6 stud knuckle kit

no excuses · Apr 9, 2007

just keep on polishing that turd, it will be all nice and shiny :rb:

:fawkdancesmiley: :haha:

as much as I have in my turd I could have had a real axle

uke: :booo:

tj40ounce · Apr 9, 2007

crapyota said:
anyone got pics of a 5th stud setup?

pbb is your friend..

sh*#break · Apr 9, 2007

If i had a nascar pit crew checking everything every time i went out wouldnt be a problem, but im one of those guys who likes things alittle over built in terms of strength. ignorance is bliss especially when you **** doesnt break. And in the event of breaking stock knuckles i would probably drink enough beer to pay for 6 stud. they only cost about as much as the rubber i lose every time i go wheelin.

TB-F · Apr 9, 2007

all 80 hp realy lays down the rubber does it?:haha: :fawkdancesmiley:

phew · Apr 9, 2007

I bought a set kept pulling the chromo studs out and stripping the threads out of the knuckle hoping it will fix the problem. Aparantly maintanance and torqueing them down don't make up for full hydro

stealthrunner1 · Apr 9, 2007

6 studs

:fawkdancesmiley: Why yes i do have 6 shooters:awesomework:

fabricator · Apr 9, 2007

is easy and don't cost nothin but time
just do it.

orangecrush1 · Apr 9, 2007

studs

I must be dif. ive never broke studs it's all about the maitenance .keep them tight and wheel whith your brain attached.

fabricator · Apr 9, 2007

I tried tightening them every trip
kept breaking the junk. More than once
I don't think it was lack of maintence.
did this at least 3 years ago, checked them once
since, they were tight.... front digs and all...
The brain thing...i don't know.....Maybe

WHITE TRASH1 · Apr 10, 2007

cheesemaker said:
Hey White Trash, you must not of heard about the Marlin/Trail Gear 6 stud knuckle crisis? Marlin will not be selling them, due to Chris Geiger, aka Trail Gear, fubaring Marlin on the deal! And now Trail Gear is banking $ on the knuckles by using "Marlin Designed" to sell the product!

I think you've been away from Marlin's site for too long! :booo:

I hadn't heard that.. and frankly it doesnt suprise me at all. Geiger will stop at nothing to put Bundraunt under, whoever gets in his way doesnt matter to him... He ran with Marlin for awhile, the deal came up wot merge with the guys at (what is now) trailgear and dumped marlin out of the deal at the last minute, they were already moving their shop over to the new place when Geiger cut them out of the loop and jumped ship. And yes, I do know this to be fact, I happen to have more inside knowledge than most of you... :flipoff: If anyone is drunk and bored I have Geigers cell number if anyone wants to crank call him.. :haha:

I buy from Marlin because he is a honest straight dealing man. Sure I pay a bit more for his stuff but when I want strong steering arms I sure as fawk dont go for cast **** arms that are made in china. I get billet arms from Marlin. As for the knuckles well, I may have to buck up and get them from trailgear if they are the sole seller of them.... I hate to do it but ya gotta do it sometimes...

As for the rest of trailgears stuff, its all chinese products so take it as you will, I wish you luck for running their stuff. They did however get the same origional equipment gear cutter for their lowrange gears so their gears are good at least... Can't say that for their leaf springs. :eeek:

cisco · Apr 10, 2007

You guys talk about tightening, but are you using a torque wrench? Very important daniel son. Disregard if you already know.

Think of each stud like a rubber band. If they aren't all pulling at their full potential, one or two are taking more load than others. Taking more load leads to the steel stretching past its elastic limit. Once the steel gets stretched, it doesn't pull any more resulting in a loose stud.

A loose stud now wiggles and screws up the the hole in the knuckle, in addition the load gets transfered from the loose stud to another stud causing it to yeild. The same thing happens when a stud is over-tightened.

So essentially the optimal condition is where all 4 studs are stretched, or pulling equally right up to their max limit. If a stud has been stretched too far, it never regains its original elastisity. :;

Bunk1 · Apr 10, 2007

cisco said:
You guys talk about tightening, but are you using a torque wrench? Very important daniel son. Disregard if you already know.

Think of each stud like a rubber band. If they aren't all pulling at their full potential, one or two are taking more load than others. Taking more load leads to the steel stretching past its elastic limit. Once the steel gets stretched, it doesn't pull any more resulting in a loose stud.

A loose stud now wiggles and screws up the the hole in the knuckle, in addition the load gets transfered from the loose stud to another stud causing it to yeild. The same thing happens when a stud is over-tightened.

So essentially the optimal condition is where all 4 studs are stretched, or pulling equally right up to their max limit. If a stud has been stretched too far, it never regains its original elastisity. :;

Gawd, You always sound smart when you post stuff like this:haha: :haha: :haha: