axel install

I was wondering if any one was availble next sat to help me put my new rear axel together that has a heavy duty portable welder. I have a small welder but its only good for tacking. It doesnt have a real good penitration on the thick axel tubes. I cut all the brackets off my d35 this weekend and will have the 8.8 stripped by the end of the week so its just a matter of welding it all together.

Hey Joe I think your welder would do fine. If not maybe try tacking everything in place and then take it to someone with a more powerful welder.

yea thats probley the route i'll have to go with tacking it and then taking to one of my buddies shops to get welded.

Hey Joe,

I'll be in Towson on Saturday to help my sister and brother in law move in the morning. Its not supposed to take all day, so I could help out in the afternoon. I don't have the welder though.

any help is alway appreciated, sides I think I owe you a couple of beers anyway.

are you working on it Sunday? If so I might be able to help then.

Hey Joe I will stop by on saturday.

yep I'll be working on all day sat. I got plenty of food and beer for everybody.

md4wheelin wrote:

yep I'll be working on all day sat. I got plenty of food and beer for everybody.

Hey can you answer my questions here! what am I chop liver? Are you doing anything Sunday or is it saturday only? I don't get out of work until 6PM or so.

sorry miss read what you posted I thought it said sat. Thats why I posted about food sat. I'll be working on it sunday also. I have to fix the power steering and stuff along with swapping the other axel under the front of it. So feel free to swing by i'll save some food and beer for ya

finished the 8.8 today and did a test fit. Looking pretty good on those 36's. The only prob I ran into was that my exaust doest look like it will clear the drive shaft. I guess i'm going to have to ditch it and go with a turn down pipe instead.




now I have to order shocks tomorow, install a power stering pump, swap out front axel, finish welding the 8.8, paint it, reinstall brake lines, armor up the front crontrol arm mounts, do hubs and brake lines on mandys jeep by next sunday. This is starting to seem more like a job then a hobby.

Its a lot of work but in the end you will enjoy it all that much more.

Yeah it wasn't that bad was it. Sorry I couldn't make it up sunday I was a little tied up. Maybe I can come out this coming weekend.

well I'm a happy camper today the jeep moved under its own power today I was real worried about the tires clearing the fender/ pinch seam flexd in a full turn but I was able to trim enough metal to have a full 1/2" inch of clearence at full flex trust me in the zj world thats alot with that big of tires. I just have to go back and redo the brake lines to make them pretty. I'm running the oem ones now just so I can move the jeep around. Were should I go for real good brake flaring kit.

That alot of tire for a GC glad you got it done intime for your run at Big dogs.