Finally....Da new rig..

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Looks great and moving along quick.

Thanks I am a tryin.

Right on Mikey.

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I'm envious of your skills! :awesomework:

Thanks Jared but everybody has to start someplace.. There was a time when I would have even remotely thought about doing something like this and say no way..

 

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Thanks Jared but everybody has to start someplace.. There was a time when I would have even remotely thought about doing something like this and say no way..

I know what your saying Mike, process of wheeling evolution. Just having the skills to build a solid tube rig is awesome as people like me have to buy. I have no dough your rig will be reliable well put together/thought out machine when done.

 

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I got the front cut off....

 

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I got the new tubes bent up and those bends next to the bend are the toughest ones to do. So I went 2.5 and I got them spliced back onto the chassis. The clearance is much better now.

 

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So with the front now in its happy place I got a start on the front shock hoops..

Oh and I am thinking of starting a new fad. We already have the penis bar--how about the big man bulge--long big front ends :redneck:

 

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You going to have a front mounted trunk compartmen like a volkswagon? I know you Toy guys think differently. LoL:fawkdancesmiley:

 

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You going to have a front mounted trunk compartmen like a volkswagon? I know you Toy guys think differently. LoL:fawkdancesmiley:

The new fad-----The man bulge and you can add a pecker pole to that

 

[Zoediak]

Looking good man!!!

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I know right. Well I can say of anybody I know I had my rig the longest--since 91'

I am not far behind you, got mine in 1994!

 

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I am not far behind you, got mine in 1994!

Yours is closer looking to what it was than mine,lol..

 

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I finally got my links and damn--these things are BEEF...

 

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Just because...

 

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I got the rear links put in and they fit like a glove...

 

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So I had my real first setback. After I got the front shock mounts ready to burn in I for some reason started looking at it closely and without having my new ORI stuts yet I just kinda guessed on the width and frame clearance.

Well it was just too damn tight and I really feared they would hit the frame so I removed what I had just done and tossed it. To achieve the right clearance I would need to outboard the lower mount which meant mounting them on top of the C--which meant the top of the shock mount would need to be higher and at the same time outboard the upper portion of the shock mount.

Well I have been suffering a damn head cold which really made it hard to concentrate on the whole works with the multiple angles.

So I pulled the motor and made a jig to help set everything where it needed to be and got to cuttin tube again.

 

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Took a couple days but I was able to get the mounts all done..

 

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I got the front links in and they fit perfect. Its starting to really take some shape.

 

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So I got the motor and tranny back in and into its needed position.

 

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This is when I found an oversight--I assumed one thing and found it was WAY off..

So in the first picture thats where the pinion sat when I set it up. I threw the starter in and ya--there is no way in hell a front driveshaft will even remotely fit. At that same time where I assumed the caster was good--nope was sitting at 12 degrees.

The second picture is where the pinion needs to be and that throws the caster at 19 degrees. Ya thats not going to work.

 

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So out the front diff came and got it stripped and ready to pop the knuckles off..

 

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I have 6" 1/8" blades that I cut just inside weld on the knuckle all the way around and load the knuckle with my special puller and work them off. When I had the tubes machined when I built the front diff the knuckles were a perfect fit.