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elbastardo

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I just picked up my first binder:cornut: I.....we, just picked up a 67 800 tera, its a 4cyl 3spd d20. It has the d27 closed knuckle front. I plan on leaving the drive train the way it is, the motor seems strong and the tranny feels very tight. But the brakes need work, and the guy I bought the Scout from claimed it had death wobble. But given a a Scout caster angle plus 4" "lift" shackles, I can see a problem already.

This rig would be for us (wife and 2 kids trail stuff and dd). But as the guy doing the maintainance on the rig I feel like an open kunckle 44 disc brake would be in order, and possibly a shackle reversable. My wife dosent want me to make the rig "like you do".

I (my wife) would like to run a rig with 33s or so and not too much lift. I have a couple of Chevy front 44s around (3/4 tons),
I just watched the 800 project on extreme 4x4 (thanks for the help ian and IHOnly)

is a waggy front easier to work with than a reworked Chevy 44?

To be honest, I just need some good input on the direction I might go for an upgraded system after the drive train.

Thanks for the help:cornut: ill need much more help in the days to come:crazy:
 
elbastardo said:
I just picked up my first binder:cornut: I.....we, just picked up a 67 800 tera, its a 4cyl 3spd d20. It has the d27 closed knuckle front. I plan on leaving the drive train the way it is, the motor seems strong and the tranny feels very tight. But the brakes need work, and the guy I bought the Scout from claimed it had death wobble. But given a a Scout caster angle plus 4" "lift" shackles, I can see a problem already.

This rig would be for us (wife and 2 kids trail stuff and dd). But as the guy doing the maintainance on the rig I feel like an open kunckle 44 disc brake would be in order, and possibly a shackle reversable. My wife dosent want me to make the rig "like you do".

I (my wife) would like to run a rig with 33s or so and not too much lift. I have a couple of Chevy front 44s around (3/4 tons),
I just watched the 800 project on extreme 4x4 (thanks for the help ian and IHOnly)

is a waggy front easier to work with than a reworked Chevy 44?

To be honest, I just need some good input on the direction I might go for an upgraded system after the drive train.

Thanks for the help:cornut: ill need much more help in the days to come:crazy:
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Are you the guys I talked to today, are you guys from chehalis?
 
Both will be 6 lug.

Waggy will be closer to the width, but the Chevy will be SOA already.

If you have both & going SOA, I'd have the long side of the Chevy shortened to fit the waggy shaft. Then sell the left over parts.

Next would be the rear.. Are you keeping it 5 lug? Read up on swapping the fronts with Ford hubs/rotors.

If it were me, id find a waggy d44 rear, to keep it all 6 lug.
Much better than the Scout d44 with tapered shafts.
 
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Im leaning more toward the Chevy 44 and cutting it down. I have a 44 3/4 ton flat top here with 4:10s, and I have a line on another couple of axles on the cheap. One thing I didnt put to much thought into was the gears. Most waggies came with 3.54s or higher:incazzato: I really dont think that little 4cyl will like those gears.

I know most of the Chevy 44 half tons ran 3.08s or so iirc. But I could throw the 4:10 in the housing, then worry about the rear axle:crazy:

so in the extreme 4x4 show, they cut the axle down and used a factory axle to replace it. What axle did they use:confused5: and im assuming I have to cut both sides down???

But the waggie axles seem to be less work at this point?

So does anybody have any links or pics on both of these axles?
So far in my interweb search I really havent found much. But extreme 4x4 did help me with this sitr:cornut:

thanks for the help and input:cornut:

yes sir were the people from chehalis, my wife told me to check out the site while I was on it:shocked: shes chomping at the bit for me to get this thing running, today we went to the paint shop so she could look at some colors......and in her true fashon she picked all the really expensive colors:yikes:
 
You cut just the long side, near the pumpkin.
Torch out the remaining portion from the pumpkin, & pound the tube in.

The Jeep guys do this all the time for cjs.

Search google with key words...
 
Well theres another update yet:skep: I found a pair of Scout II axles with a 4" set of lift springs at a pretty good price:cornut: this way I can keep the axles spring under and stick with the 5 lug wheels:cornut: and I can keep my wife from thinking that im going insane with her new rig.

Is there anything I should know before going through with this?

Thanks for the help
 
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