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chuck pierce said:
I knew I was gonna have to move the box forward.,just hopin for some simple solution.stopped on the way home from work grabbed some 1/4 plate and a bit of 120 dom tube to move it forward.and keep up with the critisism,every time i get picked apart my project improves.Thanx guys
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I know, just order up one of them 'GoGomrgadjet' telescoping pitmans...when you turn the wheel it automatically extends to yield the proper steering angles!!!:haha:
 
zukkev said:
I know, just order up one of them 'GoGomrgadjet' telescoping pitmans...when you turn the wheel it automatically extends to yield the proper steering angles!!!:haha:
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sweet,who carries em.I called trail gear but there out of stock.must be a hot item
 
well this is what i got in mind ,i cut and drilled 2 1/4" plates with 120 wall sleeves that will run through the frame.weld up and should be plenty stout.2"forward of the original location.it will slide down flush with the bottom of the frame rails as soon as i cut and grind the old sleeves and brackets off.
 
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Nice Chuck! Where were you when MY frame collapsed? Looks like a damn engineer made that thing.

Looking at your almost done project lit a fire under me this week to get mine finished and up and running again. I'm just sneaking up real slow on this cab swap.
 
When I did mine I cut out part of the body mount to get the box as far forward as possible, plenty of room now between the pitman and rod.

BTW I think I'm driving the evil twin:stirpot:
 
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Mrblue said:
When I did mine I cut out part of the body mount to get the box as far forward as possible, plenty of room now between the pitman and rod.

BTW I think I'm driving the evil twin:stirpot:
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only problem with moving your box so far forward you are prone to more bump steer, but unless you drive it on the street you will probably never notice it
 
Darby said:
Nice Chuck! Where were you when MY frame collapsed? Looks like a damn engineer made that thing.

Looking at your almost done project lit a fire under me this week to get mine finished and up and running again. I'm just sneaking up real slow on this cab swap.
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thanx darby,if you need any help with anything im right up the street.and i think thats spelled injin ear
 
dove'd85 said:
only problem with moving your box so far forward you are prone to more bump steer, but unless you drive it on the street you will probably never notice it
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dont have a choice and the only street use it will see is from the camp sight to the whiskey store and back.if you look at the drag link compared to the tie rod they are pretty much paralell since the front end has also been moved forward.thanx for lookin and throwin in your opinions like i said to zukev everytime someone critiques it gets a little better
 
mounted box and relocated shock tower.fit braces and finished up drivers side.no clearance problems with pitman arm and tie rod now.
 
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tryin to find sumthin around the house to test.everything seems to be workin right.cant hardly wait the list is gettin smaller.
 
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this is what it looked like the day after i bought it for 1200 bucks.it was actually completely straight except some rust in the drivers rear fender.anyhow,in about three hours i managed to pretty much break in every panel on the poor thing,including puttin it on on its side.pretty bright SOB huh.
 
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next week i put a spool and some used 33's on it.cut the rear wheel wells out to get some tire clearence in the rear.it came with limited slips front and rear and 4:88's.had to can the limited in the rear though and lock it up.I took it to reider twice and was hooked.really amazed at how well one of these things worked with just a few mods.even 3 wheelin all over with the I.F.S.
 
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Steering relocation looks like a pro did it. Nice! Call me when your ready to test out on my "local" trail. I'll have to warm a seat though cause I'm still a lame ass poser with no working trail rig :D
 
well, im into it about 2 and a half months now and just about ready to get out ther and have some fun,see ya in the rock garden!
 
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Darby said:
Steering relocation looks like a pro did it. Nice! Call me when your ready to test out on my "local" trail. I'll have to warm a seat though cause I'm still a lame ass poser with no working trail rig :D
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just went out and did the brakes after work today,got a header sunday and gettin ready to order up some exhaust parts through summit right now.so i may be ready to go try it out sunday.i,will let you know.would that be like havin dog as my co-pilot.I told ya if there is anything i can do to help you get your stuff goin im right here
 
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