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Rear axle mock up

Is this a bad time to change my mind?

Who says losing weight is hard?


You can see how much was removed. More to come I'm sure.
Rear is all ready for the truss and link brackets.

In preparation for the Rubicon in a week, I worked on my belly protection. I put together a pretty nice skid plate yesterday, and it seems to be pretty beefy. Time will tell I guess. It is only out of 3/16" material, but I had some nice bends put on the sides to make it rigid.

I can still get to the oil pan drain plug.
Cut a couple holes out to let the heat from the exhaust dissipate.

Fixed up the tires today

Did a little touch up work to the tires. Not completely done, but you get the idea.

Belly UP please!

I was going to buy a clocking ring to rotate my tcase for some more ground clearance. Well, I thought a little outside the box and called teraflex to see if I could re-drill the 4:1 case for a different pattern. They said sure... so I did. This has been bothering me for a long time now and finally I can make a skid plate that I like and have a bunch more clearance. Check out the pics.
Before.....
Before.... driveline not in place, but it did hang about this low.....

After the case was re-drilled and studs in place....

New measurement. ....

New clearance and a driveline that isn't hanging as low....

Latest

Finally bumped a cover one too many times. So...... I built a new one. Just have to replace the front one (which is worse than the back one was) and I'll put a 1 year project to rest. I think that's how long I've had these rings around.