would have talked myself into a 60 for the front as well.

Not much else new around here. I need to plan for the steering changes. I am planning on running stock, or as close to it as possible, steering components.

That said I cut 4.4” off the axle. I am going to try and run a stock waggy tie rod end. It is 4” shorter. This should be the easiest/quickest way.

waggy - 46.50”
J10 - 50.46”

I will either run a parts mike pitman, or a stock waggy/j10 pitman arm.

The tie rod may be an issue. If it is too long I can cut it down and have a shop thread the end. Hopefully there is enough adjustment. My goal with everything on the Jeep is to have good parts availability.
 

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Dont know if you heard of Belzona. Machinable. Or fill the groves and sand. Will stand up to the bearing pressure. Quite remarkable what I have seen it used for.
 

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Dont know if you heard of Belzona. Machinable. Or fill the groves and sand. Will stand up to the bearing pressure. Quite remarkable what I have seen it used for.

I haven’t seen that before. That’s another good option, although I can’t find it for sale in smaller sizes. I will probably have to spend the $50 on a pair of speedy sleeves. The repairs Belzona shows in their videos are crazy though.
 

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Finally getting around to working on the 60. I started fitting the bearings and oil slingers. Immediately saw than I was sent the wrong inner pinion bearing. Called OX, they overnighted the correct one. It was a USA standard kit that was vac packed, must have been a mixup at the factory.

Noticed a few quirks with the ford 60 rear. The carrier was 32 spline. It also had thick shims on both sides outside of the carrier bearing races in addition to the normal shims. Lastly, it didn’t have an oil slinger. I installed one with the new bearings. I’ve read that they can help keep the bearings oiled when the axle is rotated up. Not sure if it’s true, but I went with it.

I have 2 60s to install lockers in. I made some set up bearings. I should have done this with the 44. It’s way faster and easier to make changes. I then grabbed a handful of shims and tested a pattern. Took a few swaps to get .007 backlash, then ended up with this.

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It is very slightly deep, but close for the first attempt. Tried using my air hammer to the pinion. Much better than the manual hammer method.

Also measured for axle shafts. 32.5” driver and 35” pax.

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I’ll call moser and place an order for the axles either tomorrow or next week. Feels good to start making progress again.
 

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Decided to take 2 or 3 thou out of pinion depth. After installing the new race it looked a shade deeper yet. Measured about 24 in lbs of rotational force on the pinion. Aimed for 7-8 thou backlash. Added 15 thou for carrier preload and pressed on the bearings.

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Stretched the case just a little bit, thanks to @93_Fummins for the stretcher. It was a little small, but did aid with the job at hand.

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Final pattern installed and ready to go.

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With this completed I’ll move on to wheel bearings and brakes.
 

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Been making some progress on the less exciting things. Started out with a pile of dirty parts. Then cleaned for a while.

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Then took a pile of new parts and started assembly.

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I haven’t painted the axle yet as I need to weld on the spring perches.

I have also been doing a bit of parts searching and got a set of these.
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Probably larger than I want/need. But they are round and hold air, so I will use them while deciding which direction I want for my “final” wheel/tire package.
 

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Haven’t made as much progress as I would like. I did get some of the required parts.

First were the 35 spline moser axles.
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Pretty large. Should hold up to all 160 hp of the mighty 4.3. Unfortunately one of the axles was cut too short. Back to moser it went for a replacement. Not a big deal, it happens.

Next I decided to get some basic 16” steel wheels. I’ll move my existing 33” nitto mud grapplers over to these wheels. Should be fine until I decide what tires I would like to run on the H1 wheels.
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With my 62.5” WMS I should be right at 74” overall width. Added bonus that it will still
Fit on my 77” wide trailer.

Next up is brake master cylinder selection. I am thinking a 1978 corvette master should work. It is 1 1/8” bore with discs front and rear. I was planning on running the stock sized jb6 calipers. I’ve since decided to run the larger jb7 as I need new calipers and pads anyways.
 
