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[Jonas]

Hmmm, now how do I screw these things on?

[RandyCarol]

Sweet.

[MDSRACING398]

What year front?

[Jonas]

What year front?

2004. I am going Artec swap kit.

[Jonas]

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[MDSRACING398]

04 is lighter for sure and a little easier to package if still using coils.

[mudpup96]

the artec kit is awesome, Made my 60 install super easy

[BlackKnight]

How much $ are you looking at to do Junkyard 1 tons, vs Off the shelf built?

[MDSRACING398]

Depends if cutting, grinding, and welding yourself or not.

[Jonas]

Back of an envelope I think it will be just north of 50% of what off the shelf would be assuming I go high end components (e.g. ARB lockers vs. Detroit), but I am doing it just as much for the learning experience.

[Jonas]

Planning on doing all the work myself except maybe the final welding. Align and tack it up myself and then have "Ken's axle guy" do the final welding. He estimates $600 for the welding work.

[BlackKnight]

Back of an envelope I think it will be just north of 50% of what off the shelf would be assuming I go high end components (e.g. ARB lockers vs. Detroit), but I am doing it just as much for the learning experience.

Cool, I've been thinking about doing 1-ton axels for my JKU, initially wanted the off-shelf drop-ins but saw the cost of a Dana60 front and rear and at ~15K thought differently. Going to Junkyard could also start me up in learning to weld, something else I've wanted to learn for a while.

[Jonas]

PM me if you want to watch (contribute to) the disaster. It "should" be straight forward.

[Jonas]

Anyone around Hopkinton, MA have a cherry picker I could borrow for a day?

I stripped everything except the axle shafts off (don't want the oil all over my truck) and we still can't lift it on two people.

[Kurt]

I've got one here. I'm about 45 minutes away.
I could shoot down to you most any day with it and help get them unloaded from your truck.