Finally getting to it!!! 1970 Duster 340

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Fun watching this build since I’m right along with you on mine. But it’s just a V8 swap
 
Thanks guys. A friend was going to help but he got tied up at work. I decided to give it a shot by myself. Everything went very smoothly. Dave, my car has a 3.55 gear ratio. My brother and I always thought that the cooler was interesting.
 
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over the top nice and a milestone for you.....anyone that has installed from the bottom will never go in from the top in anything with good paint on it. I was gonna say I would not want to be within earshot when you get your first scratch....but I do not want to jinx you.

Mopar to ya'
Denny
 
HemiDenny said:
over the top nice and a milestone for you.....anyone that has installed from the bottom will never go in from the top in anything with good paint on it. I was gonna say I would not want to be within earshot when you get your first scratch....but I do not want to jinx you.

Mopar to ya'
Denny
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Agreed. It’s the best.
 
Hey Kevin, i'd be happy to come help if you need some. This is my slow time of year for work and it would give me something to do.
 
The length helped. I simply cut the heads off of bolts with the proper thread size.
 
I decided to install my driveshaft yesterday. I was tightening one of the yoke strap bolts to 170 inch pounds when it broke in the yoke. Looks like I'll need to remove the yoke and try to remove it. The problem is that the bolts are only 1/4 inch which doesn't give much surface area. I've had success using my welder on larger bolts to weld a nut on to help with extraction. I thought about cutting a small piece of brake line to sit over top the broken piece and then weld inside to protect the threads. A nut could be welded on top of the tubing. Any input would be welcome.
 
I think I would just pull the chunk, rather than the yoke. That way, you can get to it easier, and not mess up the pinion setting. Welding the nut would work best. If you break any easy out off in a bolt that small, you're screwed!
 
JDMopar said:
I think I would just pull the chunk, rather than the yoke. That way, you can get to it easier, and not mess up the pinion setting. Welding the nut would work best. If you break any easy out off in a bolt that small, you're screwed!
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Concur with JD!
 
Reason bolt broke?
It was old and tired?
Torque wrench malfunction?
Bolt too long and bottomed out?
but some are through holes.
If its threaded right through,drill it.
Start small and slow. Work your way up.
Not a through hole,left hand drill bits.
I would pull yoke. Mark nut and pinion, count turns to remove nut. Assemble being careful to line up nut to original spot on pinion. Re-assemble with threadlocker.
 
If it is a 489 housing with a crush sleeve you don't want to loosen the pinion nut. Unless you want to reset it up with a new sleeve or a sleeve eliminator.
The 741 & 742 you can pull and relnstall the yoke with just retorquing it.
 
Almost all the conventional diffs use crush sleeves.
Have done this dozens, if not hundreds of times to replace pinion seals. To each his own.
Some manuals had specs for this procedure.
 
I probably will just pull the yoke. I did that earlier by marking the bolt when I put a new seal and speedy sleeve while doing the differential repair. I’ll see if I can get the bold out myself. If not, I may have to get professional help.I’m sure that my wife would agree that I already need professional help :)
 
FJRdoc said:
I probably will just pull the yoke. I did that earlier by marking the bolt when I put a new seal and speedy sleeve while doing the differential repair. I’ll see if I can get the bold out myself. If not, I may have to get professional help.I’m sure that my wife would agree that I already need professional help :)
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Most would!:thumbsup:
 
Installed the transmission cooler lines last night and attached the upper and lower radiator hoses. I hope to get the torsion bars installed this weekend and finish up with the front suspension. I'm also going to work on that pesky yoke bolt. The temp has warmed up which makes it nicer to crawl around on my garage floor. Saturday is the last day of muzzle loading season at my in laws place. Going to give deer hunting one more chance.
 
I got done early with work today.....gave me some time to wrench on the Duster. I decided to install the torsion bars. I'd heard horror stories about getting the boots over the larger sized bars. As mentioned on this site, I cut off an old funnel to slip over the end of the bar. I let the boots simmer on the stove for a while. Lubed up the funnel and they slipped right over without a hitch! She will soon be back on 4 tires again.

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