windrock picture thread 3-20-10

The Hard Struggler said:
Looks like fun!

How did the spindle come off the Yoda?
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team struggle was missed this weekend for sure...

the yoda made your throttle down driving look tame, it broke the ox front joint and under hard throttle the axle shaft tried to pass the stub and it pushed the spindle off
 
carl, that last pic of the FJ is kinda trippy...
 
FlameRedTJ said:
Seemed like a good idea
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The hippies in Boone do something very similar with webbing, they call it slackroping.
 
So what can I say??? The Willys likes to pull willies! Haha. Anyway, great trip, had a lot of fun. Wish it lasted linger and that my T-case didn't get jammed up on me. Oh well, not a huge deal. The leaf springs are more than likely going in the recycle bin anyway, so I couldn't care less about that spring.

Blake, not only was that syn rope, it also wasn't tight... It was just there because we had hooked it to the big rock, but Dan P had let the tension off before Dan B walked on it.

And... even if it was cable, and was tight, Mythbusters proved that a cable breaking will not even break skin. They said it will bruise you and could possibly fracture bones, but it aint gonna cut you in half like the rumor has led people to believe.
 
No, that was Stephen's steel cable run up to a strap around my bumper, but there wasn't any tension on it though. It just wasn't spooled out enough to touch to the ground. I'm usually the one paranoid of people dying from a slingshoted Dring, or a tight cable snaping and taking out the five people around it. But while Dan is a massive individual he shouldn't exceed the winch cable limit. (now if it were after the waffle house trip then thats another thing)
 
Tyler I was looking at the pics of your broken spring. You can see your shackle is flipped up against your frame. You think when your shackle kicked up against the frame and bend the spring and then you came down from a rock, the pressure from the already bent spring and compression from above was enough to push the spring backward and break it off at the point right in front of the hanger. It looks like the hanger side of the spring spun around from the pop.
 
...Pretty sure the shackle was on the frame because the leaf broke first, and there was no tension to keep it held in its "normal" position.
it's all good though :) ...bring on the 3 link!
 
Dan P is right, that was Stevens cable from the yota and it wasnt tight at all, and I cant wait to see the 3 link along with the rest of the willys buggy!!!
 
MELKORsXJ said:
...Pretty sure the shackle was on the frame because the leaf broke first, and there was no tension to keep it held in its "normal" position.
it's all good though :) ...bring on the 3 link!
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3 link front and 4 link rear? Or what are the plans?
 
MELKORsXJ said:
carl, that last pic of the FJ is kinda trippy...
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haha, yea, it kinda gives me a headache too sometimes depending on the shutter speed i use. All I do is set it slow and zoom in/out as the shutter is released.

I kinda thought there might some flack from it. As I said while taking it, it will be a picture of what not to do. It was very slack and probably the first time the cable was used. It was on the ground there as well.

And mythbusters proved it won't slice you in half, it'll def. hurt like hell. Still dangerous yes.
 
okay so it wouldnt slice you in half, only break bones or bruise you really bad... but they didnt say anything about projectiles such as drings or hooks... but thats more of a tow rope connector issue anyways... because most of the time winches wont be connected unless using a tree saver or tow rope at the end...
 
Ghost said:
3 link front and 4 link rear? Or what are the plans?
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3 link front with pan hard

double triangulated 4 link rear

with 4 ORI struts supporting the jeep...

But, Im not sure if the last part of the plan is in the budget. We'll see. If not, I'll probably just get some air shocks since they are cheap at $225 each.


Im not sure if the shackle inverted and then the spring broke, or if the spring broke and then the shackle inverted. Its kinda like the question" What came first, the chicken or the egg?" No body really knows, all I know is that I had eggs for breakfast this morning (not really) and I also have a busted leaf spring.
 
Team Willys said:
Im not sure if the shackle inverted and then the spring broke, or if the spring broke and then the shackle inverted. Its kinda like the question" What came first, the chicken or the egg?" No body really knows, all I know is that I had eggs for breakfast this morning (not really) and I also have a busted leaf spring.
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Only reason I thought it inverted first is cause it would have needed to compress to break right, so if the spring was compressed the shackle would have had to be in the compressed position either forward or backward. If it compressed forward you would have hit the bump stop and then if it broke the shackle would have gone forward and up. Since it is backward I'd be willing to bet the inversion bent the front of the spring up and in which made it push itself rearward, THEN when you compressed it all the stress was transferred straight backward causing the main leaf to break.
 
Well, that spring was already bent right where it broke. So its possible that I just ran that tire into a rock and it broke the spring before the tire had a chance to climb. I wasn't exactly being easy on it haha.
 
Team Willys said:
3 link front with pan hard

double triangulated 4 link rear

with 4 ORI struts supporting the jeep...

But, Im not sure if the last part of the plan is in the budget. We'll see. If not, I'll probably just get some air shocks since they are cheap at $225 each.
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thats gonna be awesome! your gonna love it!
 
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