Rockwells607
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Took it out for an hour today testin tune session, messin with shock pressures, it's workin great , glad I did the swap
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Building a set of rockwell for my ol smith buggie
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Let me be the first to say, it's looks like it will work! My daughter lives in NY and were coming up with the ol RV to see her this year. I need to throw the jeep on a trailer check out some of your mountains!
Rockwells607
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Upstate is gorgeous in the summer, there's lots do and see...
Rockwells607
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Buggy is finally all finished and ready to wheel , new dash was the last of this rebuild for now time to
Blase
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Does the big red button really fuction as a kill switch?
ridered3
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Rockwells607 said:
Buggy rebuild is looking great!
Hal doesn't care about seeing anything other than trails up there!
Rockwells607
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Ya it is an emergency stop button, I figured in a roll over its alot easier just Hittin that then fumbling with toggle switches , and are you askin how much $ in the axles or dash?
Rockwells607
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I have about 2000$ cash in the axles, but I already had the axles... I machined all the brackets including brakes, link tabs etc. I machined the hub caps and Beadlock rings and I made the diff pans.... I definatly have more time than money but most of the money was on the oem front shafts....I got more money into the tons I took out and I think these are gonna be much stronger
Eddyj
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Do you give up any turning by using an 8 inch ram on tie rod? You brake guards what thickness did you go with? Are they holding up well?
Rockwells607
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I have a 10" ram on it now, and without rear steer it doesn't turn very sharp, I use front dig alot, they brake guards are 1/4 wall Dom, they are holding up well , no dents and I've hit ****, with heims on top of the knuckle it just squeezes through the four link and clears the drive shaft
Rockwells607
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These videos were from the northeast takeover a few
Weeks ago at Rausch creek offroad park, we hammered a ton of trails that day, traction was awesome as it had been dry for a while there witch is kinda rare, alittle rain and it goes to **** quick
Weeks ago at Rausch creek offroad park, we hammered a ton of trails that day, traction was awesome as it had been dry for a while there witch is kinda rare, alittle rain and it goes to **** quick
fordcontraption01
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Could you possibly get me a good pic of your front ram setup I'm having nice placement and operation problems trying to get a good spot to mount. You are running a 10" ram I hope? Thanks.
Rockwells607
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Ya no problem, pm me your number and I will text you some pics tonight, I experimented around when I built
These axles to get the 10" ram and tie rod to fit under the driveshaft and still fit between the four link bars , I tried flipping a stock tie rod on the knuckles but it sat to high and hit the driveshaft so I went with Heims and they provides just enough, I've wheeled it all Summer and the tie rod and ram are
Tucked up in perfect an never contact rocks or obstacles
These axles to get the 10" ram and tie rod to fit under the driveshaft and still fit between the four link bars , I tried flipping a stock tie rod on the knuckles but it sat to high and hit the driveshaft so I went with Heims and they provides just enough, I've wheeled it all Summer and the tie rod and ram are
Tucked up in perfect an never contact rocks or obstacles
