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Will it ever hit the highway???

That's what I was thinking... 

Rubber bungie strap, $1 and will last forever. 

Ryan, time wise (between rain) only took about 30 minutes....

Got a break in the rain so I pulled the cover.    My welds were starting to come apart.  I had just filled in between the teeth.   The gears slid out & the new gears slid right in.  Cleaned the inside & new fluid....  Like a new truck. 

Next on the to do list is install new spider gears in the rearend.  The Lincoln locked rear is very annoying...  Makes the truck jump when turning.   Don't wanna bust an axle since parts are hard to come by.   Ordered a new set of spider gears off Amazon. Now just to wait for the rain to let up so I can get under the truck to fix...

Ordered Saturday delivered today.  Now if the rain will go away I can install this weekend....  I need 85-140 gearoil right???

My problem is working a 4 on & 2 off schedule.  I get time off but have to get kid from school during the weekdays off or on a weekend I'm taking these girls to whatever they have going....  I'm ready for a camping trip.... 

That's cool.   I just don't have time off to make a trip & buy an axle to replace the current one...  I never thought of eBay. I hate I though...  I love Amazon..lol.  I found  the same thing  for same price there + free shipping. Whoo hoo!!!   Thanks guys...

Well, looks as if only other axle I have is a 10 bolt (8 3/4) so I'm outta luck here...  Ryan, what ya want for the spider gears outta the 12 bolt??  Think we could talk Noah into pulling the spiders ( all 4) and ship to me??  I'll cover shipping... 

Quote from: rjtx667 on March 04, 2016, 07:41:46 AM
I have 2 spare dana 60's at Noah's place.

I think both are 4.10 gears.

One is a HD version, the other just a standard version.

I also have a 9.25 HD... but it was in too bad of shape to use, hence why I ended up with 3 Dana 60's.

I can't recall which part was broke.. the spiders might have been ok?

Was the axles any good in the 9 1/4??  Would ya consider getting rid of the axles & spiders as a backup set for me?? 

Quote from: ProjectPW on March 04, 2016, 07:34:36 AM
It is a 9.25 chrysler. As far as I know all the guts interchange with a standard 5 lug 9.25 of the same vintage.

That's awesome... So the only difference is the axles themselves??  I think I have another axle in the pasture, I guess I'll pull the cover and see...  So the axle splines count should be the same too I hope...

Ok guys.  My ramcharger is an 8 lug setup, but it's not a
Dana 60, it's the light duty semi floater.  Any body know
what this thing is??  Reason I'm asking is I wanna go
open diff again and would love to find another rear axle  to get spider  gears from & replace my welded ones....  Any ideas???

I know its been a while but life keeps rolling,  I have recently made a major change in the old goat.
I have been looking for new (to me) tires 35"-37" for a 16" rim with no good results.
The tires on the old goat were getting really bad shape.  I ran across a set of 20" wheels & tires for cheap so I jumped on em... I then placed the old 36"s on a facebook trade site & sold em for $200 within 2 days....
Now they kinda look about right on the old goat to me since the paint on the truck is bubbled & faded,
the chrome on the rims have a few peeling spots & has some oxidation here & there.. So its not all about
the bling..LOL

For reference the 16" are 36" tires & the 20"s are equal to 35"  I have also cut the centers of the front covers to allow access to the lockouts.

Great find..  I know my 82 has a 360 & runs 100% better with a quadrajet than a Holly..  Good luck on the build....