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Yes, I'll lose some spring rate . . . but that's a good thing. It was WAY too stiff. I still have a helper spring on the new set.

A few more shots . . .

I swapped the 2 1/2" shackle flip and 2" Skyjacker springs in today. I shot these pics after I finished one side . . . you can see the difference in the angle (it improved the pinion andle 3 degrees).

So here's what a "new" 12-bolt looks like . . .

I'm chasing a wheel problem. One of my rear wheels appears to be bent and causing a pretty bad shake so I ordered a brand new wheel from Trail Worthy Fab. Hopefully it will be here by the weekend so I can swap it. I've also decided that the stock rear springs are just too stiff. I ordered a...

Yep, clean and dry.

It's been a while since I've posted but I have been making a little progress. I tore all the wheels down and added 10 oz. of Dynabeads to each wheel. I also put some new locking nuts on the 12-bolts. The LoMax 205 is completely reassembled and ready to install. Not sure when I'll have a chance...

More info on what the box is worth in scrap . . . http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/39412-m1031-body.html

I ended up buying some of the pilot washers for the wheels. I broke down the two rear wheels last weekend to install them, and ended up swapping the inner wheel on one (it was too out-of-round). I'm hoping to get the pilot washers installed on the front wheels this weekend. I also dropped off...

Cut-off wheel. I have some pics of when I did mine on my build thread, page 8 . . . http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/71603-m1031-5-lift-12-bolt-h1s-no-spacers-build-8.html

I got the LoMax 205 torn down so I can have the case bored. Everything looked good . . . no surprises.

I checked the runout on the two worst wheels. One was 110 thousands out and the other 120. I'm thinking this is more a case of bent wheels than misalighment . . . ?

What did you do to "realign it"? Did you just eyeball it or use some sort of tool to make sure it was centered?

Is there an alignment tool?

That makes sense, it's odd though that the ones I DIDN'T align balanced and the ones I did align didn't.

So I took the "new" set of 37's to have them balanced. Two balanced out pretty well and two didn't. In fact, one is unuseable. The run-out is so bad it beats you death. I noticed on this set of wheels that they have a matching hole in the inner and outer ring. My old set didnt have this. On...

The new 32-spline input shaft for the LoMax 205 came in today along with the twin stick kit . . .

My front driveshaft was in good shape but I wanted to replace the stock 1310 slip yoke with a 1350. I included a shot of the old yoke next to the new one. I didn't have to lengthen the tube and I didn't have it balanced either.

I finished mounting the last two tires today . . . stretched the o-ring, placed it in the "channel" and then mounted the outer ring. After torquing 48 bolts over and over and over again I had a blister to show for my work.

4" springs and a Zero Rate. I'm guessing the stockers were 2" and these are 4 1/2", so that gives me 2 1/2" more inches (with the lift). I'd be surprised if I ever hit them but they're there just in case.