Stephen Broady's "An Actual Trail Rig" build

ridered3 · Jan 10, 2022

Nice looking Dana 35! What's the color plan on the axles?

jeeptj99 · Jan 10, 2022

ridered3 said:
Nice looking Dana 35! What's the color plan on the axles?

Bright ****ing neon pink.....

smbroady82 · Jan 11, 2022

jeeptj99 said:
Bright ****ing neon pink.....

Correct

ridered3 · Jan 11, 2022

ridered3 said:
Nice looking Dana 35! What's the color plan on the axles?

@smbroady82 Answering my own question, but this rig will be cool enough that instead of people handing you beers at the top of the trail, people will just volunteer to clean and paint the axles for you when you make it to the top. :rolf:

smbroady82 · Jan 16, 2022

Some more progress pics on this thing

Axles painted

Driveshafts painted, exhaust wrapped

Motor , Trans, t-case in
links mounted
rear brakes
bump stops
steering ram
winch

fuel cell, radiator, trans cooler , tool box , radio in

Firewall in , battery mounted

close up of the front end

smbroady82 · Jan 16, 2022

smbroady82 said:
Chris got the ole Dana 35 weldered up this weekend

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almost forgot to mention one of my favorite details, the weld washers on all the mounts.. I despise fighting misalignments on everything

you can also see a few of the bajillion zip tie tabs on this thing here before it got color

wizzo · Jan 16, 2022

I think this upper link/ pinion tie in is one of my favorite things. Just one of them deals that worked out when I didn't really know how it was gonna go exactly.