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Ok, I had my pattern, but afterward I realized I had forgotten to set pinion bearing pre-load. So I had my pinion nut fairly tight and therefore my pinion bearings squeezed pretty tight into their races (no pre-load shims installed yet). After setting up the pinion bearing pre-load tonight...

I remember that day. The Dragonfly was a lot of fun, but I wanted to step it up a little with this build to be able to go a little faster through the bumps. My wife has named this one the "Phantom". Somehow the colors remind her of the Phantom of the Opera :confused:. Never seen it. She...

Fit almost perfectly. Didn't have to change backlash at all (whew!), just pinion depth and I had my pattern.

Almost. But "Almost" with a family and work and a baby due shortly could mean another month. Front ring and pinion went in today. Just need a pcm reprogram and driveshafts and she should leave the shop for the first time.

New G2 ring gear arrived. It's about .210" thicker than the SVL one I just sent back. Should work. The SVL one I returned was .135" thicker than the factory one I removed, but still too thin to work with a 3 series carrier. Weird. Wonder if they sell many of those:p

Even if the speed thing doesn't work out, I still like having the upper links where they are because they are totally out of the way of my up travel, whereas upper links normally start hitting stuff when they come up too far. This whole up travel thing still allows for soft springs without...

The part number on the ring gear is 2020852. That is the part number I ordered. If you Google SVL-2020852 you get a description of what I'm after: 5.38 ring and pinion for reverse rotation dana 60 compatible with a 4.10 and numerically lower carrier. Doesn't fit, though. I'm using a 4.10 and...

The 5.38 ring gear is quite a bit thicker than the 3.73 ring gear, but not thick enough. I have a 3 series carrier (4.10 and numerically lower). It's almost like the 5.38 ring gear is an attempted thick gear that is still too thin. I've heard of people using a ring gear spacer but I don't...

The carrier is a 4.10 and down carrier. 3.73 gears came off it. I checked the part number on multiple sites and it comes up as compatible with the carrier i' m using, even though there's no "T" at the end of the part number.

I went to change gears in my ford front 60 from 3.73 to 5.38. I left the 3.73 carrier bearing and pinion cup spacer shims in, and bolted the 5.38 ring gear on to the carrier and installed the new ring and pinion in the housing just to get an idea of how much spacer thickness I should start...

Right. Thanks.

Or will I just be using pre-load shims instead of a crush sleeve?

I just got a 5.38 dana 60 gearset and the pinion shaft is machined different than the original. The one on the left is the new one, the one on the right is the original. Doesn't look like a crush sleeve will even fit on the new one. Any ideas?

This weight transfer resulting in more traction on the outside tires during turns is what concerns me. While it increases outside tire traction and thereby improves the "crispness" of the turn, I've seen short course situations where guys try a hard corner, the body rolls, weight transfers...

Makes sense. I do have a good deal more swing left to right with the high roll center, which will kick the rig left and right through the uneven stuff.

Looking for feedback on the whole high roll axis idea. I just figured that having a bowling ball on a stick like a lolipop with the stick attached to two horizontal cables and the bowling ball above the two cables is kind of like a rig with a triangulated four link suspension with the upper...

I was eyeballing the height of the roll center today, and there's probably room to build in about 4" of droop before the center of gravity passes above the roll center, assuming my driveshaft won't interfere with the chassis with additional down travel. We'll see. What you're saying makes...

Sideways windshield pics. They had small sheets of polycarbonate at the local hardware store, perfect for my needs. I left the middle out to allow some airflow through to the radiator. Aaand a sideways pic of the oil pressure warning buzzer switch. Tha factory gm oil cooler line block-off...

If the experiment fails, I'll still have a pretty fun crawler. So I don't have much to lose.

Will do