Axle dolly
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Axle dolly
Just did an axle swap (removing 2 and installing 1) and while I was getting ready to move the assembly's I decided I didn't want to haphazardly remove them with the jack and then drag them around and then try to balance one on the jack to install it. I had some free wood and the wheels laying around so I took a little time to threw this together.
I built the dolly so it was just a little higher than the bottom of the axle with the car on jackstands and the axle hanging freely w/o the watts link or shocks holding it up so I just had to lift the axle a little to get it on the dolly. Then when installing it, just had to push down the links a little to align them in the brackets.
A small wedge at the front of the diff helped to adjust the angle to get the upper links aligned after securing the lowers.
In hindsight another wheel at the back of the diff would help stabilize it better. Not necessary going from car to car, but from floor to dolly or vise versa it may keep it from flipping backwards.
If I were to make a better one I'd make it out of steel (with the welder I don't have) and make a gap in it so the oil could be changed while on it, and the angle was adjusted with a bolt accessed with a ratchet.
I built the dolly so it was just a little higher than the bottom of the axle with the car on jackstands and the axle hanging freely w/o the watts link or shocks holding it up so I just had to lift the axle a little to get it on the dolly. Then when installing it, just had to push down the links a little to align them in the brackets.
A small wedge at the front of the diff helped to adjust the angle to get the upper links aligned after securing the lowers.
In hindsight another wheel at the back of the diff would help stabilize it better. Not necessary going from car to car, but from floor to dolly or vise versa it may keep it from flipping backwards.
If I were to make a better one I'd make it out of steel (with the welder I don't have) and make a gap in it so the oil could be changed while on it, and the angle was adjusted with a bolt accessed with a ratchet.
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