rngprerunners Project Log: Stock to Not
#128
Originally Posted by zabeard
Very nice, i like it.
so is there a bolt sliding through that DOM and Heim Joint?
so is there a bolt sliding through that DOM and Heim Joint?
glad you got the link mount all figured out. I still say that you gusset that tube a little just in case like you mentioned on DR.
#130
Day 11 Updates are Up! Come check it out!
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You can see Day 11 by clicking HERE
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http://blogs.off-roadweb.com/6207952...ild/index.html
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#135
Originally Posted by firefighterjosh
WOW. Alot more work to do that then I thought. Looks great. I really need to learn how to weld better. Zach let me know when you get a welder lol
#137
Originally Posted by rngprerunner
You should look up my thread from two years ago when I installed my front. That will give you some idea of what you are in for with that end of the truck...
#138
Originally Posted by rngprerunner
I think they were like $60 each.
I don't have much info about a two battery set up because well its pretty simple to begin with the way I am doing it.
I am running a "Perko" switch normally used on boats. I have a four position switch, 1, 2, 1-2, OFF. Simply I can run either battery individually or both together or both off. The switch is rated at some stupid amount of amps. Simply run the (+) of each battery to the switch, run the (-) to the frame, run a (+) cable to the engine compartment and run the (-) in the engine compartment to the frame. Do I make sense or no?
I don't have much info about a two battery set up because well its pretty simple to begin with the way I am doing it.
I am running a "Perko" switch normally used on boats. I have a four position switch, 1, 2, 1-2, OFF. Simply I can run either battery individually or both together or both off. The switch is rated at some stupid amount of amps. Simply run the (+) of each battery to the switch, run the (-) to the frame, run a (+) cable to the engine compartment and run the (-) in the engine compartment to the frame. Do I make sense or no?
#139
Originally Posted by Gearhead61
Cool! I haven't seen one of those before. Where'd you get it?
#140
Welp, 12 Days Down...
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progress is lookin great!
im curious why you didnt go with a full clip?
with the cage you are plannin, you could have easily run 2x3x.120 from the cab back, set your own kick up height to eliminate the need for that notch, and gained a ton of torsional rigidity compared to open c-channel.
im curious why you didnt go with a full clip?
with the cage you are plannin, you could have easily run 2x3x.120 from the cab back, set your own kick up height to eliminate the need for that notch, and gained a ton of torsional rigidity compared to open c-channel.
#146
Originally Posted by gumby
progress is lookin great!
im curious why you didnt go with a full clip?
im curious why you didnt go with a full clip?
I didn't backhalf it because it would have taken too much time. I wouldn't have used rectangle tube for it, it would have been round and an entire tube chassis in the rear. Why rebuild the frame if it is already there?
Torsional stability and rigidity arn't even going to be an issue once the tubework is completed. There is just something about still having a frame that I like. I know to many people that have backhalfed their trucks and wished they hadn't for whatever reason, be it that it took too long, didn't turn out right, ect.
So that is why.
#147
Lucky Day 13 Updates!
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The truck is now linked!
Click HERE
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As always comments and questions are welcome and encouraged! Let me know what you guys think!
#148
#149
Originally Posted by zabeard
NIce!
So that is enough triangulation that you should not have any side to side movement?
how did you know how much angle to make the lowers? or even the upperS?
btw are the lowers going to hit that body mount?
So that is enough triangulation that you should not have any side to side movement?
how did you know how much angle to make the lowers? or even the upperS?
btw are the lowers going to hit that body mount?
Setting the angle was easy. The geometry was already set buy using their (Giant) link mounts. The upper mount shares a bolt with the lower mount so they are set that way. The angle is determined by where you want your instant-center, I would explain it but it could take a while. Alot of people would argue that the lowers should be lower on the frame, but I like the way this one is without having more stuff hanging down. If you have CAD I can send you a drawing that shows different mounting points and how they affect things like driveshaft plunge, pinion angle change, and where the instant center is. Basically I bought them that way so I wouldn't have to worry about all this crap... lol
Yes, they do hit the body mounts. When I take all this stuff off to finish the welding the body mounts have a date with Mr. Plasma. I'm also worried about the crossmember under the back of the cab, it may need to come out too.
#150
Ive been told that cross member does not do anything anyway. not structural.
I have CAD, send it if you could.
zabeard@gmail.com
I like it, have a link to that axle kit? I'm just curious.
The geometry looks fine to me, I was thinking of something different.
I have CAD, send it if you could.
zabeard@gmail.com
I like it, have a link to that axle kit? I'm just curious.
The geometry looks fine to me, I was thinking of something different.