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I was not happy with the way I set-up my steering, so today was cutting, grinding welds. I toasted 2 grinders, my chop saw,5 sawzall blades and ****ed up several drill bits.
I got one out of 4 arms done:looser:
I got one out of 4 arms done:looser:
CHOP SHOP
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what about using a torch? sounds like you just need a gas axe!:;
Pictures of said work.
crash2
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lol.... Good luck robin--I knew you wanted to change it--figured you would wait till ya got back....
I'm going for the theory of quantity vs. quality on the welds......those gorilla welds I was one told about
After months of pouting, the buggy is back at Crash's with new steering parts to get it working right. Also traded my 20'" staz rims for some new 47"LTB's and mounted them on 12 bolt hummers. I am excited again to maybe have a working buggy.
So, Crash, get working and start snapping those pretty pictures.:awesomework:
So, Crash, get working and start snapping those pretty pictures.:awesomework:
WHITE TRASH1
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Right on Robin that's good to hear. 
crash2
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Just waiting for a day with no downpouring where I am actually at home :booo:
Pray for saturday....
Pray for saturday....
crash2
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I just drove it off the trailer :fawkdancesmiley:
crash2
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Ok so Robin dropped the rig off for some changes...
Ok the first being a problem with the pumps and how they were Tee'd together. It was an oversight with the restrictions internal to the hardware that was used and caused both pumps to fail. So he had them sent out and fixed and gotten something of better quality to tee the pumps together.
So the trick with the new setup--was the fact with the new Y fitting and the one way check valves it made for a very wide assembly with the fitting off at an angle. It took some time to figure out how to affix the Y and line setup.
But I found a happy place for the Y and decided to make a bracket the Y bolts to.
And here it is mounted in place. Robin had made a short hose to go from the output hose to the new Y--I was able to go right to the output hose.
Now with the new setup robin wanted no 45 or 90 degree fittings used-which made sense. Now the one downside to this was how the pumps were setup with the pressure post pointing outboad and how close/location of the Y assembly. The only way I could make it work and somwhat protect the hoses was to make new hoses and loop them up and around. Actully worked out pretty good and should do the trick.
So once I was done--filled the system and fired the rig off and got it off the trailer. Steering feels good, not a single noise and the pumps are not getting near as hot as they were with no load..
Ok the first being a problem with the pumps and how they were Tee'd together. It was an oversight with the restrictions internal to the hardware that was used and caused both pumps to fail. So he had them sent out and fixed and gotten something of better quality to tee the pumps together.
So the trick with the new setup--was the fact with the new Y fitting and the one way check valves it made for a very wide assembly with the fitting off at an angle. It took some time to figure out how to affix the Y and line setup.
But I found a happy place for the Y and decided to make a bracket the Y bolts to.
And here it is mounted in place. Robin had made a short hose to go from the output hose to the new Y--I was able to go right to the output hose.
Now with the new setup robin wanted no 45 or 90 degree fittings used-which made sense. Now the one downside to this was how the pumps were setup with the pressure post pointing outboad and how close/location of the Y assembly. The only way I could make it work and somwhat protect the hoses was to make new hoses and loop them up and around. Actully worked out pretty good and should do the trick.
So once I was done--filled the system and fired the rig off and got it off the trailer. Steering feels good, not a single noise and the pumps are not getting near as hot as they were with no load..
crash2
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Another thing to fix/adjust was the tranny cooler. When I setup the rig it had 42's and there was no issue with tire contact to anything in the rear. Well when he ran the 49's the tire would just clip the bottom edge of the cooler knocking the hose off. So I talked with robin and told him an easy fix. With how I built the mounts for the cooler (3 top and 3 bottom mounts) I was able to move the cooler inboard and retain 2 mounts top and bottom.
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I'm smiling
You gunna go play up at Reiter on Memorial day Robin?
Robin and I have a date and he needs his rig to play monster truck in Tricities this weekend!
crash2
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So robin also had a different winch just sitting on the rig (I forget why but I know he told me--ya getting old sucks :redneck
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So since I want it to go home ready to wheel I decided to tackle it.
Now is where I had to figure something out--and this might have to be redone later. I will leave that up to robin as without being able to get the rig into the shop and what I have to deal with--I won't be able to fully tackle the problem(It might be ok).
But since the winch has an integrated soloniod pack(where the other one did not). its much taller. As it sat on the mounts the top edge of the winch sat right on the radiator. So what I had to do was shim the back bolts to get the winch to tilt forward.
And now there is a tad over 1/4" of clearance to the radiator. I went and forced the rad fron to rear and it doesn't move since its now encased pretty well. But to fully fix it--the plate thats welded to the front tubing, where the front winch legs sit and front bolts go thru--will need cut off and lowered.
So I also had to remove everything to access the wiring from the firwall forward and ran the new winch power cable since the one that was on the rig was now to short (old setup soloniod pack sat on the front corner of the rig). So at this point I popped the cover off the winch to access the soloniods--found a nice little mess. The wriring for the remote plug was melted along with the connector. There looks to be alot of water damage to the soloniods--but they did work when I checked it. But thats when I had the issue---2 soloniods broke when I tried to remove bolts to wire the new in cab winch wiring.. :booo:
.So since I want it to go home ready to wheel I decided to tackle it.
Now is where I had to figure something out--and this might have to be redone later. I will leave that up to robin as without being able to get the rig into the shop and what I have to deal with--I won't be able to fully tackle the problem(It might be ok).
But since the winch has an integrated soloniod pack(where the other one did not). its much taller. As it sat on the mounts the top edge of the winch sat right on the radiator. So what I had to do was shim the back bolts to get the winch to tilt forward.
And now there is a tad over 1/4" of clearance to the radiator. I went and forced the rad fron to rear and it doesn't move since its now encased pretty well. But to fully fix it--the plate thats welded to the front tubing, where the front winch legs sit and front bolts go thru--will need cut off and lowered.
So I also had to remove everything to access the wiring from the firwall forward and ran the new winch power cable since the one that was on the rig was now to short (old setup soloniod pack sat on the front corner of the rig). So at this point I popped the cover off the winch to access the soloniods--found a nice little mess. The wriring for the remote plug was melted along with the connector. There looks to be alot of water damage to the soloniods--but they did work when I checked it. But thats when I had the issue---2 soloniods broke when I tried to remove bolts to wire the new in cab winch wiring.. :booo:
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Gibby!! That was the GAYEST **** YOU HAVE EVER SAID!!!:flipoff::haha:
well atleast what I have read!
