ONEWYR's build thread

[ONEWYR]

I am pretty much done just have to hook up the brake line that comes from the frame but I need some brake cleaner cause the end fell in the dirt so I gotta clean it and I need 4 crush washers for the flex lines at the rotors but the dreary weather is pissing me off so tomorrow after work I will stop and get some crush washers and a can of brake clean. After all that is hooked up I gotta adjust the master cylinder.
here are some pics this one is of the air compressor trailer carcus that I modded to haul my axle to the inlaws because my work truck was in for service.

this is how I leveled the axle so I could get some measurements and readings with the angle finder.

here is a pic with no axle

here is one with the new axle installed, see the pretty rotors

close up of the rotor

heres a crappy shot of the rotor and caliper through the wheel

here are the measurements that I came up with for my setup
center to center the perches were 40" apart
from brake flange to the center of the perch was 6 3/4"
from center of perch to center of shock mount was 6 1/4"
and if you set the perches at 0 degrees and turn the pinion up till it reads 12 degrees that was what I set mine at that is just about perfect for 4" of lift.
the pinion is still sitting about 1.5 degrees low but that is fine it accounts for the spring compression that way the angle never gets to far out of place.
the perches I used were 7" long I guess this helps with spring wrap since the stock perches are only like 3.5" long they have 3 center pin holes to allow you to move the axle back or forward if you want. these perches are made from 1/4" steel very stout. this is the second set I have used not due to bending or anything I just wanted a disc brake axle. here is a link to the perches.
spring perches
and here is a link to the brand new rotors and pads I got for like $80 shipped
rotors/pads

oh yeah a couple of other things I thought about
A good help in doing a axle swap is a small set of wheels/tires so that you can just roll the axle out from under the truck and move it around.
I swapped the diff covers cause the one on my old axle was a $100 SOLID diff cover and the one on the disc brake rear was a very light guage stock diff cover so I swapped them out and managed to save all the fluid in the old one since there is maybe 1500 miles on that oil that way my bud doesn't have to buy new fluids.