I drill the plug welds and remove the entire tube from the center. It's actually easier than doing the sleeves. Doesn't have to be perfectly tight to begin with as the pucks align everything before welding. But there's more than one way to do things and glad you can show people anything is possible. Love your videos!

@hotrodcasanova3574

6 ай бұрын

Are they hard to beat out of the housing once the plug welds are drilled?

@Alla0038

2 ай бұрын

Your way is much better instead of insert sleeve

You never seem to disappoint with the cinematography, fabrication and educational skills. I also never seen even 1 down vote by the time I get to to your videos. Thank you sir, exceptional quality as always 🤝!

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thank for always watching buddy 👍

Dead on balls accurate... It's an industry term. Nate Love your work, your filming, your editing, your style... Damn... Best KZread channel ever

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the huge compliment 👍

@xmo552

4 жыл бұрын

Dead nuts

@ProjectDanH

4 жыл бұрын

@IrishStew quote from My Cousin Vinny

@Bill-v650

4 жыл бұрын

within a RCH

@billdegroot4069

4 жыл бұрын

Balls on is a term used for double zero's or accurate with no error.

We did 9 in front ends in 70's broncos 40 years ago. We had to use an alignment rod as there was great differences in tube diameters. It solved the dana 30 problems LOL

Nice to see a fabricator that actually fabricates, a lot of guys just assemble somebody else’s work

Super nice Job!!! Thanks to share!!!

Absolutely beautiful project! Thx

You are doing a great job.

Great video as always Nate. My vote for your next build is a crew cab Comanche with a bobbed bed w/ 3rd row seating & a roll cage that doubles as a soft top.... I’ll be waiting and I know you won’t disappoint

That is insane !! Its gotta be nice to never be down and out....Some people are broke down , you are just slowed down. HUGE difference.

Thanks for the knowledge on how to change over that axle. I have a 03 axle out of a super duty. I was just going to check around for a transfer case to make my build work on my 80 suburban. Changing from a 2wd to 4x4. Thanks for all your content you have shown excellent work 👌👍

Finally, thank God! A channel whose videos I don't have to mute. No crazy techno or rap music. In fact, its tasteful background music. Thank you! Subbed.

@DirtLifestyle

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated man! Welcome aboard 🤘

Congratulations from Venezuela Its a grant job!!!

Wow totally awesome!!

Very impressive!!!

Damn dude. Knocked it out of the park. Well worth watching the ads in full for this kinda content.

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 👍

Nate! You are freaking AWESOME! Thanks for sharing tips, your methods, and some of the basic info that make these seemingly impossible jobs possible for the average joe! It would have been great to see the alternate "keep it aligned" method without the "cheater alignment bar", but nicely done! That bar slid out of there without a single catch! Keep up the great work, brother!

Nate. Awesome lob my friend!!

Thank you for the idea we did it here in Jordan.

I have a set of 2008 Super Duty axles that are getting lonely waiting for me to use them. I'm over-the-moon happy to see someone making Super Duty axle content. Thank you!

Hose clamps work good for making straight cuts on tube also

That. Was. Awesome. Good work brother.

Nice video, very helpful. Same angle reading twice is an indication of repeatability, not necessarily accuracy. They are relative in their accuracy though, so for these purposes it works.

Wow, you truly are next level!

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 👊

Thank you for walking through your build. I can't get enough of how step by step you make it seem very feasible to do this stuff. Thank you for breaking down the unknown. Great video Nate!

Great video Nate. You do good work.

THANK YOU for beveling your weld surfaces! GREAT video man! Did a bit of this for IMSA prep on race cars/trucks. Good to see this made as public education!

I watch a lot of videos like yours...... Your video is exceptionally good , it kept my attention 100%......

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍

309 stainless wire works pretty reliably on cast to low carbon. Preheat and you should be good. C.W.I.

@mrfixit____3651

4 жыл бұрын

I have a grand Wagoneer D44 that I've been debating on doing this too for my xj.

@vortec9311

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir that's the way to go. 309 is like a Swiss army knife lol

I respect your work because of that you earned a subscriber. 👍👍👍

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great fab work Nate....! Always looking forward to your next vid. Just finishing some stuff on my 93 YJ for the season....took out the old Jasper 350 SBC and put in a 383 stroker from Jegs....thanks for all the work you put into your vids....you need your own Motor Trend show...!

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope one day to get picked up by a network. But I would continue KZread of course. I want the flexibility of both 👍

Do you think if our childhood had live notifications like this, that my dad would have come to more of my baseball games?

