well got to fabing up some knuckle stops and painting the front diff, still rendering ideas for armor.... might just say fuck it for the time to put it on and fab it up but we will see, might go stupid simple.
also got to addressing the skid plate which has seen better days. it was bent up into the TC and causing some rubbage luckly no leaks like last time it was also not protecting any thing, might as well have had a crossmember in there i guess it didnt help the fact that I cut out most the formed support metal to clear the tc and trans that weren't meant to be in there. Basically my plan is to scab some shit on there for now to make it work and when it comes time to flat belly the thing I will go all out. right now I cant justify spending 400$ on half a 4x8 sheet of 3/16 when scraps are cheep.. for now well you know it all goes in the same place eventually so when I'm done with it it will go right where it was meant to.
so I tackled the skid plate this morning im sure it was pleasant for all my neibours to wake up to me hammering metal, grinding and welding. but its all done with some reenforcing and some shims to lift the trans up by 3/4" - 1" to align the drive shaft properly. this also gives me back some drive shaft length so we wont have to cut too much out of it. also addressed some sloppy ness in the front driveshaft square to deal with this we run up two beads of weld on all four surfaces and grind them down so it still slips together without sloppage. while i was doing this I was cleanign off the grease with an acetone filled rag.. woops.. didnt put it far enough away from the welding.... FIRE!! hahahaha.
so inside the lockright we found a ring broke in half its non load bearing so we were trying to figure out why it broke. I suspect this wear ring in the end of the long shaft may indicate something...
got the trusses fixed up on the knuckles of the front axle tube, made them with a tab for shock mounts later, I plan on building new upper shock towers eventually so that is just a fore thought. going to look for a pattern for some front diff armor since I dented the stock metal already. sent a message away to Karnage fab to see if he has any ready to go.
going to run the last short spring in the front pack upside down so the bends in the ends are pointing down hoping that this will keep them from pinching the pack at full tuck and keep it straight for now
got the front axle pulled to fix some stuff I wasn't happy with. Think I need to shorten the drive shaft by an inch while its out. was about to put the rear axles in without the bearing retaining clips in! oops! good thing I gnarled up the one seal. which kept me from finishing it off last night. As far as I'm getting till I have the welder back.
Yes in My eyes these guys are kinda lame, but they are also not trailering or draging anything home! And going much further than any of us have. So respect is due. But were I to do something like this I don't think I would be worried so much about machetying shit. That injury was knarly and too be so far out, dangerous. I also thingk going with tires with side armor would help decrease the risks of a tire gash or puncture, either of which can prove fatal when your that far out! Which I suppose is why they were being baby's about clearing the way. All of them wanted to make it home.
well got to fabing up some knuckle stops and painting the front diff, still rendering ideas for armor.... might just say fuck it for the time to put it on and fab it up but we will see, might go stupid simple.
also got to addressing the skid plate which has seen better days. it was bent up into the TC and causing some rubbage luckly no leaks like last time it was also not protecting any thing, might as well have had a crossmember in there i guess it didnt help the fact that I cut out most the formed support metal to clear the tc and trans that weren't meant to be in there. Basically my plan is to scab some shit on there for now to make it work and when it comes time to flat belly the thing I will go all out. right now I cant justify spending 400$ on half a 4x8 sheet of 3/16 when scraps are cheep.. for now well you know it all goes in the same place eventually so when I'm done with it it will go right where it was meant to.
so I tackled the skid plate this morning im sure it was pleasant for all my neibours to wake up to me hammering metal, grinding and welding. but its all done with some reenforcing and some shims to lift the trans up by 3/4" - 1" to align the drive shaft properly. this also gives me back some drive shaft length so we wont have to cut too much out of it. also addressed some sloppy ness in the front driveshaft square to deal with this we run up two beads of weld on all four surfaces and grind them down so it still slips together without sloppage. while i was doing this I was cleanign off the grease with an acetone filled rag.. woops.. didnt put it far enough away from the welding.... FIRE!! hahahaha.
so inside the lockright we found a ring broke in half its non load bearing so we were trying to figure out why it broke. I suspect this wear ring in the end of the long shaft may indicate something...
got the trusses fixed up on the knuckles of the front axle tube, made them with a tab for shock mounts later, I plan on building new upper shock towers eventually so that is just a fore thought. going to look for a pattern for some front diff armor since I dented the stock metal already. sent a message away to Karnage fab to see if he has any ready to go.
going to run the last short spring in the front pack upside down so the bends in the ends are pointing down hoping that this will keep them from pinching the pack at full tuck and keep it straight for now
got the front axle pulled to fix some stuff I wasn't happy with. Think I need to shorten the drive shaft by an inch while its out. was about to put the rear axles in without the bearing retaining clips in! oops! good thing I gnarled up the one seal. which kept me from finishing it off last night. As far as I'm getting till I have the welder back.
Yes in My eyes these guys are kinda lame, but they are also not trailering or draging anything home! And going much further than any of us have. So respect is due. But were I to do something like this I don't think I would be worried so much about machetying shit. That injury was knarly and too be so far out, dangerous. I also thingk going with tires with side armor would help decrease the risks of a tire gash or puncture, either of which can prove fatal when your that far out! Which I suppose is why they were being baby's about clearing the way. All of them wanted to make it home.
progress! will post up soon!