My Build Thread-American Hogger

Diesel23 · Apr 28, 2014

WOW ,as brett said amazing how its coming together !!!

Yeah that guy at DTS is cool ,me and my brother in law usually see him at a couple truck shows he always takes care of us !

alradco · Apr 28, 2014

you guys are doing a hell of a job chasing down all these problems.

ford rules · Apr 29, 2014

It's amazing the kind of support you can get to pull off a task like this.
Keep doin work Ryan, 6.4 ftw 3 yrs in a row!!!

Taylor D · Apr 29, 2014

Looks great and great support from the vendors that's why I love this site. Best of Luck man bring home that win ! ! !

blk350on20s · Apr 29, 2014

Parts are arriving. Morgans box of billet and clutches.

TXlineman83 · Apr 29, 2014

blk350on20s said:
Parts are arriving. Morgans box of billet and clutches.

Wish the best. When ur done I'd like to know ur winning solution. I personally would feel sick if I had to tear my trans apart so many times.

MINK · Apr 29, 2014

TXlineman83 said:
Wish the best. When ur done I'd like to know ur winning solution. I personally would feel sick if I had to tear my trans apart so many times.

LOL

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Apr 29, 2014

Power isn't for the week stomached.

bigaF250 · Apr 29, 2014

Or the thin pocket book haver. Me being one of them haha

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blk350on20s · Apr 29, 2014

When you do it so many times it starts to just be routine maintenance. I could tell you every nut bolt and clamp on that trans. Its like a brake job to me now LOL. My pocket book is starting to become transparent its so thin lol.

blk350on20s · Apr 29, 2014

Just got word the true trac is done and the guy installing it overheard me talking to my buddy about welding the axle tubes today and he went ahead and did that. 1.5 hours of work left till I head to the truck!!!

lincolnlocker · Apr 29, 2014

blk350on20s said:
Just got word the true trac is done and the guy installing it overheard me talking to my buddy about welding the axle tubes today and he went ahead and did that. 1.5 hours of work left till I head to the truck!!!

Thats awesome! Gonna love that true trac too!

live life full throttle

V-Ref · Apr 29, 2014

:whs: you're gonna love that truetrac

Tuned into this thread!

MINK · Apr 29, 2014

blk350on20s said:
Just got word the true trac is done and the guy installing it overheard me talking to my buddy about welding the axle tubes today and he went ahead and did that. 1.5 hours of work left till I head to the truck!!!

smart move bro

jtpappy · Apr 29, 2014

What does welding the tubes do? Never heard of anybody doing that

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backwoodsboy · Apr 29, 2014

jtpappy said:
What does welding the tubes do? Never heard of anybody doing that

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You weld the tubes to the center section. Keeps them from spinning in the center section, especially for guys with big tq and a traction aid in the rear.
Very common in the hotrod and rockcrawling world.

Cknox121 · Apr 29, 2014

jtpappy said:
What does welding the tubes do? Never heard of anybody doing that

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I think it prevents spinning of the axle tubes?

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TXlineman83 · Apr 29, 2014

I believe they call it axle wrap. If I recall correctly it's where the leaf springs actually begin to twist. Say in a "S" shape from the amount of torque. This leading to broke springs and such. Perhaps I'm mistaken but I'm pretty sure that would be the cause for welding them. Far more solid then bolt on in my humble ignorant opinion.

sootie · Apr 29, 2014

TXlineman83 said:
I believe they call it axle wrap. If I recall correctly it's where the leaf springs actually begin to twist. Say in a "S" shape from the amount of torque. This leading to broke springs and such. Perhaps I'm mistaken but I'm pretty sure that would be the cause for welding them. Far more solid then bolt on in my humble ignorant opinion.

ummm no.

welding the axle tubes to the differential case is for high torque applications that run the risk of breaking the weak factory tack welds and twisting the pinion up thru the bottom of the box.