Monday, April 30, 2007

Dana 60 Complete


U-bolts made at portland auto spring $30.

New yolk from six-states $40 (1310 for now) front driveline upgrade next. Dually hubs were added to account for the onset of the H1 rims already on the truck.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

GLO differential covers

by: Great Lake Offroad

covers are made from two pieces(not including the machined fill plug insert).The bolt ring is laser cut from A36 grade 1/2" thick steel. The covers are formed from a single piece of 1/4" on a 250 ton CNC brake. The covers are then fit by hand and mig welded. We do not sand our covers.

$110 Shipped TYD lower 48**

Here are the specs...................
Bolt ring 1/2" thick (we engineer strength where it is needed)
1 pc machined fill plug(placed for added oil capacity)
1/4" thick one piece cnc formed cover(why not thicker? read the warranty)

Only at GLO X-tra cost options.......
Counter bored mount holes, add $15(for a clean quality look)
Integrated drain, add $20(ever cross deep water? Drain replace and go)
1/2" mid plating severe abuse, add $20(makes a nice hydro steer mounting point)
Tread Plate option(diamond plate), add $20

Warranty ( No B.S. Fine Print )You break it under use they replace it and add you to the hall of fame as it has never been done in the last 5 years. The design has been engineered for strength. They weld these the proper way utilizing machined fixtures.

Models available

Dana 44, Dana 60, Dana 70, Dana 80, 14 bolt, Ford Sterling, Ford 8.8

14 bolt rebuild

Tired of waiting to build his 14 bolt, Ryan took the rear off of the 77 parts truck that we had, drug it in the garage, and started tearing it down.This was the cleanest stock Diff. that either of us had seen. The truck had almost 100k original miles on it, and had just sat for years, and years. The diff cover was still factory sealed, and when broke open it looked like new fluids coming out.
Ryan's BTF pinion guard
Grinded, primed, painted, and ready for disc. brakes
Pinion guard installed.


Dodge Problems

F****N' Dodge yolk with it's weird socket that we didn't have available. Oh well the portaban took care of that problem, now the socket fits.

Dedenbear Knuckles

Ryan's New Dana 60 Dedenbear knuckles from MAD4wdMuch thicker everywhere than the stock knuckles, we checked.
The 5 bolt top gives it tons of strength. i don't think these will break.
What a lucky bastard

Nick's Dana 60 Rebuild

Starting clean, with kingpin rebuilds.

Greasing all the bearing really well.Attatching the lower cap to secure the knuckleInserting new outer axle tube seals from MAD4wd, which i forgot to put in before the knuckles went on. It was still pretty easy though, just clean the tube, silicone it in, and then grease it really good.High steer arms from SKY manf. were finally here.Inserted cap and spring and bolted on the arms.35 spline axles and spindles were next.Brake caliper bracketsA few little modifications to the spider gearsA new GLO diff cover from Great lakes offroad1/2" plate, with a center section of 1/2"plate reinforcement, counterbored holes, and a high fill plug.

I also had them add the drain plug in the bottom of the cover.1/2" Spring plates are ready, also from Great lakes offroad.