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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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I'll be doing this as soon as I find the right 8.8 to start with.
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 10:43 PM
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Me too. Salvages open here tomorrow and I'll be on the hunt.
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Bumpin this up for Travis to see so maybe he will post some more pic up and get this lil project finished.
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 06:24 AM
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Damn it kenny, you know on tuesdays I have to watch the kiddo so I cant get anything done with him... Hell Monday when the wife got home with him he ran straight for the torch saying preeeetttty. I've got my Buddys welder so tonight I can get something done if i dont have a heat stroke in the 97 degree weather.
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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Tell me about it, it was 92 today in gillette today and **** went down hill in a hurry when we had to give our track and time back at 1600... It was 1725 when we finnaly gave it back, im still waiting for the phone call with an *** chewing.
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 10:57 PM
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Tell bnsf to suck it. They will be ok its only hour and a half!

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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 11:00 PM
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Those are just teaser pics till i get it done. I had to quit tonight after I got that side done since my 2 year old thought he needed to stick his hand in the gears while I was rotating the axle. And don't mind the bird **** welds I used a 110 flux core to tack it so i can take it to work to fully weld it.
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 11:36 AM
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you dont think you needed a jig to keep everything straight and true? how much play is allowed with the axle into the carrier?
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I doubt its off enough to affect it very much if at all. And the clearance is about 1/2 I think
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 01:52 PM
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I doubt its off enough to affect it very much if at all. And the clearance is about 1/2 I think
Perfect! Cant wait to see what the torque arm mount looks like.
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 12:03 AM
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Perfect! Cant wait to see what the torque arm mount looks like.
Have you read any of the thread?

Hes doing mini ladder bar setup, so their is no TA. His axle tubes from the 10bolt fit snug into the tubes of the 8.8 so i doubt there is gonna be much issues with alignment.
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Old May 6, 2012 | 09:41 PM
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Ok the rearend is finished, I will do some editing of the thread and posting the pictures.
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Waiting!
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Old May 7, 2012 | 07:47 PM
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there ya go guitar
just have another pic or 2 to put on
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What no badass pic of the welds???
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Old May 7, 2012 | 08:56 PM
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they are just mig spot welds looks tig welded
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Nice man! Can't wait to hear how it feels when you get it installed.
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Old May 7, 2012 | 11:45 PM
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I need to save up $400 first for the bearing kit, girdle cover, carbon clutch kit, and the dom tubing and rod ends for the Pete z bars to get this baby movin out
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I would of used a truing bar or jig..... also the mini ladder bar ride and handling sucks... im using hiltsy mount , nice piece.
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