Oops, I did it again...

[Spas]

I've been hunting for inner axle seals for my 44 for a few days now and thought I'd share this with anyone also doing a rebuild, since it's kind of hard to find 22 year old replacement parts If you need the inner seals, the Spicer part # is 620257. This is also the same part for a 78-79 Bronco 44. I love my coworkers

 

[Dan Whitaker]

Or a National Seal #2300.

 

[Spas]

Well, my 8.8's completely rebuilt and regeared (Just have to put on the calipers/rotors/pads and run new brake line

The D44's FINALLY going to get re-geared on Monday (Tewey is quitting and hasn't had time to do it. For 4 weeks ). Got the hubs, outer bearings/races, and leaf spring bushings yesterday, although after fighting with the first bushing for an hour to get it out I think I'm going to say 'the hell with it' and just leave the old ones in there since they're not too bad looking.

Oh, and Micah, this is just for you- IT WAS A 'HE', YOU ASS!!!!! ,,!, ,!,,

 

[Blee1099]

(Tewey is quitting and hasn't had time to do it.

You know what that means.. No more burnouts, brake stands, etc.. I don't think we want to see anymore damaged spider gears.

 

[Spas]

Sheeeit. I actually know how to take an 8.8 apart AND put it back together now, so nyah Same with the D44


We had to grind down the center pin and notch two of the teeth for the 8.8 4.56's so the pin could slide through.

My buddy, 'Rambo'

 

[Spas]

Oh, and have I mentioned how much I LOVE MY JOB this week?

 

[sn0border88]

Oh, and Micah, this is just for you- IT WAS A 'HE', YOU ASS!!!!! ,,!, ,!,,

Bahahaha...hahaha..ha.

Well, im impressed, its finally coming together. And some more pictues of the 500 are demanded.

 

[Spas]

Bahahaha...hahaha..ha.

I swear ta Gawd I'ma beat the life outta you for that one.. especially since he heard you say it and fell off his chair laughing

And some more pictues of the 500 are demanded.

Ask and ye shall recieve! (My boss specifically ordered our first one in black and grey stripes just to drive me nuts, and he keeps ordering grey stripes put on our black Gt's. I'ma choke him too! )

 

[Blee1099]

I swear ta Gawd I'ma beat the life outta you for that one.. especially since he heard you say it and fell off his chair laughing



Ask and ye shall recieve! (My boss specifically ordered our first one in black and grey stripes just to drive me nuts, and he keeps ordering grey stripes put on our black Gt's. I'ma choke him too! )

LOL.. I bet your going nuts seeing all these black & grey striped Fords..

 

[sn0border88]

LOL.. I bet your nuts.

Corrected for accuracy.

 

[Spas]

LOL.. I bet your going nuts seeing all these black & grey striped Fords..

Dude, they're freaking EVERYWHERE in and around Bel Air now!!! Blackjack's started a movement, lol. I wonder if there'll be a bunch of grey mustangs getting black stripes once Morgan gets painted

 

[Spas]

Making a bit more progress this week! The 44 is perfectly geared and set, and once I'm done grinding off 20+ years of crap it gets painted and then the new ball joints, bearings, seals, races and hubs go on. Painted both sets of leaf springs black and got all new bushings for the 8.8 set (Set me back $80 for the little fawkers! And I WORK for Ford!!! :fire: ). Porter's turning the rotors and sanding the pads in the next few days, so that puppy should be damn near ready to go once I score some new Ujoints! WOO!

On a side note, I pulled Morgan's oil pan to fix the leaky gasket... not something you should try if you've never done it before and only have an hour to work on it. Btw, if anyone else is trying to get the pan off their 2nd gen OHV sport, there's a hidden 27Torx screw on the passenger side pry hole. I'm surprised I didn't bend the pan before I figured that one out Surprisingly, his oil pan was fairly gunk free and the oil pickup was clean and shiny! Not what I was expecting from a truck whose ex-owner went 10,000 miles with out an oil change and then drove it, overheating, for 40 miles with no belt to get it here after the idler pulley fell off..! Oh, and the reason the front hubs are blown? The little guy somehow locked himself in 4 HI Sweet, I finally scored an Explorer that WANTS to wheel, lol. So I figured I'd make Rookie's life a lot easier and just remove the stock 4wd parts... I can't believe how puny that D35 IFS pig is!!

Left: wimpy wimpy wimpy! Right: Hefty hefty hefty!

I seem to be having a Micah moment... (Don't worry Rookie, I used a tiny little air grinder with nice soft little cookies. They work pretty well, but I've gone through over a dozen so far. I'm not gonna grind through the tubes like SOME people )

 

[sn0border88]

Hey slapass, I had to grind off the radius arm wedges. Not as easy as it looks.

I used a wirewheel and a sandblaster for the cleaning, I must say the sandblaster saved me hours of work.

 

[section525]

Whoa whoa.. no one said an axle swap was going on in this thread!


Comin' along awesome, Spas! Now I'll continually stalk this thread too.

 

[Spas]

Whoa whoa.. no one said an axle swap was going on in this thread!


Comin' along awesome, Spas! Now I'll continually stalk this thread too.

Shhh! This is a stealth swap Actually, I figured I'd start a thread once it's all done and I have pretty pictures to show it off

Micah.. Slapass??

 

[sn0border88]

its a mennonite term.

 

[Spas]

(HiJack on) Anybody worth their salt should know what this badge means (/HiJack off)

 

[JDraper]

(HiJack on) Anybody worth their salt should know what this badge means (/HiJack off)

mmmmm 32 valves

 

[section525]

with an electric eBay supercharger?

 

[Blee1099]

I can't believe they give you enough responsibility to let you sit or let alone drive one..