Skulptr Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 sorry i havent gotten to my reindex this weekend, will have to wait til next weekend. i ended up having to do the brakes on the honda, and the damn wheel hub was seized together on another note, i am putting up a how-to electric fan conversion and hardbody power steering pump conversion. Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 lol, just finished reading that thread Quote Link to comment
Skulptr Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 surprising, i just finished typing it up.... Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 haha, reading at the same time. Quote Link to comment
Skulptr Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Yeah took me a while with my son being a pita Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 lol it'll happen. Every time I try and post my girlfriend bugs the shit out of me!!! Quote Link to comment
Skulptr Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 ok so i dont know why your using sae tools, everything on these trucks are metric the only tools i used were 19mm box end 17mm box end 17mm socket 19mm socket 1/2" ratchet cheater bar "puffy paint" i use puffy paint to make index marks on everything i do. its 90 cents at walmart, dries fast, and sticks to almost anything. its in the crafts section with the clothes paint. it also comes in a crap load of colors, and (the local jusk yard uses paint very similar) so i match the color they used that day and use it to mark my parts so i can take them back to the junk yard when i did this, i took the adjuster bolt out completely. use the 17mm box to remove the jam nut. put the closed end of the 19mm on the main nut and leave it there, as you turn the ratchet, the wrench will jam up against the tranny and you can torque away. clean the threads all the way around and all they way up with brake cleaner, the dirt and rocks make it a long agonizing back out process for that jam nut. spray with PB after they're clean, to make it go quicker. but first, jack up the front end, tires off the ground about a half inch, and support the cross member with jack stands. once i had that adjuster bolt out, i loosened the 2 bolts beside the torsion bar on the LCA, this is where the cheater bar comes in handy. i would have used my impact, but its out of commission right now. you just need the brace for the bar to loosen enough to let the adjuster arm to dangle, instead of trying to pry down on it. doing it this way, you just wiggle the whole torsion bar side ot side and it pops right out. i did make 2 videos, please dont make fun of my voice, i always sound like a girl on video and the phone, and i never understood why. and i tend to ramble. first video just shows everything i just said except removing the adjuster bolt, and i had already had the bar out and reindexed, just wanted to show the bolts to loosen. the second video was of me actually pulling the arm out, just to show how easy it is. i did my damndest to make sure i recorded in 1080p, and that it was in focus. it was still zoomed in in the beginning of the first video, i apologize if anyone gets nauseaus from the motions lol. the videos are public, please share them with anyone that is planning to do a reindex. here they are.... 1 Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 good segment. Apprrciate the detail. see, I thought the same thing about the sae, but the damn'd o'l wrenches just fit better... I even talked to myself about it. Was thinking, "my truck must be a one off, it hdas tons of sae, hardly any metric." good advice on the loosening of the LCA bracket. I had some one ask about a situation where the torsion bar wouldn't come down. Didn't really have an answer, cause when I took my bolt out, it just dropped. Plus one on the wrench being jammed on the upper nut, I did the same and spun the main bolt using a drill. came to that solution after about 10mins turning it with a ratchet and not feeling like it was even going... Quick with a drill. Im going to have to go get some of them markers!!! Lol... Quote Link to comment
nissanprerunnerdavid Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 These are great!! Thank you for taking the time to do these!! Quote Link to comment
Skulptr Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 thanks guys, hope it helps. as far as i know, they are the ONLY videos on the internet for this. i searched for hours on end with no results, just blurry pictures and heres what i use to make my index marks Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 yea, I know what you mean about no info on this. Was worried to do it myself with out any guidance. The videos are a great touch!! How many splines did you rotate? Did you measure before and after? I didn't and didn't get to see the diffrerance. and I noticed our brackets were different on the lca. Probably why I didn't have to loosen bolts. Quote Link to comment
Skulptr Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I rotated 2 splines. I measured using my body trim line. I started with 29" and ended up with almost 32". which leveled my truck out with the rear end. Though I'm maxed out, my uca's are smashing my bump stops. I really need those spacers now Quote Link to comment
Skulptr Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 The brackets should be the same... Mine is an 85 kc too... Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 yea, me too... As soon as I get cash im starting it. Just gotta wait for PayPal to hurry up.... Okay, I didn't max mine back out.i left them just level. Not against the bump stops... I mocked some up outta 2x6... Lol, I know, I know... Wood?? Im not driving it, just creating a model for the machine shop. But will be the exact same, just in aluminum. I'll post pics in the morning of them. Then I'll talk to my machinist to see how long it should take. If I had a damn drill press id just do it all myself... Maybe a investment for myself?? Cut out the machinist and make em cheaper. Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I have an 82. Check out the pics of my reindex. The bracket is just a bit different. Think it allowed me to wiggle the torsion bar out without loosening it. The bars are the same, just not the bracket bolted to the LCA Quote Link to comment
Skulptr Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I toyed with the idea of making my own and decided against it. Too important of a part to not have done right. So I've considered taking what you and I put up and making an actual how to in the how to section, but I don't know if I'll get slammed for double posting again Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 No its cool. I think an official how to in the how too section would be perfect. Copy and paste away. I was thinking about doing it last night. Technically i don't think it's double posting if you do it. This is my build thread. You posting a official how to, couldn't be double posting. Your just, organizing. Quote Link to comment
nissanprerunnerdavid Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 With the help of skultpr and poor mans 720 I got my Re index done. Its very nice to still have the height by not. The super hard ride. Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Yea it is!!! Glad we all got it done and no body is missing fingers... Thinking all 720 should do this. I mean the hardest part is loosening the bolts. Just a couple more turns anyou could take it off and reindex it, do it right. I mean hell, you 80% of the way there when you get down there with the tools. Quote Link to comment
nissanprerunnerdavid Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Yeah it was way easier then I thought! Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Picked up some hella great parts for the 720 today up norht of seattle... project half doors commenced!!! you guys are gonna love these.... got some other parts, shoot me a pm if interested in them. Hell yea... cant wait to work on this in the morning.... Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 This is what i did the other night. Nothing special, just wanted to make it look better than what it was, all back and shitty... major-shitty.... looks better now. Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Okay, here are some pics of my half door project. it is in progress, go too dark to weld, so i had to call it a night.... Quote Link to comment
Skulptr Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 can i have your arm rests and door panels? lol Quote Link to comment
poor-mans-720 Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 haha, the doors i bought didnt come with any... Elmer is going to have a blue passenger panel and arm rest... I think i might have a blue driver side arm rest... Quote Link to comment
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