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03-10-2006, 07:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Juan Bautista
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|  home made metal knuckles
Well i got tiered of breaking knuckles and i dont have money for the aluminum knuckles. So i took some brocken knuckles and shaved off what was left of the and the little ball for the stcok control arms. I then took a small tube and cut it to lenght. I then built a some outer knuckles and drilled them were needed. I then glued them onto the old knuckle tubes. It works great. |
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03-11-2006, 07:28 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Asia
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those arent knuckles ... they are axle tubes!
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03-11-2006, 12:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Juan Bautista
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yeah kinda they sleave up to the triaguler part on the plastic part.
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03-11-2006, 04:15 PM
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| MODERHATER™   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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looks great! i think i might try, what kind of metal did you use? thank you!!!
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03-11-2006, 04:49 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Juan Bautista
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I just used some metal from the local hard ware store its just steal. If you can weld uliminum i would use it instead of steal
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03-11-2006, 05:08 PM
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| MODERHATER™ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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thanx again, great idea!
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03-11-2006, 05:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Burnsville
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So what's keeping it attached to the axle/gear box?
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03-11-2006, 06:29 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Under the 4444
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03-12-2006, 08:24 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Burnsville
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oops, yeah I guess I missed that. But still, I don't think glue will be sufficient in the long run for such a key component of the axle assembly. Seems to me like you will still be breaking the axle tube just as much (if not more due to added weight). The break will just happen closer to the gear box assembly.
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03-12-2006, 04:29 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Juan Bautista
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well actully its really tight fit. You also got the brace holding it in place. Also you have little force pushing them out sideways except in a side roll. The glue i used was some pretty nasty stuff to. I also pressed the tubes around the plastic piece. I really dont think that they will fall off. I have run them and rolled it a couple times and they are holding strong. Only time will tell.
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