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This weekend I finished up the driver side of the axle. I upgraded the Spicer unjoint, new wheel bearing assembly, all new seals, dust seal and o-rings, rust removed and repainted and rotor installed. I also found out that the locking hub had some broken bits in it so I bought new locking hubs...

Adjustable and cantilevered over to clear the tires. I'll call them Monday, Im not sure if they will work with Kelderman's H3 height control valves that mount to the radius arm. I'm sure I could probably make them work, I'll put them in with the contenders... . .

Looking to upgrade the radius arms. I narrowed it down to Carli Kryptonite Icon Any recommendations?

The wood construction of the camper and thin walls. When I compare the walls/floor/roof ie "structure" to the structural FRP panels that are on the market today there is no comparison. When you get into the 2 & 2.5" inch panels that are out there on the market today, I find them pretty stout and...

I think the F550 will ride very nice with the airbags. I did look at liquid springs and it does look great. My thought was with air bags, air lines & fittings. and Viair compressors I could get parts anywhere and fix pretty quickly any issues with the suspension. I will carry an extra airbag as...

Productive day today. With the wheel well all cut out and cleaned up I installed the Buckstop fender flares. I put a pic below with the factory flares on to show the difference. The fender liners have not arrived from Buckstop yet so I got tired of waiting. I hope they didn't forget to ship...

I was able to get the wheel wells cut out. First off is marking the line of the cut on the fender which you can see in the below pics. Next was cutting the fender - see before and after below. The next step in the process was cutting into the body of the inner fender well at the floor board area...

Made some good headway on the BuckStop fender install. The first order of business was cutting out some of the front end support. This process help open up the front of the inner wheel well so that the tire does now hit the front end support when the suspension compresses. BuckStop provides...

Custom - Not sure yet, the install directions say to start at 8 inches between the bottom and top air bag mounting surface, so dunno yet. For now I just threw some air in them... I wrapped up the rear end, minus adjusting the parking brake, dialing in the pinion angle and wheel base. I had to...

The rear Kelderman install begins. This is where I am currently at: - I read a couple articles (on the web) about Kelderman's powder coating not being the greatest, who knows right? Either way, as a precautionary measure I sprayed 3 coats of clear onto all Kelderman bracketry for good measure...

Spacer update: I purchased 7 ¼ diameter 2.5" tall round 6061 (T6511) aluminum blocks. I found center, drilled them out and put a coat of etching primer and semigloss paint on them. I did have to buy longer bolts to be able to reach far enough through these up into the threaded base of the...

The latest update: - Inner & Outer bearings on rear axles replaced for good measure. - New parking brakes installed. - Rotors and Pads are now in. - All rear leaf spring brackets unbolted and rivets for brackets all cut off (air hammered). - Rear frame sanding and painting done. It didn't smooth...

Need some help, I am looking for SIX 2.5 inch or 3 inch spacers to go under my air bags. The Firestone Part # for the airbags is W01-358-5323 The bottom of the airbag mount/cup is 7 3/16 inches wide in diameter (see pic below). 7 ¼ would probably work out better for a spacer diameter for the bag...

- Pulled springs off this weekend = 25-ish minutes... - Drilled out, chiseled off, and air hammered out the 16 rivets holding on the 4 spring 'Helper Brackets' = 2 hours.... - I wire brushed the axle and put a couple coats of semi gloss rust-oleum on... All ready to start installing the...

In preparation for the rear suspension I knew I would have to get longer rear sway bar links. I will be adding 2 ½ inches of lift via spacers I will make for the air bags front and rear. I found that Moog made replica's of Ford's that are 2.5 inches longer, perfect!. ITEM # K700905 - I sprayed...

With the back part of the frame sanded, protected/painted it was time to move onto the rear brakes. Most everything about the brakes was a slug fest! First taking the tires off, the outers were not too bad, the inners required a sledge hammer with dozens of hits, finally those came off. Pulling...

Sanded the rust off today, the nooks and crannies ended up encapsulated with some Eastwood paint. Then a coat of Rustoleum on top of that... Im not painting the springs or hanger bracketry since it will soon be coming off... Rolled a tire out today to get an idea of what's to come.... . .

Big morning, SOLD IT! Got to admit, that flatbed sitting on 4 camper jacks was rrreeall sketchy, moving back and forth and side to side. I was waiting for a jacks to fold but they held and did the job... Loaded onto of the buyers own flatbed and off he went, BAM, done... Not much rust on the...

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Good question, totally forgot to throw the latest purchases in. I am building it. I bought 3 inch round steel bar (6 foot) that I will cut to length & lathe. I bought the below bronze oil impregnated bushing that has a silly high compression rating, they'll never wear/crush. I will press the...