Got a little more done. The lower kingpin just flat out refused to come out.
I ended up prying up the dust cap and hammering it out through the top.
It fought me for a while. so heres the first side, finally apart.
On the bright side though, the king pin looks brand new! So thats nice.

lower king pin








and one more pic for comparison.

 

finished disasembling the front today. got some good pics.

and some differences between a d30 3.55 gear, and the d60 4.10

 

WOW! What a difference! awesome comparison shots

 

yeah, pretty crazy. I really wanted to get a good comparison on parts. Im gonna grab a stock 30 shaft next.

 

Maybe I missed it but are you leaving the axles full width?

 

Don't know if I said actually.
But yes, they will be full width. I will be running h2 wheels, and with their backspace, I will only be just over 6" wider than I am now.

 

heres a couple more.
d30 vs. d60

 

Very sick build man

 

Thanks! Hopefully I can keep it moving along.
I found a great price on tires today from a vendor on pirate.
37x12.5x17 KM2's for 310$ +20$ shipping. so I think im just gonna go new, i had expected to pay a few hundred more than that so I had planned to go used.
I also got a good price on Pitbull Rockers, but they weight in at 96lbs a piece. So Im gonna go with the KM2 again

 

Awesome! Rausch Creek is on my lifetime wheelin list. I might just have to make you go with me in the coming years.

So what's the weight on each new 37 KM2 for reference?

 

70.6 for the KM2. so 26lb difference per tire. No thanks.
I will definitely be going to Rausch. My next big purchase, well after the next house, with a bigger garage is a new tow rig. so Ill have no excuse not to go!

 

90 for each Rocker vs. just over 70 for each KM2. That's a surprising difference!

 

yeah 96 vs basically 71. plus the rim. Im not sure what they weight, but call it 25 lbs, and the rocker would come in at 121 lbs, and the kms at 96.
So the km tire and wheel combo would weight what one rocker tire alone does.

 

Subscribed. Doing d60 swap right now too. I'm thinking about running mtr kevlars. Or iroks. money sure does add up fast with 60s!

 

Yes it does. I thought about mtr's as they seemed to ne the best price. But there are some awesome deals in the pirate vendor section.