Ooh la-la. I got some work done finally. :clappy:
Penny is ready to start the day... she even brought some Frank's Red Hot to make lunch a little spicier.
A pile of steering parts. I also picked up some 1.5" .25" wall DOM on Friday... had to drive home with it sticking out of the passenger window of my DD since I underestimated the exact dimensions of an 8'9" stick of tube.
Here's the 7* reamer from XKUT on eBay. Mmm... sharp.
Insert here... it worked very well. It's tough to get the speed and feed "just right" with a hand drill, but it did the trick without too much trouble.
Then there's this thing... just sitting there...:
While I work on this.
Making room for the spring perch:
Ride height mock-up to set the caster and tack the perches on:
Then we measured for front shocks. Looks like the DT0's from my original 2" XJ lift are going to do the trick for now... might change this later if I decide to buy some better shocks.
Back out to weld up the perches and shock mounts. I don't like the shock mounts, and the welds came out shitty on them too, so I might take them off and re-do... or maybe add something more to keep them from ripping off the axle tube.
Yes, I'm welding on cast. It'll be sandwiched between spring and u-bolt anyway.
Goofing around in my welding helmet...
Dunno... just a pic:
Goodnight.
