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got the first wheel off and everything looks great
man was i glad to see that!

my hydraulic brake switch leaked
replaced that and got some speedbleeders
part no.dorman 12707
after much thought and looking at prices /availability of parts
eventually i am installing disc brakes on this
about $600 per axle
and taller gears
about $450 per axle
thats a lotta freakin moolah
but before any of that happens i need to replace all the seals and possibly the bearings in the t/c and tranny
the seals are cheap
but those bearings arent
and i will fill them with 50w synthetic tranny oil
i have decided i dont need power steering. maybe someday
i bet about $3000 will get me right about where i want to be

Unless you can do the axle gearing yourself it's going to be a lot more than $450. $450 might get you the parts. What's up with the lift blocks on that axle . ?? eeek!

Murf wrote:Unless you can do the axle gearing yourself it's going to be a lot more than $450. $450 might get you the parts. What's up with the lift blocks on that axle . ?? eeek!

You are right
Those blocks should not be there
In my inexperience I thought it was stock.
After looking closely it looks like the oil pan will be resting on the axle if I take the blocks out.
I don't know what to do.
forgive me but
i dont know crap about these things
never even seen one of these trucks before
except in movies
my brother can do the gearing

I think the blocks are there because the transplant 318 oil pan will hit the axle without them.
I took some photos but it is a little hard to tell what is going on

Yea, it looks like the engine swap required it. It also looks like the previous owner either found that out (too late) after setting it in or has been 4-wheeling pretty good and it's still not enough.

installed the speedbleeders. (love those things)
and once it warms up a bit i will do the minor and if needed major brake shoe adjustment as per the military brake procedure pages i found online.

i am wondering if i will crush the axle housings if i jack up the truck from anywhere but those little pads that have the springs and u bolts?
its a 7500 lbs truck

nope!

nhjohnny1 wrote:nope!

nope! what?

I'm guessing it pertains to "Will it crush the axle housing"

If your asking about jacking it up, but not in the existing pad areas you will have problems.

Bert

T. Highway wrote:I'm guessing it pertains to "Will it crush the axle housing"

If your asking about jacking it up, but not in the existing pad areas you will have problems.

Bert

Agreed.

I learned a long time ago to never jack an axle on the pumpkin. Granted, the Chrysler corporate G741 axles are a much more robust design than a typical semi-floating axle (usually with a cast center and pressed-in axle tubes), and maybe they can take it, but I can't bring myself to do it. Jacking on the pumpkin puts a lot of bending stress on the axle housing, and these aren't lightweight trucks.

Sorry, I was enjoying some IPAs the other night and shouldnt have posted. Right or wrong i have jacked these axles up anywhere i needed to with a jack with no ill effects, having been hung up on rocks and such with no damage led me to believe that jacking up the housing was not going to be a problem, your mileage may vary but so far so good for me.

Personally I don't like jacking on the pumpkin, I've done it on the rear with the pickup bed empty but even then it makes me cringe haha. I wouldn't think there would be any problem jacking from the axle housing near the spring perches