Axle swap in "The Big Cheese"

[DNL]

Outstanding! Is the that the final choice for tires? Looks great, even with the chrome.

Dave

[randyscycle]

Outstanding! Is the that the final choice for tires? Looks great, even with the chrome.

Dave

That is the final choice. The truck will not see a huge amount of road time. The rims may get "subdued" a bit though at some point......

[brute4c]

Looks GREAT!!!

[ryanroo]

lookin good. it looks a little taller than my truck, but not by a lot. i really like how the 42s fill the wheel wells. i may have to remember than next time i am looking for tires.

ryan

[Grantshire]

Well, let's try this sgain - the two other posts I tried to send must be trick or treating in cyberspace.

First, great job on the axle swap Randy, I could have spent the whole afternoon drooling over Big Cheese Thursday. Glad we decided to have me bring the tires by after I picked them. I had planned on buying a set of Moto Metal 20x9 skull rims and running 16x20 XZL's but could not find the tires. When the Swamper popped up on ebay dirt cheap I went for them. They looked huge in my trailer and I was worried they might be too big. When we rolled them off the trailer at your shop and placed them next to the tug tires that were on it (man, it looked funny with the tug tires) they looked HUGE! All the way home I kept wondering if I had made a mistake. Thanks for putting them on Thursday evening and sending the picture. When I opened it on my phone and saw Big Cheese I was grinning ear-to-ear; PERFECT FIT! I really like the way they fit with the lift and fender openings. I just never realized you were so short!

Great job and I will have to drive it home, it will never fit on my trailer with the Swampers. Big Cheese really is BIG CHEESE!

[randyscycle]

Thanks for the kind words!

I really keep eyeing my 715 sitting over there now, thinking it might need a springover. It looks kinda lonely so close to the ground........

[CrashMorriss]

Enjoy man If you have not had a 715 with tire's that size your in for a real eye opener. of what a 715 can do off road with tires that size. I use to run a 715 with 44's. and the best word for how it went is FLOATION. and I didn't have a locker rear. Like you have. So enjoy.

[randyscycle]

More work has been progressing along, but I haven't posted up much because its all been small stuff at this point.

Here are a few pics though:

First, the hydroboost is mounted and all the lines plumbed. Last thing I need to do is to add the powersteering cooler.



With the 6.2L its a bit tight, but still enough clearance over the valve cover:



And the powersteering box is now mounted and plumbed too. Its an AGR box:



All the new steel brake lines are run and new flexible lines at each wheel. As soon as the hydraulic system is buttoned up, then I will bleed they system and have it stopping and turning.

[brute4c]

Nice, large, pics....

[CrashMorriss]

Megga Picture.....wow