No more balljoint and hub bearing

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MAIDEN12VALVE

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started with bad balljoints and wanted to solve this problem FOREVER....thinking about carli and dynatrac but dont want baljoint any more....so king pin conversion arrive...and with a bonus...get rid of 400$ wheel bearing....here is the pic of the project dana60/aam hybrid

started with brake
modifying dodge caliper braket to mate with dana60 brake braket

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Axle of aam and dana60 have the same ujoint cap diameter but not the same distance between ears....so axles modification

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machining
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assembled
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Now the c-hub....dana60 have 3.125 tube and aam 3.5...so c-hub machining to fit on aam tube

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fit on tube
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complet assembly test
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Now ABS....really simple...I made tone ring...sensor braket and voila

tone ring
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installed on hub
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installed on truck
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brake completed
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stock steering system doesnt work with dana60 knuckle so I fabed a new kit with 1 ton tie rod and some 1.5 dom tube

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Finished product

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Some testing....and it pass

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Steering is tight and smooter on a dead stop....little bit too sensitive....but on the ok side...some alignment issue but im fixing it now....it pull a little bit to the left....
 
One last thing....this conversion make the axle 1.25 in wider on BOTH side I keep the ujoit position and king pin pivot axe at stock place but hub are offset compared with stock unit

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with stock wheel stock fender may be ok....but with after market wheel its perfect with 2.5 inch bushwacker....I also put wheel spacer in the back to keep a correct tracking
 
HO YEAH...for sure.....I love the freelock....4$ king pin bushing...35$ king pin bearing and 50$ wheel bearing and seal PER side
 
This is exactly what I was gonna do , got all the outer stuff just need the inner c's.
Great work , how did you set caster/camber?
 
I put the axle at level...you can use bump stop surface for pinion/caster ...you can assemble c's , knukles and spindle then you can check camber with a level on spindle ,caster with a protractor on king pin(6 deg with bump stop at level)....but if you c's are tight on tube camber doesnt realy have to be checked...on mine it was at -0.8 deg on both side...so i put moog camber shim to correct it...caster give 4 on one side and 3.6 on the other side with axle on truck...little low but ok
 
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