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Finished up the Hydro assist!
Wesley's Blogs By host on 10/14/2006 8:20 PM
Well last night was a long night. I did get the hydro assist completed. Its a good thing i'm a programmer and not a fabricator because I would not make money. It took me way to long to get this done....
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Tapped the Steering Gear Box for Hydraulics tonight.
Wesley's Blogs By host on 10/13/2006 2:33 AM
Well I started off the night looking at the steering box trying to get it apart. I pulled the worm gear out pulled the pitman arm off and and removed that gear/shaft as well. After this I started studying the box to make sure where to tapp. My buddy TNRanger showed up to lend his expertise. After some evaluation we decided to shave the hump off the front part of the box and tapp it there. After ...
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Steering box removal/teardown
Wesley's Blogs By host on 10/11/2006 12:16 AM
Ok so I tore the steering box of the X tonight and started trying to figure it out. after reading this (http://www.wildyoats.com/hydraulic_assist_tech.htm) about taping yota boxes i've started developing a plan. First i will show...
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Hydraulic Ram Mock up
Wesley's Blogs By host on 10/9/2006 9:45 PM
Ok tonight i started mocking up the install of the ram for my hydraulic assisted steering. I bought the Ram from SurplusCenter.Com I got the 1.5x8x1 Double action ram. Now the hard part has arrived. I have to Tapp the stearing box which will be a bit of invesigative work.
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My Next Mod...
Wesley's Blogs By host on 10/3/2006 11:03 PM
OK I'm going the Hydro assist steering route. I'm gonna take the steering box off this week and start to examin in. I ordered....
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D60 Hub Rebuild
Wesley's Blogs By host on 9/24/2006 9:42 PM
OK I rebuilt the hubs and they are ready to go. I noticed I have two different nuts that hold the bearings in place on each side.
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Replaced Axle U Joints and Ball Joints.
Wesley's Blogs By host on 9/17/2006 10:39 PM
OK Today was a long day. I had struggled with these U Joints yesterday and couldn't get them to budge. I bought a press and everything. So today I took some super Liquid Wrench and threw it on everyhing I needed to work on.
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Tore down the front axle tonight
Wesley's Blogs By host on 9/14/2006 10:52 PM
Well tonight I went and bought my new U Joints, Ball Joints and seals for the D60 axle. I jacked the front end up and went to work.
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Got superflex U joints today!
Wesley's Blogs By host on 9/13/2006 10:47 PM
Well The Superflex U Joints showed up from Tom Woods Driveshaft. (These things are pretty nice.) I got a 1350 and a 1310. The 1350 is for the bottom and the 1310 is what a nissan tx10 tcase uses.
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Radiator Fan Fix
Wesley's Blogs By host on 9/6/2006 11:39 PM
OK my X was overheating at crawl speed and when climbing hills pushing 4-5k rpm doing about 40-50 mph. So after replacing the Water Pump, Redoing the timing, replacing the belt, tensioner pully, I decided the fan needed a shroud. So here are the pics.
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