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Offline BLZUKI

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Project Dana swap
« on: March 18, 2010, 09:51:50 pm »
As many of you know I'm swapping  in Dana 44's...  So i figured id do a build up thread here....   


My axles are from a 78 Scout II they are not the easiest Dana's to swap in to a samurai.. first thing is if your running leaf springs you have to outboard your spring mounts on the front 1.5" on each side, I did that and made some new mounts and reused some... then after all that i had to come up with a mount for the passanger side of the diff... and i decided to copy the way you would mount a Toyota axle...  I had some old spring plates but they wouldn't work so i had to make some new ones out of some 1/4 plate i had... Now once i get all that figured out i have to take the front axle back out and cut the outer C's because scout axles come with 0* Castor from the factory... I'm going to post some pics of what i did and still working on... so in the future if anybody needs some ideas they will be able to see some pics cause i spent lots of hours trying to find some pics but there are none on the net...   
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 09:55:20 pm »
Awesome man! I can't wait to see this swap unfold! I am glad you are posting this, as you said, it will help others performing the same swap. Your rig is gonna be sick! :headbang:  I don't think you will have to be worried about axle failure now. :icon_thumleft:
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 09:58:15 pm »
Excellent!!  This should be really good!   8)   Can't wait to see how it turns out (in person too!)   :happy1:
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 10:27:30 pm »
here are some pics of my progress so far... i also used some 1 1/4 solid rod to stregthen the frame in the front....
my spring plates are not the best... i was using a drill press with a new bit but i guess this metal is so hard it kept dulling the bit... i do plan on rolling the edges of the plates up so my springs will flex better
i also do not have  the steadest hand with a torch but they will be cleaned up a lot better with the grinder once i get done with all the test fitting
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2010, 10:31:03 pm »
Good job! Looks like it is going to be well built.  :headbang:
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 10:34:03 pm »
Is that a 1st gen Mustang in the background?   :toothy10:
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2010, 10:41:59 pm »
Quote from: ice on March 18, 2010, 10:34:03 pm
Is that a 1st gen Mustang in the background?   :toothy10:
yea...lol.. 68...  just got it back running today to move it out of the way
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2010, 09:58:08 am »
Dude, that looks beefy.   :icon_thumright:
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2010, 10:15:54 pm »
well i got some work done tonight.... i got the perches welded on and turned the outer C's 5* positive castor   i will upload some pics tomorrow ;D ;D
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Re: Project Dana swap
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2010, 10:18:09 pm »
I've skimmed over these swaps on the Zu, but one thing I haven't paid attention to is the driveshaft setup.  What is commonly done and/or what are you planning to do?   :)
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