Explorer 8.8 axles drilled to GM 5 x 4.75 pattern

okay youtubers I basically set up gold get everything all-inclusive drill my own axle flanges to the new bolt pattern and do it all for under $100 I'm gonna head in with this one so far I'm absolutely pleased with it okay guys got reset up where I can kinda take you through the steps of my madness here so in order for me to drill the pattern on the axles I first have to have a drill press that will accept the axle in its length and hold it secure the problem they have is that this hole isn't big enough to allow a axle out of a vehicle to fit through it matter of fact that particular hole started out at this size finger size a brand new Milwaukee hole saw chucked it into the drill press and literally made a hole big enough in the middle of that work surface for the axle to fall through axle will come through here and set right on that work surface this work surface has to be perfectly leveled it has to be level this way this way this way every which way you can put a level on it it has to be right what's gonna happen you're gonna end up with wonky holes and the studs aren't gonna sit right so basically I took and got everything exactly level you can put that thing anywhere you want and that works that work surface is level is go around to all the marks I made using my centered if you remember I used my purple pattern centered located using just a small flat rubber band around this boss Center whatever you call that and then force this down to make it perfectly centered as my transfer punches to locate my pattern so what I did just now was take the drill press and just drill a pilot hole one here spin it hit the next one you know get it in my little dimple see I just went around and hit all five of my little pilot holes hey guys new day new approach I've abandoned the stepped drilling process a use a cobalt bit B slow your drill press speed way down this morning I have slowed it all the way down to 690 rpm this is a Milwaukee cobalt drill bit so a half-inch and I mean it's cutting I mean anybody that's ever used a sharp drill bit knows when you see this kind of shavings then you're getting a pretty good cut I start out using transmission fluid as my lubricant and it didn't seem to work nearly as good as the oil in the STP so is letting the conical shape of the drill bit kind of find its center [Music] there's the spot where it will try to grab right as you start going through the other side is what it wants to grab the most everywhere you see the DICOM is a new hole nice and smooth cleaning up the flange so it weekend here is a visual representation of the blue dye cim the rubber band that I'm using as a spacer for that purple lug pattern thing from Speedway because on this a date register it's literally less than 1/16 or a thirty seconds of an in time it's really a small amount around the outside diameter that needs to be Center that space taken up so I basically just found these in the kitchen which is rubber bands that come on your us male mics the distance between these two holes split the difference may it set the caliper at one inch 25,000 to represent where the center of this area is so then what I did which just took a straight edge and just described a line for the approximate center area in between the existing holes so basically what I'm doing is aiding that purple pattern gage to go over this rubber band that's taking up that little bit of slack that literally 1/32 of an inch or whatever it is that keeps this from fitting tightly behind my reference working this down around our rubber band and maintain our reference line remember once we get this thing pushed all the way down it's not going to want to move get a equal reveal of that rubber band all the way around nice reveal the rubberband is equally in between the center hub and the bolt adapter my reference line is directly in the middle of my 4 and 3/4 hole so now we will start the transferring cross makes sure you're in your 4 and 3/4 hole basically you just get it centered in the hole you can feel it being centered alright hold it straight up and down transfer it's that easy buy these at Harbor Freight 10 or 15 bucks a set not a big deal so now I've got a nice reference mark on all 5 of my 5 on 4 and 3/4 holes so we can start preparing to do our pilot drill ian's for punched on to the axle flange you can see the die come you can clearly see the new pattern located and then I will carefully because this is key you have to carefully draw drill your pilot holes exactly where you're swear your punch transfer we're gonna let that drill bit find that transfer there it is you can feel it once you find your hole hold everything steady nice even pressure let your drill bit through the work you'll notice I put a drop a large drop of STP oil treatment guys off-camera I cheated you guys a little bit Ida made an executive decision because on this axle I was gonna try the recommended drill a pilot hole then go straight to your half inch bit that's not really gonna work depending on how big your pilot hole is but if you look at the end of this half inch bit it doesn't have a what they you know how some drill bits will have a portion at the end that kind of starts the bit it's too hard to try to hit that small pilot hole I drilled and guarantee an accurate hole I did my transfer punch did a small pilot hole then I'm gonna end up using the short and I'm using the short unibit because that's what I have to use to clear my work table on this drill press I'm gonna open that up to at least a 3/8 just put a little tape line on my Unibet plunged it you know of course you sell you let everything Center you know like I said before when you're coming down you have movement you can move this axle that in a rotational manner and you just bring it down until that bit fine Center there's an example of drilling or enlarging this hole I want to show you how this works cuz I can rotate holding my hand get out way when you come down this thing will self Center you can feel it with your the down-and-dirty wrap up on reed room the Ford Explorer eight eight axles to the Chevy pattern I'm absolutely thrilled with the results everything came out perfect I wanted to point out to you guys because I have some unknown variable in my setup the holes in the axles turned out to be just slightly too big for the factory s10 studs so real quickly the factory s10 stud has a 493 thousandths root or shank with a 509 ish thousandths neural so the recommendation was drilled holes to exactly point 500 or 1/2 inch then the knurl should grip properly well something was lost in translation because when I hammered in the studs they weren't tight in the hole so immediately I knew okay we got to get a bigger neural to fix this problem went to the doorman website went through what seemed to be thousands of front wheel studs and found a 6 1 0 - 4 8 4 which gives me a it's 520 mm knurl with the 12 millimeter by 150 thread they were longer these are 2 inches 28 thousands long so I'll have to go back to my opened end lug nuts which is no problem because I already had those to begin with but I wanted to be completely honest with you guys when I drilled those holes they were above 500 a couple of thousands enough that it didn't allow that factory s10 neural to bite into the flange like it's supposed to no big deal swap them out at the parts store came home with the new studs everything was pressed in because it was enough of a knurled that I couldn't I wasn't comfortable trying to hammer them in with a small sledgehammer so I ran it certified cars Andy and I were able to press them in so here's your final product right there I've got one of the axles showing you the 5 on 4 and 3/4 pattern fits perfectly on the left I have one of the rotors that I've opened up the holes to the 3/4 size which allows it to work perfectly with the Chevy 5 on 4 and 3/4 pattern I have my next row door bolted to the work surface I'm gonna knock that out with a unibit hearing a little bit after I make this video once you drill to the 3/4 hole size and you can insert a Chevy axle pattern with no problems hold those lug nuts off set them on the workbench over there just I had put those on these studs to protect the threads while I'm moving around the shop aim is the video once you open these up to 3/4 hole size they work perfectly with the Chevy pattern centered by the register on the end of the axle shaft itself you're good to go so $40.00 benchtop drill press $15 cobalt built bit I got a $5 plastic pattern from Speedway made it fit the register on the end of the axle shaft with a rubber band for that I basically got free from the post office on wrapped around mail there you go that's how I was able to properly locate transfer punch the pattern in the areas that I wanted it to be in and drill it at home so now I've got a little bit of money invested I now have a useful tool added to my shop because I have a little drill press that I can use note to self it takes forever the hole saw a two inch hole and a cast iron work surface always always make sure your work surface is exactly level forward back side to side so there's the wrap-up guys I wanted to try to make it short and sweet as always I appreciate you guys watching I enjoy helping people out hopefully you guys can like share subscribe click the little Bell appreciate you guys

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Length: 14min 59sec (899 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 08 2017