Thoughts?

[souske]

Yo dawg! I heard you like washers!

 

[sidewaysstarion]

Yo dawg! I heard you like washers!

and nuts used as washers.

 

[rockclimber]

and nuts used as washers.

yep.

 

[stockerwithalocker]

haha

yea it looks ghetto, but it was the quickest and easiest way I could think of to not have to run the nuts all the way down the u-bolt.

I considered making a block to go under the leaf, but I figured it was more work than it is worth.

Not to bust your chops but the correct way is to put a block the thickness of the spring pack between the axle and the main leaf. That way the axle is spaced down correctly to check/verify when the bump hits the axle.

 

[rockclimber]

Not to bust your chops but the correct way is to put a block the thickness of the spring pack between the axle and the main leaf. That way the axle is spaced down correctly to check/verify when the bump hits the axle.

I thought about doing it that way for that reason...

But then I just measured the thickness of the spring pack and accounted for that. Hence the "gap" between the spring plate and the bump in the photo.

 

[rockclimber]

no real progress. Work has been killing my time off.... working on getting the interior enclosed again. I keep changing my mind on how to do it. I decided to add some more cross bracing and gusseting, so I lost some progress I did have.

I did get some of the front section done and some gussets done....

my welding is getting better... so I'm gonna show this pic off... I won't show any other welds because they suck. :roflmao:




also been working on how I am going to tie this in to become a full cage. but that will come later.

 

[rockclimber]

slow progress.

got most of the outer and inner plates cut with the plasma last weekend. started fitting things.

 

[rockclimber]

Update: progress has been slow, but it is coming together. should be a functional vehicle by socalfest. certainly won't be finished, but at least driveable.

got the shock towers in and everything mounted up. just a little bit more sheet metal work on the inside and the outer plates to be welded on.

I ordered a set of springs from National Spring, but the jeep needs to be weighed before they can be made so I will be running the REs until they are done.

back on its own weight: once the nationals go in it will sit about 2" lower and the tire will be about 4" further back.


shock towers in:

 

[rockclimber]

progress

 

[a1racer]

Looks pretty good what size tires was it built for looks like a 37-40 could fit but pics can be deceiving.

 

[rockclimber]

its on 35"s now.

I figured I'm only going to cut it up once. why only build it big enough for a 35" who knows what the future holds.

a 37" would fit easily without changing anything. a 39" or 40" would probably work in there with the right bumpstop combo.

 

[a1racer]

Yeah 37 would look good been looking for ideas for my xj and this is a pretty decent looking setup for a comp style cut.