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11-06-2005, 08:46 AM | #21 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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just a thought, have you considered ditching the body's roll cage and incorporating your own into the build? sure looks like you've got the skills and it'd be a shame to hide 'em under the Lexan.
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11-06-2005, 06:58 PM | #22 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Concord, NC
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11-07-2005, 02:36 PM | #23 | |
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11-07-2005, 02:41 PM | #24 |
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A couple new pics after I added some tubage. I don't like the back down tubes so I stopped to regroup. I am going to cut them off. I am thinking of building a hoop to support the rear of the body. Sort of like the front. Then the down tubes will conect to it. I have been looking in the 4x4 mags to find what I am looking for. I am open to suggestions. |
11-08-2005, 06:38 AM | #25 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: East Quogue
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How did you bend that steel BrandO?
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11-08-2005, 06:58 AM | #26 |
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Very Carefully..... right?
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11-08-2005, 07:01 AM | #27 | |
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11-08-2005, 08:14 AM | #28 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: East Quogue
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Whare did u get the steel and did u have to heat it up?
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11-08-2005, 08:44 AM | #29 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Concord, NC
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The round tubing is just standard 3/16 brake line. And the 1/4 square stock was picked up at the local hardware store. I didn't have to heat anything up to bend it. The square would have been easier if heated but I was able to do it cold.
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11-08-2005, 10:13 AM | #30 |
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looking good and can't wait to see it when u are done. keep up the good work
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11-08-2005, 11:07 AM | #31 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: East Quogue
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So you bent the square steel with the brake line hand benders? Was it hard? and also it is steel, right?
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11-08-2005, 12:37 PM | #32 |
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I bent the square stock in my bench vise with a hammer. A hammer and a little muscle is all you need. I have worked on stock cars for years. Forming and reforming metal with a hammer is an esential skill.
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11-08-2005, 01:16 PM | #33 | |
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11-08-2005, 05:33 PM | #34 |
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Lol, Sam Adams is my crew chief. |
11-10-2005, 09:43 AM | #35 |
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I cut off the rear down tubes and rebuilt the back of the chassis. I like the way it came out the second time around. I also added some other tubes and braces. I have a couple more but am otherwise done with the chassis. I have to extend the front of the chassis and build bumpers. I also need to figure out where to put my batteries. I built shock mounts and mounted my shocks. I made a mistake and figured my shock mounts before I lowered the truck to ride height. Dumb rookie mistake. So at ride height my shocks don't have enough travel. Instead of cutting off the mounts I plan to get some shorter shocks. I am thinking a front buggy shock from a B4 or XXX will work. Of course I took a few more pics to mark my progress. |
11-10-2005, 09:48 AM | #36 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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The only problem I see is the double servo saver plastic, with two of those like that, when you are on the rocks, you may twist the nuts right out of the plastic with the articulation and pull from the front tires on the rocks. You may want to lower the servo and put a metal servo horn on it.
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11-10-2005, 10:00 AM | #37 | |
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11-10-2005, 10:33 AM | #38 | |
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11-10-2005, 10:49 AM | #39 | |
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11-10-2005, 10:49 AM | #40 | |
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BINGO, THAT IS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. | |
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