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Thank you sir, and I will update on what happens tomorrow.

Thanks. The rubber in the second is flexing a lot toward the back. I shoulda got a better pic. I'm sorry if this is trivial to the astute, I'm a newbie. After having a dogbone fail, cut my brake line and have to replace all them over a month of my short time off, I just want to be sure this...

Yeah someone suggested after suspension work to drive it then it will adjust which makes sense, you're moving the axles around putting tension in the system when you put the dogbones on. I haven't put it back in the garage to see if the leaning is solved yet, just noticed this new issue. I just...

The trunion bolts are not loose( the face of the axle where the shaft goes in, correct?), just checked, haven't heard that word since I built Ak's. Here's a shot of the middle axle pointing off to the left, and a shot of the upper torque rod obviously deflecting pretty good. Is this normal?

No but I'm guessing I would've noticed it leaning. I don't see it in any of the pics I took before either. Don't think I put much strain on the rubber, I used ratchet straps to get the mounts close enough to get the bones in, kinda hard to do on the ground with the ubolts out of the leaf spring...

They both were were off when i got done changing all dogbones. The whole right side was about a inch and a half lower than the left side. I noticed after driving it (there were suggestions that driving it after suspension work would straighten the issue out) there is an issue with my middle...

No man, don't get me wrong, I certainly appreciate your input. I thought you had the lube coming out the ctis tube.... Sounds like we have the same problem then, very wierd it just happened now though. Guess this hub is coming off to see what the deal is! Thank you.

Well I'm unclear here, it's not coming out the air/ctis like yours, around the flange is slightly wet. In one of the threads you pointed to it was indicated it can get around the bolts? Seems very strange that I removed the two bolts that hold the rock shield on and put them back on and suddenly...

Ah..... I was wondering why the two bolts holding the inner part of the rock shield on seemed to have some sealant on them...... I bet I pull them off put some sealant on then thread them back on problem goes away with the wetness...... Tm's aren't as thorough as people like to lecture. I see...

Wow this is getting never ending. Is it normal for the two axles/tires to not be completely parallel with each other? My middle axle is facing to the left a bit, not exactly straight and the upper torque rod rubber is noticeably flexing a bit.Almost like the torque rods are different...

I don't think so. I had the middle axle on jack stands,I'm pretty sure I had a jack underneath between the two dogbones cause I was scared when I took the ubolts off the leaf spring would lift off the saddle. The leaf spring is flat on the saddle where it's supposed to be. Just drove it a...

What I learned in tech school and in regular life blue smoke, oil burning. rings ,valves, valve seals, I suppose turbo seal too could be dumping oil in the exhaust. In any case oil IMO. If you're running fine check your oil level frequently, my bet is it will start decreasing more than normal as...

Are you going to be home for sure Pete? I'm up for giving it a shot. Don't know if december is a wonderful time to do it though! My weather stripping is missing around my windows. Lunch rally or something would be great. I'm more for a short trip for my first get together till I'm sure about...

This might do the trick http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/77102-wierd-brake-issue.html Pay particular attention to the Keith_J's posts if you've bled and adjusted the brakes as you said. I have yet to adjust all mine and make sure I've bled them all.

Looks sweet, doing a nice job!

No. Is it the tension from the torque rods/having to move the axles into place for the rods to go in? that will settle into place after driving? hmmm I think you might be onto something there...doooh. The parking brake has been on all that time too.

Drivers side, I took the two u-bolts off, 4 nuts, the top with the lifting eye. If I screwed that up somehow it would be sitting low on the drivers side instead of the passenger side, correct? I didn't have to do anything else to take the lifting eye off did I?

No worries, the axle will just flop around and the shackle at the front of the spring will crush the brake line..... Ask me how I know. Luckily it happened pounding gopher mounds in my backyard. :) Mine was worn bushings though. Let me know what you find out please. I torqued all mine to 375...

Yep. positive. The spare is leaking at the grommet, this one is right where the rims join where the metal tube goes through the rim. I used dawn and water to verify both .

I'm finally done replacing all the dogbones with new ones, replacing brake line, remounted tires, fixed a small air leak from one of the ctis hoses, then notice the truck is leaning noticably to the right. Measuring between the drivers side tire and fender I get about 9 inches, on the passenger...