Random pic thread.

[anvilrubi]

 

[RobMcBee]

 

[sawdoff]

Before it left a few months back

now

Stopped to see my toy before heading to charlotte wednesday

 

[Jody Treadway]

"Hey, let's follow those buggies around at Dixie Run."
Why not?

 

[1-tonmudder]

Would that be considered a positive arch on your rear lower link??

 

[1-tonmudder]

View attachment 228881 Finished installing a new steering gear box and realized I'm starting to get a little OCD about my tools as I get older.

Your not too OCD or you would have replaced the 3/8- 9/16 sockets missing off the front socket holder.

 

[Jody Treadway]

Would that be considered a positive arch on your rear lower link??

Actually both rear lowers are designed with the bend in them for clearance. Due to their length, they would be susceptible to bending. So they were made by sleeving .250" inside of .375 DOM and then heating and bending them.

 

[Jus Jim]

this is all i can come up with for a Dixie Run trail mod. i'm thinking a little sand paper and a black sharpie and it's all good. maybe 2 black sharpies.

 

[BRUISER]

This just makes me laugh

 

[kaiser715]

Just a snapshot of my Rubicon.....

...on the Foothills Parkway in TN Saturday night.

 

[Fabrik8]

Actually both rear lowers are designed with the bend in them for clearance. Due to their length, they would be susceptible to bending. So they were made by sleeving .250" inside of .375 DOM and then heating and bending them.

You reinforced them, but now they're definitely easier to bend because you've already put a bend in them. You've pre-buckled your lowers...

 

[Jody Treadway]

You reinforced them, but now they're definitely easier to bend because you've already put a bend in them. You've pre-buckled your lowers...

Yep and I'll accept that in the name of better clearance with such long control arms.
Can't win 'em all!

 

[Kamel]

Yep and I'll accept that in the name of better clearance with such long control arms.
Can't win 'em all!

For the sake of science; How long are your links, both front and rear?

 

[Fabrik8]

Yep and I'll accept that in the name of better clearance with such long control arms.
Can't win 'em all!

What about going larger diameter for stiffness, and then putting a bend in them for clearance? Stiffer, lower mass, so lower unspring mass, because racecar!

 

[Jody Treadway]

For the sake of science; How long are your links, both front and rear?

Going from memory here, but pretty close
Front lowers 38"
Front upper 40"
Rear lowers 48"
Rear uppers 44"

 

[Fabrik8]

Hmm. Almost long enough to apply truck arm type designs. It's easy to make 48 inch links not bend, if you're not using tubing the size of your thumb.

 

[Jody Treadway]

My thumbs aren't 2 1/4"!
Where the Hulk smash emoji?

 

[shawn]

"Hey, let's follow those buggies around at Dixie Run."
Why not?
View attachment 228925

That's what @mcutler 's Comanche is going to look like in a year or so from now. But that guy will hunt all over the southeast to find new sheetmetal that's faded just enough to match the originals.

 

[Fabrik8]

My thumbs aren't 2 1/4"!
Where the Hulk smash emoji?

That's too bad, because if they were you could probably just bend everything by hand. I want a roll cage, here's a pile of tube and a saw. That's all you get.

 

[mcutler]

That's what @mcutler 's Comanche is going to look like in a year or so from now. But that guy will hunt all over the southeast to find new sheetmetal that's faded just enough to match the originals.

....(whisper) already have the doors, front fenders, hood....still searching bed sides....

Matt

 

[Ron]

Personally iId worry a lot less about bent rear lowers than I would bent front lowers

 

[mcutler]

[emoji6] Jody should pick a better line...hehe

Matt

 

[Jody Treadway]

[emoji6] Jody should pick a better line...hehe

Matt

Drive by braille with woo-pow as a backup. It's worked for years now!

 

[mcutler]

Hey that's my line....

Matt

 

[mbalbritton]