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Lol I just literally laughed out loud 😂

@xmo552

4 жыл бұрын

That's some funny shit right there

@mike86mike

4 жыл бұрын

No. He's busy getting you a new step mom.

That alignment rod sliding out that smoothly is the very best indication of straightness there is. Well Done.

Amazing, Nate. Simply amazing.

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 👊

Wow just Wow 🤩

Going to pick up a welder tomorrow and can’t wait to feel confident enough to get to this!

@matthewthiessen1049

4 жыл бұрын

Rob Conlin already have all that. Just missing the key to getting all this done

Love the project here. Shows how some elbow grease and attention to detail can save big $$$$ over ordering custom parts.

Great work!! Thanks for shared!!!

Nice job! About 10 years ago me and a friend chopped a Ford Dana 60 and did the exact same thing to work in a GM application. We didn't use an alignment rod, just a lot of measuring and remeasuring. It's held up since with no issues. Nice truss also.

Love the way your truss looks

I’m a big fan of your content! You will be costing me money in the future! Please keep showing the custom fab with the details you give. I will be looking back on this when I finally can start my project.

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy, I appreciate it 👍

@toddgibbs1321

4 жыл бұрын

I just watched your Atlas install on your TJ. Are things smoother with it now that you have run it for a while? It would be nice to see a follow up on some of the mods you have done after some time to know what type of things may be needed for tweeks, correction, adjustment, and if you are still happy with a mod or if you think there may be another approach you may take if you did it again.

Quality... Authentic... Content! 👍

About time that somebody does a video that doesn’t scare everybody away from doing there own work keep up the work man

Great vid! The alignment bar Brings back memories of straightening 9” rear axles for circle track every time I’d have to repair someone’s race car. I have had to use a press and a torch with water to fix bent axles

@jessename7849

4 жыл бұрын

Series of videos on doing this would be awesome but I understand not wanting to give away trade secrets too.

@shawnkeenan2576

4 жыл бұрын

Jesse Name oh I don’t do this kind of work anymore. It was great though. Just a lot of pressing and counting for spring back and rechecking. If it’s not a big bend you can use a torch on the long side of the tube and use a water soaked rag to shrink it

@gallamine

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have more details on this? I need to do this on my dana44. Long tube got bent. I assume you heat the concave side (to expand) and cool the convex side (to contract)?

Thank you for the content that you create. I am an old school custom motorcycle fabricator and now 20 years later I am diving into my first off road build. Keep it coming! I know this video was made 3 years ago, but I am slowly catching up haha. Thanks again!

Great job Nate! You always inspire me and i'm sure hundreds of others to get out there and challenge themselves, great Fabricator, great crawler and camera man. Keep up the good work brother and we'll be waiting for the next vid!

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated 👊

Man that was one straight piece of work! Using that alignment rod was definitely the way to go. Glad I learned something! Thanks for the vid. Stay safe!

How is it that you don't own a fab shop. Your skills and knowledge are very impressive. My dad taught me a lot about fabrication and I am so damn happy that I had that opportunity to learn. It really is fun, isn't it?

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Working on my own stuff is much more fun then other folks lol. Fabrication is a very fun and freeing endeavor. 👍

Great vids , one of the best channels on you tube!!!. Keep it up sir . 👍

Super 60 high pinion is the way to go now Cheap and easy to come by

Did not disappoint.. Great job as always. Ohh.. and..... Cheater.

Your costom truss is fantastic

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated brother 👊

You definitely do some nice work 👍

Galdang brother I always figure on switching the transfer case but in a Land Rover no way. Good job so far. You hit the nail on the head when you said rock crawler goes over landing. Good vid Keep it up

YOU ARE KILLING IT! Excellent WORK!

@DirtLifestyle

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Nate your videos inspired me during a recovery from a really shitty accident. Kept my spirits up when I was really down on myself and the world. Thanks keep it up. Y'all kept me going and now I get to spend time wrenching on my own things using your builds as guides. Jeep on bro

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Very sorry about your accident but I'm happy to help give you inspiration 👍

I always wondered if this was possible! Keep up the good work Sir!!!

What can I say?: One of the exceptional few!

Impressive!

The sleeved detail is nice

Nice job

built not bought love it . good job with camera work and explaining everything love your channel

Nice work, Nate!

Amazing videos thanks for putting the time in.

Bro you are so talented. This thing is beautiful

Nice job 👍😎

Your fabs are awesome Nate. You constantly set the bar for home shop fab projects and quality videos. The best way to keep the rain from running under your garage door is to move you garage over here on the dry side.

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Lol I bet that would work pretty good 😂

Great vid and even better job!

