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So close now. Worked on it sunrise-to-sunset through the weekend. I was not actually working on it the whole time because at least 6 hours of that time was spent dicking around running to various stores to pick up missing hardware etc. Plus I started drinking early both days.
Here's that f***ing motor mount bracket that caused so much pain:
Motor mount bracket and track bar bracket bolted back on. Wasted alot of time tracking down the required metric 10.9 hardware:
Replacement front bump stops that the stealership gouged me $90 for:
Positioning the front axle:
Dialing in the caster angle. Factory calls for 7 degrees positive. With the larger tires I figure anywhere from 3-7 should be OK. I can tweak it later if necessary but I really don't want to because adjusting those control arms is a PITA:
Sliding the springs into place. Dropped the axle down off the jack stands and never needed the spring compressor:
Install knuckles, outer axle seals, axle shafts, and unit bearings:
Install brakes:
Bolted up the driveshaft. The old low pinion axle used a longer pinion gear while the new high pinion axle uses a short pinion gear. I was hoping the two effects would cancel. As you can see by the bare spot on the slip yoke they did not. Driveshaft is stretched about an inch with barely a half inch of extension left. I can probably get away with it for a while but before too much longer back to RI Driveshaft I go:
Adjusting the trackbar:
Here's that f***ing motor mount bracket that caused so much pain:

Motor mount bracket and track bar bracket bolted back on. Wasted alot of time tracking down the required metric 10.9 hardware:

Replacement front bump stops that the stealership gouged me $90 for:

Positioning the front axle:

Dialing in the caster angle. Factory calls for 7 degrees positive. With the larger tires I figure anywhere from 3-7 should be OK. I can tweak it later if necessary but I really don't want to because adjusting those control arms is a PITA:

Sliding the springs into place. Dropped the axle down off the jack stands and never needed the spring compressor:

Install knuckles, outer axle seals, axle shafts, and unit bearings:

Install brakes:

Bolted up the driveshaft. The old low pinion axle used a longer pinion gear while the new high pinion axle uses a short pinion gear. I was hoping the two effects would cancel. As you can see by the bare spot on the slip yoke they did not. Driveshaft is stretched about an inch with barely a half inch of extension left. I can probably get away with it for a while but before too much longer back to RI Driveshaft I go:

Adjusting the trackbar:
