Rear End Dolly
 

I got tired of dropping a rear end and dragging it around on the floor and having it be in the way, so I did something about it. Since I had a couple of homemade pipe stands and some scrap tube, I put them together and this is what I ended up with. Adjustable and rolls around for easy storage. I made two different length yolk sleeves - one for shown Chevy and the other for my 64 Pontiac Lemans. No more balancing act when dropping it out of the car or putting it back in!

Well, it looks like my JPEG's are not attaching.

One down and one to go....Tom, the second JPEG won't upload into the window. The yolk pic is there but not the dolly. Still trying...

Hit the "Go Advanced" button below your message block.

Then hit the "Manage Attachments" button.

Your photos should be in a easy to fine location like the desktop.

Hit the Browse Button and find your picture, click on the file, then hit the upload button.

Now it should be listed in the block in the advanced section.

Then hit the close this window button and the file (picture) should be in your post.

Tom V.

Dolly for rear end
 

Success! Thanks TomV. Again, I got tired of dropping rear ends and dragging it around on the floor so I did something about it. Since I had a couple of homemade pipe stands and some scrap tube, I put it all together and this is what I ended up with. Adjustable and rolls around for easy storage. I made two different length yolk sleeves - one for shown Chevy and the other for my 64 Pontiac Lemans. No more balancing act when dropping it out of the car or putting it back in! It works like a champ. I'll make another, but with the roller legs about 1" taller to allow easier release of the jack from the dolly. Next project is an engine test stand. Anybody have a picture of theirs?

SELL IT.......great idea

AGREE, THERE SHOULD BE A GREAT MARKET FOR THE THING!

Looks Like a Very Safe Way to Transport the things.

Tom V.

One Suggestion, I would add a rear runner (with a swivel wheel) to keep it from tipping over (backwards) and a way to attach a "T" handle to allow guiding the thing around the shop.

X3. Excellent idea, and very well turned out. I want one!!!

or just sell the parts needed to convert part of the engine stand at home

Great Idea! Patent it quick lol

It's very stable. Most of the weight of the rear end is from the axle tube on towards the pinion yolk. The pipe spacer in the picture of the dolly fits inside the Chevy u-joint yolk area and is held in place by the tabs of the yolk and the u-joint bolts. Since the Pontiac does not have inside yolk tabs and yolk is wider than a Chevy, I cut the spacer a little longer in order to securely clamp it to the yolk. I use either the pipe spacer for the Pontiac or Chevy, slid over the top of the threaded rod, as a handle to move the dolly around. I had all the parts for this on hand so it did not cost anything to build. The next dolly that I build will have larger diameter wheels, adjustable axle tube rests that raise and lower with lock pins, and the wheels under the axle tube moved an inch or so to the rear to lower the chance of tipping when moving. The hardest part to making this was fitting the American size cold roll pin into the metric hole of the jack - weld, grind and file, weld, grind and file (again), and repeat as necessary. I'll have one of my friends machine the pin to size next time. Just throwing the pics out there as an idea for others. Thanks for all of the comments.

Nicely built , option would be nice if able to rotate internals to service or repair guts .

Did the same thing except that woodworking is my thing. Very stable with four casters, and it allows the unit to rotate. When the project was done I took it apart and used the lumber for something else, firewood I think
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A pair of these "Mini Mover's Dollys" from Harbor Freight is only $23.98 ($11.99 each, full retail). If you buy them on a good sale it's about half that. Harbor Freight always has 20% off coupons - so at most you should only be paying about $19.00 They are rated at 1000 pounds each.

http://www.harborfreight.com/media/c...mage_20492.jpg

I've used these for moving work benches all the way to moving my 80 gallon horizontal Ingersoll Rand air compressor.

Rolling around a relatively light rear end would be a piece of cake.

Thats what I did; I use the moving dollies.