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1970 Jeep Rebuild

Started looking at nuts and bolts, found that the front passenger locking hub was split and 3 of the 6 bolts had broke.
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Now I need to pull the hub and try to extract the broken bolts, or replace the hub.
I’m gonna to look at finding the right studs to use instead of the bolts.
Also need to find a 6 bolt Warn locking hub for a Dana 30.
 
Bolts were a mixed set, At least some of them are not factory with the incorrect shoulder. Maybe almost too long too. A new set of the correct length and good quality bolts with a new warn lockout will likely be ok provided the hub threaded holes are ok and not wallowed out from being run loose. If you can find them, the lock washers with the bend over tabs seem to work reasonably well, better than standard lock washers. Maybe others here can make suggestions on the bolt grade to use, grade 5 might be better than grade 8 for this. Something about sheer strength rather than pull strength of the bolt I think???
 
Ol Fogie said:
Bolts were a mixed set, At least some of them are not factory with the incorrect shoulder. Maybe almost too long too. A new set of the correct length and good quality bolts with a new warn lockout will likely be ok provided the hub threaded holes are ok and not wallowed out from being run loose. If you can find them, the lock washers with the bend over tabs seem to work reasonably well, better than standard lock washers. Maybe others here can make suggestions on the bolt grade to use, grade 5 might be better than grade 8 for this. Something about sheer strength rather than pull strength of the bolt I think???
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The 3 bolts that are broken were the original bolts that came with the Dana 30, or at least when I got it. The other 3 were grade 8 bolts that I replaced last year after breaking one then. I have a set of the bend over tabs sitting on my bench to put back on when I fix this.
 
I was able to get 2 out of the 3 broken bolts out, the third I had to drill and tap and set a heli coil in.

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I did use my old hub, but I did order a new one from Sam at Parts Dude to throw under the seat.
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I did use the ARB bolts to replace all the hub bolts on both sides. (Thanks Fireball for posting up the right bolts).
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Installed with red lock tight and torqued down to 40lbs.

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I had the RuffStuff items on the shelf, but I placed an order with them back in early March and they confirmed my order, after a month I started trying to call them and never talked to anyone just left phone messages and never got a call back from them finally contacted my credit card company and got charges reversed. I don’t know what happened with them they used to be a great company with good products and great service.:shrug:
 
Got perches tacked in and everything square-ish again.
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I moved the perch as close as I could to the pumpkin and still get the u-bolt to fit. Was able to center the axle to within 3/8” to the drivers side. When I pulled tape from front axle to rear on both sides I was within 1/8”. I can live with that.
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Got drivers and passenger shock mounts tacked in, was able to get them high enough that I shouldn’t destroy them to bad on the trail. Also got my track/anti wrap bracket tacked in.
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I used a broom handle to get an idea of how much room I have, (or don’t have).
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The stance is a little raked.
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Rear is sitting at 28”.
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Front is sitting at 26”, not to bad considering that front is sitting on a 2.5” Rubicon Express spring set up SUA, and rear is on Rusty’s 1.5” SOA.
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I jacked up the rear end with the tires still touching and it stretched out to 31” in the rear.
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With it sitting flat I have 9-1/4” from bottom of pumpkin to ground. The Dana 44 had 11-1/2”.
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Tomorrow I need to finish up the front mounting point for the anti wrap bar, then pull everything apart finish welding and paint and reassemble. Finish up brake lines and bleed brakes, again, mount shocks then stretch it out to make sure my bump stops are where they need to be and nothing is crashing into anything.
 
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The brackets on the left are RuffStuff the ones on the right are from RockHound and measure out to be about 3/4” lower, (remember I’m going SOA).View attachment 105817
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I had the RuffStuff items on the shelf, but I placed an order with them back in early March and they confirmed my order, after a month I started trying to call them and never talked to anyone just left phone messages and never got a call back from them finally contacted my credit card company and got charges reversed. I don’t know what happened with them they used to be a great company with good products and great service.:shrug:
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They are incredibly inexperienced with how to make **** happen in solidworks and the brake presses. It's like the go getters quit.
 
Rozcoking23 said:
I had the RuffStuff items on the shelf, but I placed an order with them back in early March and they confirmed my order, after a month I started trying to call them and never talked to anyone just left phone messages and never got a call back from them finally contacted my credit card company and got charges reversed. I don’t know what happened with them they used to be a great company with good products and great service.:shrug:
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ordered some parts from them in january....got em today too bad Im past that part of the build now
 
I finished up the rear end, everything completed. Then JEEP sits 1-1/2” higher then the front now. …. Sooo a month to go for the Rubicon why not dive into front suspension. When I took apart the springs I found that the new before last trip center pins weee trashed and the bushings were trash. :banghead:

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Rozcoking23 said:
I finished up the rear end, everything completed. Then JEEP sits 1-1/2” higher then the front now. …. Sooo a month to go for the Rubicon why not dive into front suspension. When I took apart the springs I found that the new before last trip center pins weee trashed and the bushings were trash. :banghead:

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You were really close to both of those center pins failing!
 
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