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I welded up some spring perches for the rear.
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Then decided to add some class to my neighborhood. I am super lucky to have very tolerant neighbors...

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Now the “fun” part. Installing, setting pinion angle then removing and reinstalling the axle.
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After tacking and removing I averaged the angles and placement of the spring perches and mounted them as accurately as I could.

The 60 is a bit tight around the tank. We will see if this causes issues.
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Then I drove around like this for a week while gathering parts and finishing the front axle.

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Drove ok, was still waiting on shock mounts. I replaced the brake master with a 1978 corvette 1 1/8” disc/disc master and a disc/disc prop valve.
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Was debating on different options for steering. Admittedly most of this was due to project fatigue and trying to stop the financial bleeding. In the end I called parts mike and got their normal SUA 4” lift dana 44 CJ steering setup.

This included a new cast/tapped flat top knuckle and a high steer arm.
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In this picture you can see why I am a couple inches wider than normal. The 3/4 ton hubs add some width.
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After I removed the old knuckle and installed the new it was time to start the swap.
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The swap was pretty uneventful. I used the original spring perches. I opened the mounting holes with a carbide burr. Learned that I should have started using carbide burrs years ago.
 

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I had the steering threaded bungs TIG welded by the same shop as my rear axle. $75 at this point to sleep better at night was money well spent.

I got everything mocked up and in place. Then set about 1/8” toe in.

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Steering wheel looked like this:

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Took the wheel off to try and perfectly center the box. There are a few splines that work when pulling the wheel. In hindsight this was unnecessary. I wasn’t quite getting full lock to lock. That was caused by shackle flex when turning while stationary. While apart I broke this:
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Normally I would just buy the new part, but it wasn’t available for a couple days. Used the old string and super glue trick. Should work for another 10 years.
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Now with the front and rear installed I started on the air system so I can test the lockers.

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After:
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Not sure the hose would hold up to the heat, this is more for mock up than a permanent solution. Air then goes across to the manifold.
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Air lines go to the rear tank and to the lockers and gauge inside. I did add a check valve as the York did leak air after it shut off. Still need to add a filter.

I made a quick panel for my in cab winch and all of the air controls. Decided to add some USB charge ports and a 12v plug.
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I made a really simple air tank mount. Didn’t even need to drill a single hole. This is a Viair 2.5 gallon tank. I did shorten the legs by an inch. Fits great in an otherwise unused space.
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Still flat from the bumper to the fuel tank.
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I've been slacking at updates this spring. Decided to get new tailgate cables. Got my moneys worth out of the originals.

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Got the MORE relocation mount to hopefully correct the interference I was getting with the stock steering box location.

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Looks very different without the 8274 on the nose. I fixed the cutout on the crossmember while I had the 8274 off.

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Twisted off one of the two shackle mount bolts. Looks like I have oil leaks everywhere. Before starting I soaked the bolts with penetrating oil. These are some of the last bolts I haven't touched on the Jeep.

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Having a welder makes life much easier for cases like this. I just welded a nut on the broken off bolt and it spun right out.

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The instructions for the MORE mount say to invert the bracket to use as a template. It was hitting my turn signal. Rather than remove that I just made a quick wooden template and drilled to 1/2" as recommended.

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Then the fun part. You need to do a fair amount of cutting to the crossmember in order for the pressure and return lines to clear. The return line only needed slight trimming of the rolled lip. Make sure to move your passenger side front brake line or you will have another project for the day.

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It takes about this many tools for this project.

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The instructions recommend reinforcing the crossmember. I used some 1/2" rod. I did need to clearance it as it interfered with the MORE mount. It was a time consuming install. Each time I wanted to check for clearance the steering box needed to be bolted to the mount prior to bolting the mount to the frame. All in all it was a good update.

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This is with the front right bottomed out. Looks to have alleviated the issue. I also checked full bump on passenger side. The drag link gets within 1/2" of the frame. This isn't the only way, but it appears to be a very good option for D44 steering in a CJ.

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My reward at the end of this project.

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