You’re a cool dude .. great videos

I have wondered how to do this for a long time also shortening an axle thank you for making it a bunch easier.

Beautiful bro 🖒🖒🖒

Awesome vid man very informative . Make sure you get your machinist buddy a lil something . Alignment bar was a huge hook up that's a killer tool .

You are a craftsman sir! Great video as usual

LASER interferometer is your friend. Love your videos.

Well done . You nailed it.

Not a bad pick to run. I had quite a few dana 60s on rear end. Ran them hills of WV with lot off-road use. They never fail me once and had great post- Trac from factory. My 1st one came factory on Ford F 250 . 4X4. Yes Ford.

Nice clean work right here! Pay attention kids.. 😁

It’s good to see guys still making parts your a great mechanic

Awesome fab skills sir! Fun to watch someone with your skill set! Cheers

17min in awesome weldporn

This was awesome. Seen videos like this before but this was original in it's own way. Very cool

I'm currently modifying the stock Rover front axle on my 2011 defender, fitting a Gwyn Lewis HD Diff pan and a few other little things. I would love to add a custom truss.. this video has inspired me to have a go at my own design.

Yeah, this was awesome Nate! Nice job on that axle

Tks man!!! Here in Brazil we dont have a lot of axles, front axles... with open knuckles and with right side pumpikin... I'm going foward on my project...

Just another cool video !

Gonna be doing the same thing with a non superduty center for my samurai buggy. This video will definitely help me out

Not to mention pinging the weld and using sand it a sure fire way to help cast welds, preheat cast to atleast 300, as soon as it done bury it in sand. Great insulation and let's the metal cool slowly to keep stress out of the grain structure

Omg thanks for that. I planning to build a E350 4x4 7.3 Powerstroke with a ZF6 and W463 VG 750.650 Transfer case. I need a passenger side drop.

Idk how you make everything look so flawless and simple, man. You're such an amazing fabricator and educator of fab work. Anytime you post a video about fab work I feel like I could walk out into the garage and do it right then if I had the tools.

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother, that's high praise!

@LJ_Jeff

4 жыл бұрын

@@DirtLifestyle you're very welcome! Keep up the great work. I'm trying to catch up on your videos.

Looks fantastic!! I hope to get to this lvl of welding! Just awesome

I'm so glad I found your channel. It's so helpful and informative. Keep up the hard work and thank you

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man 👍

@andreashoiby4333

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is awesome

This is the best one ton swap video series ever.... now just waiting on the TJ on tons lol

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man 👍

Well done. I'm lucky enough to have a lathe at home and several larger ones at work. Being able to turn pieces as needed is nice. I made up my own alignment setup when I retubed my 44. Kinda wish I'd just done a 60 instead.. :)

@AttwoodsGarage

4 жыл бұрын

@@mariombaa Really, nothing. For my needs it's plenty strong. I retubed it with 3/8" wall tube, brackets and truss from Ballistic and Barnes, plus all new brakes, 4.88 gearset. Going over the cost to build it verses a 60, looking back, I could done a 60.

@gallamine

4 жыл бұрын

What kind of press do you need to push the tube back onto the housing?

@AttwoodsGarage

4 жыл бұрын

@@gallamine I have a 100 year old 30 ton press I got from Salt Walther's shop. Blow the plug welds in the case with a torch or plasma cutter, I turned a die to fit where the seals are, chunk of pipe, and shove.

I’ve found that welding cast to mild with MIG using ERNi-1 wire has been the go to for a bullet proof process. Other than that I give you an A+ on this. Top notch my friend 👍

@rubberduckyTJ

4 жыл бұрын

High nickel content weld wire. (For Nate,) lol

Badass. That axle looks like a straight up road warrior prop

Shit dude! I'm a welder, and if you say you're not, that's some nice skill with the mig. I love how clean the diff cover looks. That's what got me

Nate you're quite talented, very cool stuff.

Good vid Nate I have always wanted to do this but haven't yet maybe some day

Another GREAT VIDEO! Production and content on point. 2 ideas for future projects. DIY suspended off road seat. Overland trailer build. Possibly aluminum to give you some tig time. Possibly starting with a military auction trailer as the platform

@DirtLifestyle

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm not sure how to go about making suspension seats but I plan on an offroad trailer build this summer 👍

For cast steel welding use a high Nickel alloy filler wire and keep the part hot while welding on it and let it cool slowly. You said you were preheating to 300F, that should do it, between stitch passes for your cover check the temp and torch it up to temp if need. When you are done wrap with ceramic blanket and let cool to ambient.

@cencoast_7.340

4 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't he preheat closer to 500 since it's not just cast steel it's Nodular?