got my center section back and my 35 spline axles in the mail.. Assembled the axle and mocked up the rear brakes.. 92 Suzuki sidekick 4 door rotors, monte carlo calipers and diy4x brackets.. will be setting my pinion angle soon...

Huh, that is an interesting combination of brake parts. Never heard of that one!

I see the FW 9" is 5-lug. Are you leaving the front 8-lug or...?

Im gonna redrill the hubs and rotors to 5 5 5

I was able to get the pinion angle set today, Most of the brake lines are setup waiting on some brackets, Both disc brakes are on and I clocked them up a little to keep them out of the rocks. I will weld on the wrap trap next and final weld all of it this week. Give it a coat of paint and be done with the Rear :)

angle looks good in the pics, have any problems? pretty straight forward? 21.7 close to the others.. only 1.7 off and with a 2-3 degree error on some of those angle finders.. looks good.

Pretty easy. Really like my rear disc setup..that went super slick

Is it setup for an e-brake?

No I want a line lock anyway.... I haven't used a e brake for years.... Eldorado calipers I believe will work for a e brake

Great Progress!!

I want this crap done

Update.....

I got the front axle back and I have ordered more parts... I will post pic soon

Ordered axle from dutchman
5 lug hubs from blackbirds
Blackbirds brake brackets and rotors
Decided to go to a bushings on the axle housing
the rear is done except finish welding..

Trei

I ordered a axle from dutchman for the long side.
Brakes came from blackbirds.. 5 lug
Radius arms are going in and Im hoping to be done in a month or so

I can see the finish line and it looks great from here

Rear is done front is close to being done

looks good. Gonna hit indy before it closes?

i want to do spring creek as a shake down run.Still have to install power disc brakes, new ps pump from redneck ram, i want to re run my fuel lines, and i want a new aluminium radiator.. So it will be early April till i can shake her down, also need to do a front driveshaft

That's a lot of work Trei, great job !

She will be ready for Moab ?

It's great to see you so close!! You've made some leaps and bounds here in a relatively short time.

I am concerned with your anti-wrap bar on the rear. It appears to be solid mounted at both ends? As your springs compress, the move the axle backwards and the shackle allows that to happen. But your wrap bar might stop that. It needs some way to front-back movement (shackle as well) so it doesn't impede the suspension.

It's a wh wrap trap has heim at one end and bushings on the other. Jim creel assured me they dont limit travel. He runs one on nightmare. Guess we will see.

The only saving grace I can see is this is setup on the centerline of the axle, where the axis of twist is, so since one tire droops and the other rises, the center will stay pretty much in the same spot. But if you jump this thing, I can see some broken parts for sure. Or even if you are carrying a bunch of weight. Anything that affects ride height will automatically put this system into a bind. How much bind is determined by the load.

I hope it works well for you and I'd like to hear your thoughts. We need to find a ramp where you can test it, then take one end loose and test again. If you happen to do this, take note of how the rubber bushings are compressing.

I smell a GoPro camera opportunity during testing

I have asked Santa for a go pro

It would be really cool to see the underbody Go Pro view of this thing as it moves through it's travel while wheeling. I might need to see if I can find an old one on Craigslist for just that purpose. You've made great progress, it's a sweet build.

LOL, I am thinking the same thing, but I have no use for one now. It appears the tech has come along way where you can start and stop with a remote now? Wonder if that "Underwater" sound has improved. That is the worst part of a GoPro IMO. So you just turn down the volume and get good with adding your own soundtrack I guess! Get one of those extender arms on one. Makes for much better video. Check out this guys stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1alRzZV ... mExdopk99Q Might be better on Mute.

It would be cool to watch what the wrap link does as you flex.

Thanks im really getting antsy to get this thing flexed out

Cool stuff!! Is your frame beefed up where your track bar bracket is? You know what drop brackets do to stock frames.

Yes all 1/4 steel

you will be able to tackle just about anything at Moab with all these upgrades !

Awesome stuff