72 duster Build progress

ya, im glad it wasnt worse too guys.

I kept thinking to myself.....I got on it good.....but its not like I was doing neutral drops or pushing 1,000 horse or anything .....and I just inspected the internals of that rear end and seen no signs of fatigue .....so I was scratching my head wondering how an axle would have snapped (that sure is what it felt like). so I decided to jack it up and look things over to get a better idea of what happened. I spun the wheels and they both were still spinning so I knew then that the shaft hadnt sheared .but there was still a nasty clunk when i rocked the wheel back and forth. I got under and looked at the drive shaft and it "appeared" all was normal at first. Then I had my father spin the wheel while I layed under and looked and THEN it rotated to the opposite side of the u-joint where I then seen one of the cups was missing. and after a little more digging I seen the u bolts on the axle housing look like they moved away from the "dirt marks" of where they were sitting. so it appears that when it launched the rear end housing shifted and threw things out of wack.

so now I need to go through and see what all the previous owner had going on in that area and true everything up and inspect it all and what not and THEN I should be back in business.

so I may be able to get it on the road this year yet! .....if I can get a months worth of driving out of it even id be happy. its been a long time coming and I am ready to drive it.

anyhow....ill keep you guys posted on progress. right now ( or was until this rear end issue) I was prepping the rest of my odds and ends parts for paint so I can get all that done and out of the way.

stay tuned!