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Thanks for sharing. Interesting thought to put the bed floor over the top of the support and just cut out the portion of that roll over that would interfere with the tailgate hinge. Very impressed by your body work and skill at replacing so many panels. I think I'm going to try to get the bed...

I got one of the front supports mounted last night. Will have to clean up the holes on the top of the floor pan from the old factory spot welds when I flip the tub back over. I need to remove / replace the floor pan on the drivers side before I can mount the new support over there.

Has anyone ever replaced the “rear tailgate support” (at least I think this is what it is called). See the photo below to give you reference of what I am referring to (the tub is upside down). I got it off the body but I did have to cut it in half to remove it after I drilled out countless...

I haven’t done as good of a job documenting all my body patches with photos. I tend to get in a groove and forget to take photos. Four of the capture nuts broke from the tub when I originally removed it. One in each of the supports under the cab area and both from the rear tailgate support...

Then finally, after 3 years of tearing it all apart, I had a rolling chassis the first week of January this year. New BDS YJ Spring conversion suspension on the frame. Went with the 3.5” YJ Springs and 1/2” shackles. I did have to trim the new spring perches back about 1/2” on either end...

Time flies…can’t believe its been two years since I posted on here. I’ve managed to continue to get work done on the jeep here and there. Starting to see some notable progress. Picking up from where I left off, I got the axles finished up (new gears, Tru Trac and disc conversion in the rear)...

What size shackles did you use with that BDS kit and did you have regular body mounts or any lift with those? I'm getting ready to order a similar suspension setup and planning to run 35's. Really like the stance you achieved. Great looking Scrambler, looks like the new owner is in for a...

Yep, that's exactly what I'm going for when I modify the current ones that I got from Barnes 4WD. They are really well made and robust. Its the same set for the AMC 20 and the Dana 30. I just wish they made the Dana 30 one like the photo of the one above so it would have the clearance without...

Been a while since my last post. I have the new spring perches on the AMC 20 tacked on. I need to get axles installed so I can mount the disc brake caliper brackets and then I'll be ready to paint it up. I have a bit of a problem on the Dana 30 spring perches. The passenger side...

Not sure how I've missed this thread until now. Enjoying one on my favorite IPA's tonight. Creature Comforts "Tropicalia" out of Athens, Ga.

Took advantage of the nice weather down here today and got some stuff sandblasted. Need to get the spring perches welded on my axle housings as well as the new caliper brackets on the rear and then I'll get everything primed and painted. Just the bare metal axle housing looks so much nicer.

Had a pretty good afternoon in the shop today. Started with a little cleanup and then spent some time around the press. I got the old u-joints out of my front axles. I forgot how much of a pain rusty u-joints can be to remove. After that I pressed the inner bearing onto the pinion and...

Made some progress tonight. Got the differential for the Wide Trac AMC 20 all dialed in. Only took two pinion depth adjustments tonight. These first two photos are after my first adjustment. If you compare them to the last attempt above, you can see that it moved some but still not enough...

Made a bit of positive progress this afternoon. After filing the back of the ring gear and mating surface of the carrier, I was able to get backlash readings at multiple points around the ring gear within .003" of each other. So far I've installed and removed the carrier at least 9 times, with...

Spent a few hours in the shop tonight but made little progress to no progress. :banghead: Does anyone know the factory tolerance for runout on the AMC 20 carrier? Or the acceptable variation in backlash as you measure around the ring? I have a brand new Detroit Tru-Trac, new bearings and a new...

Starting to make some noticeable progress which always helps with the motivation. The process of setting up new gears is actually lot less complicated than I originally thought. Once you understand the basic principles, its mainly just tedious work (as long as you have the right tools). Since...

This first axle that I am almost finished putting together was the original narrow trac axle that came under my Scrambler when I got it. I ended up getting a set of wide trac axles since then but the narrow tracs are still getting rebuilt and going under my CJ5. The only thing left to do on...

I got my pinion and carrier installed tonight. It took a tremendous amount of force to get the yoke fully seated on the pinion. I ended up breaking a 1/2" drive breaker bar trying to get the pinion nut torqued on. Switched over to a 3/4" breaker bar and a 4' pipe to get it fully torqued down...

Finally got all my parts and tools in that I ordered for the re-gear and found some time the past two nights to start the work. I'm starting with an AMC 20 and installing 4.10 gears and a Detroit Tru-Trac. I used the old inner pinion bearing race and outer pinion bearing to make setup parts...

Got the axle housing sandblasted last night. Next step is to "attempt" to do my first gear swap. Already have the new ring on the Tru-Trac and bearings pressed onto the carrier as well. If anyone has any advice for someone attempting this setup for the first time, please let me know. I've...