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04-30-2007, 09:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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Tonights progress. Recovered from the screwup.  |
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04-30-2007, 10:05 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anchorage
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Those look sweet. I'm jealous of your access to a machine shop... I work next to a sheet metal shop that we're good friends with, but nothing to that extent... Good job, I'm very impressed. |
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04-30-2007, 10:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Santa Rosa
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those are very nice, good job on the machining skills!!!
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04-30-2007, 11:25 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North GA
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Looks awesome!  Must be nice having a CNC...I can't make anywhere near what I want/ design with only a manual mill.  One question though...how are you going to position the bearings in the knuckles? Just have two butted up right next to each other? -Destroyer |
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04-30-2007, 11:49 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Xxx
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Will you be able to use CVD's?:-(
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05-01-2007, 12:10 AM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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He's got some serious toys in there. Quote:
Looking good Ace, I wish you'd get going on a scaler as quick as you got on these axle parts.  | ||
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05-01-2007, 06:34 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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El Capitan gets a face lift for Moab CNC makes some outside curves possible but the above design would be relatively simple to make on a sherline. Maybe eliminate a few radii but that's it. For onsey twoseys like this it might be quicker to run manual! As for the bearings, they are kinda close but I had to do that to reduce the scrub radius. Not much offset under a 2.2 wheel to tuck everything under. They are flanged bearings press fit into aluminum so the slop should be close to nil. The pace between them is .125" | |
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05-01-2007, 06:41 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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I doubt my 18V Ryobi cordless in low could break my dogbones and drive cups. I don't really know the CVD's for TLT but I'd imagine the stub axles wheel mount threads are the same thread and therefore same size as stock TLT. Which is too small for our use IMO. I plan on using Max sized nuts and threads. I'll have to drill out the wheels but that's not a big deal. Did I mention I don't like to buy mechanical solutions  Thanks for the replies guys. | |
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05-01-2007, 07:12 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the creek
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looks killer ace... I wish I had the setup you did! although, it would still require skill which I probalby have little of in this scenario! looked at your el capitain as well... another smooth build, the question is.. do you really need tlt parts except for gears? |
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05-01-2007, 07:43 AM
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| Web Wheeling   Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities
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But like you said, you build your own upgrades, so why buy something if you can make it? love your work | |
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05-01-2007, 08:11 AM
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| Dirt Addict   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stumblin' thru the parking lot of an invisible 7-Eleven
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Always love your custom work Ace.....and you've done it again. Looking forward to seeing the completed setup. Jay |
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05-01-2007, 10:02 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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05-01-2007, 10:02 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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Last edited by Ace; 05-01-2007 at 10:09 AM. | |
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05-01-2007, 08:11 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Utah
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Outstanding Ace. Between you and Grizz your carftsmenship is outstanding. It might sound like a$$ kissing but when you see there rigs in person they speak for themselves. Ed |
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05-01-2007, 09:18 PM
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| 20K Club  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Looks great man. I don't know what format of files you use, but if you are interested we (members of RCC) have an account on XDrive.com that we share all of our files on. We have about every axle, tranny, and so on done. So IF you are interested just shoot me a PM. Those pieces look great. I loved the build of El Cappy. |
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05-02-2007, 06:28 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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And your right, it does sound like a$$ kissing:-P Quote:
Either way I'm interested. I'll pm ya, thanks. | ||
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05-03-2007, 05:52 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Portland
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You should make me up some! lol you know you wanna! lol Looks awesome good job!
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05-03-2007, 09:06 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Xxx
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I stand corrected. Did not mean to insult your work . great job .   |
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05-03-2007, 10:36 PM
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| 20K Club Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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But anyways, again those things look great! | |
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05-05-2007, 01:49 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Longmont, CO
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Finally got some time to work on my tlt project... Actually I worked on it mid week and managed to make more scrap. Today my heads screwed on better (so far) outer axles off the lathe:  milling the slots:  |
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