'06 HD Straight Axle Conversion Build Pics...

[47thriftmaster]

Work looks great, should be a lot of fun when finished. I did my '06 a few years back, but did coil overs in all 4 corners rather then leafs. It's a blast and he won't have to worry about replacing the CV shafts all the time. Here's a quick pic.

[ChiefRocka]

Originally Posted by 47thriftmaster

Work looks great, should be a lot of fun when finished. I did my '06 a few years back, but did coil overs in all 4 corners rather then leafs. It's a blast and he won't have to worry about replacing the CV shafts all the time. Here's a quick pic.

Looks good man, what axle you running ??

[ChiefRocka]

Hey guys !!!

I have been really busy lately as far as updates go ... but I did finish her up last week !!

Came out really nice ... with ZERO bump steer on the steering.

Finnally....here are some more pics....

[ChiefRocka]

OK, when left off...we were working on the steering.

My buddy wanted to try our old skool way of Z's the draglink like we used to do back in the day on Samurais...

I insisted that it was a ghetto way of doing it, considering the amount of lift and how heavy this vehicle was...so here goes... Had to prove it the hard way !!
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He quickly realized I was right ... ... but at least we were able to steer the truck, take it outside for some air, and test it with the forklift....
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The truck was flexing a lot better than I thought...I could of lift the forks alot higher without lifting a rear tire, but the tire was starting to slip on the forks. I need to build a tire cradle to slip onto the forks for safety.

[ChiefRocka]

With the truck flexing, we were able to measure for shocks. After a little massaging of the factory upper a-arms mounts for the shock mounts....then moe clearanceing of the mounts themselves, we were able to get his shocks in....
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[ChiefRocka]

Extended brake lines and custom ABS wires were made:
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[ChiefRocka]

OK.....now we had to get back to the STEERING !!

Since no one makes a HI-STEER for the Dodge AXLE...we had to design something !!

Came out so well....I think we might start production....

We cut up what was left of the Z bar () and used the ends in some tubing...plans are to replace with HD rod ends, as well move the crossover up high as well...

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