W900 rebuild

I finished stripping the obstacles off the frame and noticed that the right side rail was bent about 1.5 inches in the weak axis so I straightened it

now it’s less than 1/16
I know it looks twisted to but that’s because of how it’s sitting in the saddle of the jack stand.

 

and I got my rear diff all rebuilt/ put back together.
The power divider is dissembled and some are clean…still have some for tomorrow and need a couple bearings before I can reassemble

 

46k axles are really common with walking beam suspension and can be had cheap but since we’re using airliner on this truck I had to get rid of the extra brackets.
All of the rough ride components are gone except the transverse torque arm mount which is pretty close to the freightliner setup except about twice as stout so I am going to use it instead got the housing all cleaned out and dropped the rebuild diff in for storage so I can do the front one…I only have one stand setup to hold them.
There’s been a lot of frame drilling but it’s kinda boring and hard to show in a picture.
Hopefully things start to go back together this week at least for a dry run.


and for those of you who are familiar with cattle panels this is a whole panel after cutting it off the drive shaft of my 950….totally unrelated but I had to stop working on the truck to go fix this problem for my guys

 

Anyone know if this is doable with 120 gallon 5 foot by 24” tanks…I know I can make it happen just asking if it would be a factory setup

 

I can keep them but I really don’t want the fuel tanks in the middle of the truck because being a dump truck I guarantee they will get destroyed and even if they don’t they’re marginally in the way of the lift axle. i generally do like them just don’t feel like they are the best use of space on this truck. I thought about keeping the driver side and using one tank on the passenger side but it’s nice to have the extra fuel capacity because we like to leave the truck on the jobsite for the week if possible.

 

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It is going to push more weight to the steer axle but I have never had a problem there on a long hood dump truck. I was mostly asking about factory options for easy bolt together stuff but I can and will make whatever I want or is needed.