Well, I'm having bad luck with rear axles. I had the 14 bolt that came stock in the truck and bent it, which caused carrier bearings to wear rappidly. So I put in another 14 bolt and proceeded to kill drivers side wheel bearings causing the spindle to eat itself. So I put the bent one back in to get me running again, been exploring axle options ever since.
So, I figured why be like everyone else and just build another 14 bolt? I try to make my truck the least cooky cutter I can and not do what everyone else is doing with their mid 90's chevy truck.
So I walked to the garage and started surveying the protential axle choices I had laying around. In one corner is the toasted spindle 14 bolt, but the center section is good. In the other corner is a complete GM dana 60 front. So the lightbulb pops on and hey, my trucks kinda long, it could benefit from rear steer right?
So this afternoon I cut the tubes out of the 14 bolt and got the center section ready. Going to go tomorrow and buy some new 3.5" .5" wall DOM for axle tubes and start assembling. I should have the basic axle done by next week but it will be a while before I can afford shafts and steering.
Going to design my own steering system for it that uses a series of linear hall effect sensors to determine position of the rear steering cylinder which will correspond to an LCD display in the dash so I know where the tires are pointed at all times. A small joystick will control direction and a push button will return the tires to center. Will be controlled by a PLC. Damn this college stuff is payin off eh?
Anywho, as soon as I get a new digicam which should be soon I'll start updating this thread with pics and tech, should be an interesting build.
