Cage construction

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Long custom brake lines suck. Why bother?

Can't find a more elegant solution routing them down the links?

The rear brake lines are not a problem. I will have a nice clean hard line set up there, but the front brake lines need to be long flex lines.

 

[kastein]

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I'd put a rubber line from the body to one of the LCAs up at the frame side joint, hardline down the LCA, a rubber line from the LCA to the axle housing with 2 ports on the axle end, and run normal setup brake lines from there.

I know I found a common app rubber line with 3/8-24 threaded, 3/16 invert flare ports on each end a while ago, and there are a ton of common rubber lines with that spec at one end and 2 ports like that on the other end.

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AWWWW!
Now I get it, you ARE talking about the front brake lines.
Never even thought to run them the same way as the rear.
MUCH better than having that exposed brake line running off
the frame.

 

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Sexy overflow bottle (my sand car won't miss it!)

 

[David Taylor]

I sure didn't tell you to mount the rear shock like that. Looks like it might even invert at full stuff on one side and drop on the other.

 

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both shocks are now mounted like the one on the left.
That picture is at full droop. The picture at the top of the page is at full stuff.
No problem with inversion (loss of linear compression.)
I also ran it through full stuff on one side and full extention on the other....no problems.

 

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RTI ramp, Borrego Springs style.

 

[Vanimal]

RTI ramp, Borrego Springs style.

haha i just did about the same thing today when trying to figure out proper coilover length. what's the angle? or at least the exposed shaft length on the left?

 

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haha i just did about the same thing today when trying to figure out proper coilover length. what's the angle? or at least the exposed shaft length on the left?

:dunno: Should be 14".

 

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ITS ALIVE!!!

 

[jmaxj]

i call BS :laugh3:

 

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i call BS :laugh3:

Honest!!!
It started rigth up after two plus years of sitting in the garage. I wish the damn pinion yokes would have been delivered on Friday, I'd be test driving it by tomorrow.
But until they show up, I'm working on all the other loose ends. There are only a few (hundred?) things to button up. Time to burn some extra midnight oil.
KOH?!

 

[GrimmJeeper]

you've come a long way with this Rick, bet it feels good to be in the home stretch!

 

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I got a chubby!

 

[scottmcneal]

I was out in your hood just yesterday looking at the sky metal art.

Glad you got it running

 

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I was out in your hood just yesterday looking at the sky metal art.

Glad you got it running

And you didn't even stop over....I feel the HATE!!

They are putting up a new giant scorpion now.
Bigger than the serpent thingy!

 

[scottmcneal]

We saw that too.The serpent goes across the road.It is like 350' long.
I was thinking you went out to help on the KOH rig.If i would have known i would have stop by.Even the wife said we should.

 

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I had to stay and work on my own buggy all weekend.
Next time you are out here at least call!

 

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Just about have the harness finished. Just some detail work there.

Head lights mounted and getting the winch set up so I can mount the fairlead.

 

[GrimmJeeper]

get ahold of Tony and put some HIDs in those hellas!