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XJ_ranger said:
how come i couldnt have had you as a teacher?


are any of your students on this board?
We're all his students :worship:
 
i'm installing drop brackets....someone come do it for me. Mark? Les? i know how yall like working on my junk, come on over :D
 
Ramsey said:
i'm installing drop brackets....someone come do it for me. Mark? Les? i know how yall like working on my junk, come on over :D
Thursday afternoon, I was backing out of a parking spot in town ... looked in the rear view and saw a car coming ... I jerked the wheel when I pulled forward and popped the heads off the bottom two steering gearbox bolts. Had to clamped the gearbox to the frame so I could line up with the flatbed wrecker. Had it hauled home.

Today, I made up a new standoff plate (used 1/4" plate) for the inside of the framerail. I had some brand new 7/16" dia. x 5" grade 8 bolts, so instead of making the standoff plate 3/4", I made it 1.25". This will move the gearbox inward about a half inch. I can't see any problem with doing this ... but does anybody know of any issues before I mount the gearbox tomorrow? I also cut some filler plate for the cutouts on the front bumper mounting plate, drilled the gearbox mounting holes, and welded them in. Hopefully with this added plating it will take some of the strain off the framerail.

Oh yeah ... sorry Ramsey. I'm busy today and tomorrow. :D

Les

PS: If moving the gearbox inward about a half inch is not advisable, will an ordinary die cut threads in a grade 8 bolt?
 
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Thanks OT ... sure appreciate it.

Les
 
Ramsey said:
i'm installing drop brackets....someone come do it for me. Mark? Les? i know how yall like working on my junk, come on over :D

Did you fix your damn steering issue yet?!
 
Rev Den said:
Gotta cancel. A seasoned citizen decided to try to push my Ranger thru traffic at 40MPH...he lost.

Pics to come.....

Rev

You're okay though right?
 
seanR said:
No posts in the MWC for 10 hours!!!
What a bunch of slackers!

See what happens when I actually do real wheeling!

Redbird > Badlands.

Driving an armored stocker with decent tires is fun, I get to use the throttle instead of worrying about braking stuff. At this rate I may never finish my '97.
 
steering is great, finally got it welded up. hard to believe it actually moves when i turn the wheel:D got the drop brackets on, not thanks to yall :rolleyes:
 
Lawn Cher' said:
You're okay though right?

Stiff neck, bump on forehead.

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