making my 5 a 6

It sounds like you need about 3 more degrees of pinion angle. The happy place is about 1 degree less than the driveshaft, or the pinion pointing just below the driveshaft yolk. Personally I think I would just cut the perches and reweld them. An 8-9 degree shim is getting pretty fat.

This 6 is really looking awesome! Can't wait to see her in action at the Con! I love that about half the Jeeps going are at varying stages of under construction, hahaha.

 

Looks great Steve. I know you'll make it.

 

Lookin' good Steve, can't wait to see it person.

 

Outstanding job, look forward to seeing it in July.

Mike

 

had a fun time watching my wifes failed attempts in trying to get into the jeep today .she used to use the rear tire for a foothold now that tire is 21" further back . ahhh good times.

 

oh and THANKS GUYS !
picked up my new driveshaft it's vey painted ,shiney ,and still has the balancing weights. nice

I now have rear wheel drive.
without tuneing the motor it seems to really like the longer exhaust setup. doesn't sound like a UPS truck anymore . need to throw a windshield on it at drive it at speed to check driveshaft for vibrations .

 

this is your first post Pat ,,,,,this makes me so happy ,,,,sniff sniff.

 

only if they are dented .well,,,,even then ummmm no

 

You could put some dents in them in July!

 

Remember those M38A1/M170 frame loops I put on my tub to act as a step for my boys? Kinda looks like an overgrown footman loop.

 

finishing the cage today ,and finally some small welding to complete the frame and bumper cuts.
going to drive it on the hwy after that.
MPC I have 1 of those .

 

so... you drive it on the highway yet?

its looking good otherwise

 

HORRAY!
I found tires! Exactly what I wanted .
6 old style 35 goodyear MTRs .super smok'n deal too $600 for all 6 mounted and balanced . SWEET .
spent a few hrs with a flapwheel dressing up my steel rims getting years of rock rash off . have to admit I was pretty proud of all those at metal flakes.
rims got primed and shot black again .along with the cage .

so far the only major mistake I made was not painting the frame before throwing the tub on it ,I had a lot of welding still to do so I let it slide , and now it sucks. pics when everything is back together
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once tires are balanced I will drive it again on the hwy to check for vibrations. so far it rides super nice like a truck .Definitely not like my old 5 .there were so many crack in that frame it wheeled like a slinky .

 

MTR's are great trail tires. Good score.

 

already sold my 33 mtr's nice for $200!they were off the jeep 1 day

note don't paint anything when it's almost 100* paint flASH SUCKS

 

roll'n on 35's crawls even slower now

so ford t18 ,d 300,4:88

6:32/2:61/4:88/35
what's that like almost 100:1

 

80:1