Frankenstein Street Queen (a.k.a. SpeedBump)

Sorry man just saw your message I had a family reunion on my wife's side pm me your number and I'll call or text you tomorrow and we can go from there

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Bhudgins said:
Sorry man just saw your message I had a family reunion on my wife's side pm me your number and I'll call or text you tomorrow and we can go from there

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No worries! sent you a pm
 
Prepping for winter

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And of course. At least a few of the torx had to strip... (welded nut just torqued off. Gunna notch next for flathead use)

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A sweet gift from @Bhudgins much thanks!!

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Another free little gift arrived via office of post

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Front shaft installed


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Trying to finish up tub lining this week and putting doors on. Then 4wd shifter and heater box. By the weekend hopefully
 
Big $$ ballin!
 
Notching didn't work here for shit. Butttttt. The other two here were already broke loose. So I pulled them and used the hammer to spin the bracket around till the screw stopped traveling with it (loose) and then the notch worked.

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Here on this POS bracket (thanks Joe! Lmao) two of them be stuck. So no genius hammer idea this time. Gunna retry the weldz method. We shall see (oh and finding blue loctite on the threads... is that factory?)


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Tried hammering in Allen bits. They strip too.
 
Here is some installed pics of the shaft. To help with clearance at the fork what do y'all think of using some shims on the front axle?

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shims? to do what, rotate it? lift it?

Since this sees mostly street time, I would recommend keeping the Castor reasonable. No matter the starting point, you will want to cycle your suspension to make sure the driveshaft has plenty of clearance at full bump on that side.
 
I took some measurements today. Geometrically speaking, using guestimates for COG, it appears my ROA would be somewhere in the ballpark of 40 degrees. What are yalls thoughts?
 
10-4. do yall recommends a bushing style or piston type? and it should be setup so the ubolt plate takes the impact? Stock they hit the backside of the leaf iirc.
 
Got fed up and drilled the suckers. Now the bracket is off but looks like I got new problem. Not enough meat to grab with vice grips. Maybe enough meat to notch. But the unsuccessful notch attempt before makes me want to not venture this as will have to damage the door panel a bit.

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I am contemplating drilling all the way through (if my bit can handle it) and then retapping the hole. Hmmm
 
ckruzer said:
Here is some installed pics of the shaft. To help with clearance at the fork what do y'all think of using some shims on the front axle?

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The reason I offset LS swaps to the passenger side.
but what do I know lol.

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BUCKEYE PERFORMANCE INC. said:
The reason I offset LS swaps to the passenger side.
but what do I know lol.

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It's passenger according to the Novak amounts. Had to in order to clear steering shaft. Makes me wonder how much more I could have moved it over? It appears there is some header room

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ckruzer said:
Got fed up and drilled the suckers. Now the bracket is off but looks like I got new problem. Not enough meat to grab with vice grips. Maybe enough meat to notch. But the unsuccessful notch attempt before makes me want to not venture this as will have to damage the door panel a bit.

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I am contemplating drilling all the way through (if my bit can handle it) and then retapping the hole. Hmmm
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I would soak it in penetrating oil for a few hrs atleast, drill the center of the bolt with a smaller bit, and try to use a screw extractor. if that doesnt work, heat the bolt with a small torch and try again.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
I would soak it in penetrating oil for a few hrs atleast, drill the center of the bolt with a smaller bit, and try to use a screw extractor. if that doesnt work, heat the bolt with a small torch and try again.
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Thanks!!! I ended slatherin on some penetratin oil and then notching again (thru the panel!) and they spun right out with a screwdriver.
 
Had to actually make a trip to the business location today. Decided to raid the scrap pile and gather off castes away things and make a tool cart for the garage.

I refuse to pay 100$ for a plastic rolling cart! Lol

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Then had to do some mathematics today to figure this new foaming detergent formula (rates, coverage, etc). Not the chilliest morning but the 48 degrees wasn't swimming weather. Anyways build related - we found out this new formula strips car wax very quickly. So looking forward to trying this on some super greasy areas and seeing how well it penetrates into my single stage paint job lol


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Andddd looking forward to a nifty garage purchase!
 
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