Justin, there is a 0% chance of me being able to find those parts you requested. 20 more inches of snow just fell lol

 

pusspuss

 

Agreed, you could handle 20" the other night. I dunno why your afraid of it now.

 

If Justin had an E4, I'd put on my gaiters and trek through the junkyard for his parts but he's not worthy of that until he gets a respray lol

20 the other night? Try 37 lol 20 last night

 

I'm not talking snow, I'm talking dick. Oh snap!

 

It's been a quiet build, but I'm getting anxious to take a plasma torch to the IFS.

I should be ready for the next Dunes trip

 

You still selling the superlift and coils?

 

Yea, once it's in the shop the lift will come off, and the plan is to sell it as a package deal.

Some of been messaging me about splitting it up. We'll see, a few people have committed to buying the whole thing.

 

I bet you are! Can't wait to see it out there!

 

Dropped the truck off tonight and snapped a couple quick pics.

Assembled axles (the cover is white because we were knocking weld spatter off the cover and needed to prime it again)



8.8 tubes are welded



I found out you can't ditch the backing plates and expect to use the ebrake, so I cut the bent ugly stuff off and kept what I needed

 

My truck is in good hands. Here's another crawler he built get axle shafts replaced







And here's what happens when the engineer building the axle doesn't communicate with the engineer building the axle shafts. (all their shafts are 1" too short) RCV started offering CV axle for Rockwells this year and all their shafts are too short, why they didn't test this beforehand is beyond me

 

Sweet! I bet you're pumped! You would think a company like RCV would think everything through..

 

IFS is gone

 

Sweet! How long are you expecting to have the truck "under construction?"

 

We aren't working on it all day everyday, so at least the rest of the week. I should be ab;e to drive it by next weekend

 

OMF'nG. That's quite the update..

 

Boom!

What's the plan for steering?

 

Toyota 4runner steering box. We're making a steering shaft.

 

More progress.

Cut the frame, mocked up the buckets and adjustment brackets. I took bonus pics of the cracked rack and pinion.

The axle position in the first pic is where we anticipate it will sit when under it's own weight




Crossmember gone, cleaning the frame was surprisingly difficult, those were welded on there good








Buckets mocked up




Frame marked for cutting









This is where my setup will be unique, I'm going to hide the adjustment brackets inside the framerail with nuts welded on the back

 

More progress.

Cut the frame, mocked up the buckets and adjustment brackets. I took bonus pics of the cracked rack and pinion.

The axle position in the first pic is where we anticipate it will sit when under it's own weight




Crossmember gone, cleaning the frame was surprisingly difficult, those were welded on there good








Buckets mocked up




Frame marked for cutting









This is where my setup will be unique, I'm going to hide the adjustment brackets inside the framerail with nuts welded on the back

 

so much win! keep up the good work!

 

Looks great so far!

 

Double post.. newb. Keep up the good work. Do people always notch the frame like that for the buckets? Are you worried about it weakening the frame or anything? Just curious... I'm an SAS newb.

 

Is there e a cross member being added to tie the two frame rails together?

 

You have to notch the frame if you want the coils to sit straight upand down. With the buckets and plate being added it will be stronger than it was before.

I have a front htich but we are planning to add a crossmember behind the axle.