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Re: What Axle do I want? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float
I had to pull the trigger today and get some new wheels. Did some searching, Craiglist etc., and couldn't find anything used that I would like under the van. Went with Ultra 164's,17"X9". Are there any opinions out there on Ultra Wheels? I couldn't get my Eagle 100's, but these look very similar. They should be mounted up early next week, and I'll post some pics.
http://www.ultrawheel.com/wheel_detail. ... d=1&id=713
I'll be wrapping them with BFG AT 315's.
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2006 E350 EB, V-10, 6 inch UJoint Offroad 4X4 Conversion, Fiberine Super Camper Top
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10-20-2012, 10:27 PM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
Looks good and they should be able to use the high lift accessories with that style of rim.
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10-21-2012, 06:06 AM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
Nice rims, couldn't find the max load of the rim, do you have it?
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10-21-2012, 09:41 AM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
Max load is 3500.
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10-21-2012, 10:56 AM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
Thank you 
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10-22-2012, 10:29 AM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
Mounted and on it!
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10-23-2012, 02:15 PM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
What have I learned that may help someone else?
Spring Pad width on the Vans: 49" OC
Angle of Pinion Flange: 11 degrees
U-Bolts, needed longer ones because Chris's Spring Pads were a little taller: Went with 9-1/2"
Drive shaft needed to be shortened by about 1/2" also changed out the U-Joint to a Super Duty, I think 1410 series.
And someone had asked a couple pages back about the brakes possibly changing, well yes I found out the hard way that they went bigger in 2005. So I had to go to a 17" wheel.
Used Sensor from Old axle but can't tell if it made a difference. My ABS light has been on since I did the front axle, still need to get the right connector to fix that!
Still working out the parking brake. I will report what I work out. Chris at Ujoint has a solution for this with using an adapter that requires a little bit of fabbing of a cable. I am trying to go with more of the stock parts. So far I took the passenger rear wheel cable from the old axle and swapped it with the cable on the Sterling. It's just a little bit short, but everything is hooked up and it does work, but it's not fastened down.
Also, I should have mocked up the brake line before having the pads welded up. I could have had the Brake line tabs welded at the same time. Later this week I will be having the Brake tabs and Shock tabs welded up.
That's about all I can think of right now, but here are a few pics.
First one shows the two Ebrake cables coming from the rear:
Second one is how the cable coming from the Ebrake peddle is out of the mount on the frame, that is so I had enough length to get everything hooked up.
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10-23-2012, 02:36 PM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
It all looks really good... you have done a great job...
Thanks for sharing it all with us...
...Jamie
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10-23-2012, 05:48 PM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
This link just came my way a couple of days ago. Seems like they should be able to make you a cable that works. They came recommended from the VW world for what that's worth.
http://www.raytray.com/products/custom_parking_brake
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10-23-2012, 06:23 PM
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Re: What Axle ? 9.75 or 10.5 Full Float, went with Sterling
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Thanks, that first picture on the website looks very promising.
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