you need to make it so the top and side pieces fit together with the inside edges of the plate touching, the welds will be a lot stronger that way.

and yea, I got the 3" ballistic joint and i was like HOLY ****! my buddy has 2.63 TG creeper joints and those things are pretty big.

 

BrayD's

 

beard already showed us those arms

 

Those look pretty easy to make.. i might do that since i already have all the other parts too.

if someones gonna break that design i will.

 

I see that design bending before breaking but w/e thanks for the replys guys, ballistic still hasent sent me my DOM but the truck is comming apart thursday morning so i will have some pics

 

thanks

 

My tube will be here friday so im happy about that.

 

is ballistic the only place you can get it?

 

I thought i heard Poly performance sells tube by the foot, I'm pretty sure BTF does.. and there was another website i just forgot who..

what size are you making it? 2x.250? I saw some 1/4" links get bent to **** this weekend, I'll probably go 2.125x.375" ha

 

go 2.5" and .5" wall. i would of if i didnt already order it all.

 

We sell tube by the foot.

And cut those box-in plates back off, narrow them so the 2 peices make a corner ( L ). You will get alot better penetration, and it won't look like **** with the weld protruding past the outside edge.

 

Im not sure if i will change it again or not ill probably forget to do it but i am going to weld the inside and outside so it will have plenty of weld.
Zach how did you put the arms in the lathe i assume you put the stud in the lathe and clamped onto that?
Anyways heres pics of the truck tonight

 

Im not to worried about bending them if white rhino never bent his and he does way more rocks then i ever will get to do. its mostly trails and mud around here and the dunes off course

 

yeah on the stud, but you will have to block the other end because its gonna go all over.

 

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his were 1/4?

 

Thats what he told people, same as mine 2"od 1.5"id so i am sure i wont bend them if i do oh well
So here is some pics of my one hours work this morning just have to pull the bolts off the radius arm and shes out.
I need some advice from you guys do you think it would be a good or bad idea to weld a tube vertically to my upper coil bucket and then not attach the coil to the top off the bucket so the coil can drop out as much as it can i have seen it done and it seams to work pretty good. kinda like this.

 

what do you mean block it

 

having the tube isnt a bad idea.. its like the bump stop on jeeps to keep it in place when drooping a lot.

 

i wouldnt, keep the spring retained. the additional flex wont be much, whats limiting you is the RAs, not the coils.

 

wow i never could get my axle to drop that much... it was a PITA to get my coils out!!!

did you weld your trac bar mount right to the frame or onto a piece of plate then to the frame?

 

Right to the frame but if i did it again i would have plated it but it has held up fine for about a year now.

 

Thats what i was kinda thinking to but i dont think i would ever have a problem with the coils popping out and i could always get limit straps ya the ra's drop down alot if the axle is going down level but if only one side needs to drop they bind up alot
Couple pics
all washed up


primered

steering stablizer and tranny mount

 

the stock trac bar worked or is that cut down?

 

It "works" but not the greatest angles for the steering it does have a little bumpsteer but not to bad i want to get some 3/4" heims and make my own trac bar to get the angles a little closer

 

I was reiterating what you said previously, but I guess he's not going to take the advice?