PROJECT: Pokey

[71BRONCO71]

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I havent touched the Bronco since last week when I decided to drive it into work. I noticed the front axle's seal is REALLY bad now. Does anyone have a good recommendation for some seals or should I just put the orange ones in from the part store. I really wish Marlin Crawler made seals for DANA stuff.

[CityHick]

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I believe Monument sells seals made by Spicer. I know that I am running spicer seals in my axle and at 3+ years, no leaks.

[71BRONCO71]

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I believe Monument sells seals made by Spicer. I know that I am running spicer seals in my axle and at 3+ years, no leaks.

Monument it is. The seals are a little over a year old but my dumb ass decided to leave the 3ft breather tube on the front instead of putting on the 9ft I have that I bought for the last trip. The front end has to have a crap ton of water in it.
At least it happened now because I need some motivation to put my camber shims back in and put on my new RuffStuff cover.

[dblue351]

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Yeah Monument has them. I got a front output shaft seal for a 205 from them a few weeks back. No one else had them in stock.

[69crawler]

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Just park that side on a rock, that's what I do. Spicer for me (60).

[71BRONCO71]

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I should finally should add some Tech to this thread

I got me some DIYbeadlocks.com locks. Painted the outside ring hammered black.

As promised Pat... Here are the pics
I only got one done today. Just waiting until the paint dries so I can slap on the tire.

(Tire size is still classified)

[Stangeland]

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Looks good, what size are those skins?

[crawlin68]

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Whoo Hoo!! Locked, cocked and ready to rock! Way to go Snarky!! Your gonna like those 37 inch Iroks!!

[PDXBronco]

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Wow, pulled off some radials huh? Must have gotten some OT lately! This'll be a nice setup....get your cutting blade out for your inner fenders front and rear, you'll need it, otherwise they will self sipe :-X

[kman67]

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Nice tires!!!! That setup is going to be awsome!

[Fungus232]

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Looks good man! So why'd you go with DIYs instead of the Ruffstuff ones? Just asking as I'm seriously looking at the latter set for the '68.

[71BRONCO71]

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Because I didnt think to call Dan and ask him for a special design.

[ProudPapa]

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Looking sick Rybo!

[Rockbronco67]

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Its been a couple days, where's the finished product?

[71BRONCO71]

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I only got one done
after I welded the inner ring, I took my grinder and made the weld flush. I only found 2 small leaks and quickly ground down the spot and made another 1" pass on top of it. The tire has been sitting for 2 days/3 nights and its only lost 1lbs of air. But I think thats from me checking the tire pressure every hour.

And Justin, No silicone!

I threw in 8oz of airsoft bb's to help balance the tire. No idea if it works or not.
I should be able to get the other three done this weekend.

(I need to invest in a real camera and not rely on my 4y/o cellphone)

UPDATE:
Since running the 8oz, I noticed a wobble around 70mph. I decided to add another 4oz and it balances better. (12oz total)
I dont think you can get an irok to balance at high speed on a 40+ year vehicle.