Dana 30 Axle Hub-to-Hub Rebuild - Expedicion de las Americas CJ-7 Resto - Episode 8

With just a few days before heading to Jeepers Jamboree on the Rubicon Trail, Chris Collard finishes off the Expedicion de las Americas CJ-7 Dana 30 Axle rebuild. He starts with cleaning and painting parts, and takes us through installing ball joints, axle shafts, bearings and seals, spindles, brakes, and installing Warn locking hubs.
Key moments:
0:00 - Intro
00:48 - Bead blasting and restoring components.
01:56 - Installing axle housing and springs.
02:31 - Pressing on ball joints
06:10 - Pressing hub bearings.
09:08 - Pressing on wheel studs.
01:13 - FedEx saves the day. New parts arrive.
11:20 - Pressing in spindle bearings.
12:10 - Tips on pressing on the axle gravel shield.
13:28 - Installing axles, spindles, and brake brackets.
16:27 - Installing disc brake assembly and bearings.
18:59 - Installing calipers and brake pads.
21:58 - Installing Warn locking hubs.
25:06 - Double checking components.
We extend a huge thank you to our great partners that have graciously donated parts to get Edla back on the trail.
BFGoodrich Tires: www.bfgoodrichtires.com
Quadratec: www.quadratec.com/
Amsoil: www.amsoil.com
Superlift Suspensions: realtruck.com/b/superlift/
Rancho Suspensions: www.gorancho.com
Ring & Pinion Service: www.ringandpinionservice.com/
Sierra Gear & Axle: www.sierragear.com/
Eaton Engineering: www.eaton.com/us/en-us/produc...
Moser Engineering: www.moserengineering.com/
Rugged Ridge: ruggedridge.com/
Tom Woods Custom Driveshafts: 4xshaft.com/
KC HiLiTES: www.kchilites.com/
Omix Jeep and Willys parts: www.omixparts.com/
Tuffy Security Products: tuffyproducts.com/
Odyssey Batteries: www.odysseybattery.com/
Mac’s Tiedowns: www.macscustomtiedowns.com/
Borgeson Steering Components: www.borgeson.com/

[@nathanieladams7624]

I’m glad you are restoring this historically important CJ7. My 1985 CJ7 has the wide axel Dana 30 front with original Jeep manual locking hubs. Last fall I bought new white wagon wheels, stainless center caps, and stainless lugs. Before I mounted all that I painted my hubs black then went in and painted the tiny recessed 2x and 4x white. Then replaced the center Jeep 4x decal. I like how it came out. Close to original.

[@Gone_Gpn]

Sounds awesome, Nathaniel. It's super fun digging into an old Jeep and bringing it back to life.

[@brettsmith4962]

The best part of the video was you deciding not to run dust shields. Great video well edited and fun to watch.

[@Gone_Gpn]

Total rookie, right! Thanks for the input, Brett.

[@garychaiken808]

Great job. Thank you 😊

[@Gone_Gpn]

Thanks for the input, Gary.

[@6226superhurricane]

couple of issues there, don't use knurled ball joints unless it's a last resort. on cj dana 30 the bottom ball joint is done up to 85 ft/lb first and then the preload is set using the split tapered insert torqued to 50 ft'lb then the top nut is done up to 100 ft'lb. you also need to check the supplied nuts as many ball joints are supplied with an incorrect top nut that doesn't have a base wide enough for a knuckle with preload adjustment.

[@GunSmoke098]

Awesome, love the content and have been keeping up with this series! Are you going to post a tear down video?

[@Gone_Gpn]

Thanks for the great feedback. Chris did the stripdown of the Dana 30 in episode 6.

[@frccustomguns7859]

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