Rockwells

[87GMCJimmy]

A small Hijack (sorry), I have to ask, what does ROCKdubs mean? I'm assuming front and rear steering Rockwells on a rig? Sorry for the NOOB question! Thanks!

 

[braxton357]

Homoghey talk for rockw's. Short for rockwells. Which typically refers to the toploader 2.5 ton military versions. Steering or non.

 

[Rich]

A small Hijack (sorry), I have to ask, what does ROCKdubs mean? I'm assuming front and rear steering Rockwells on a rig? Sorry for the NOOB question! Thanks!

Ricky's attempt to be funny/cool/gangsta.. Kinda like Vanilla Ice, when everyone found out he was a rich kid from Houston.

 

[Ricky B]

Ricky's attempt to be funny/cool/gangsta.. Kinda like Vanilla Ice, when everyone found out he was a rich kid from Houston.

W/e ya'll are just jealous of the awesome name I came up with, But I mean, not everyone appreciates a true genius at work

dub is slang for either something referring to 20 or a "w" in this case a "w" is short for well thus ROCKdubs

In my case it works both ways since i not only have ROCKdubs I also have 20" rims for my 52's and dub is a common nickname for a 20" rim

 

[Rich]

dub is slang for either something referring to... a "w" in this case a "w" is short for well thus ROCKdubs

OK, yeah, if you're a VW/Audi guy maybe..

Even then, who the hell says "I have Rockw's"?

 

[Ricky B]

OK, yeah, if you're a VW/Audi guy maybe..

Even then, who the hell says "I have Rockw's"?

Nobody, but some say Rockdubs

 

[87GMCJimmy]

Looks like I opened a can o' worms with my question! Thanks for the explanation, I'd been wondering for a while, seems a logical name to me!

 

[Ricky B]

Looks like I opened a can o' worms with my question! Thanks for the explanation, I'd been wondering for a while, seems a logical name to me!

No biggy man, lol, me and Rich just like making fun of each other cause we both have like opposite mindsets on everything

 

[CrashKnott]

So, some tech stuck in the middle of this rant....

When you put a steering Rockwell in the rear of your rig, you have to spin the 'pinion-chunk' from a driver's side offset to a passenger's.

Anyway, the bolt pattern holding the bull gear/pinion assembly down on the axle is NOT symmetrical and not a simple matter of picking it up and rotating the whole chunk 180 degrees.

If you had a gasket, re-drilling the correct pattern on the bull-gear side would be the easier way (and if you could get it level on your bench it would be easier to drill out too).
We ended up re-drilling and tapping the axle-side bolt holes because Dave's gaskets were non-existent and couldn't otherwise devise a way of accurately transferring the bolt pattern...you'll also need to omit 2 of the retaining bolts doing it this way (just 1 more reason to drill out the chunk-side) just because the case design has some reliefs where you need steel to drill and tap a stud.

Not the end of the world by any stretch, just a bit of a last minute shocker if you weren't expecting it.

 

[bigassedredjeep]

Dave... are you STILL not done?



































j/k, been following along on the ZR2 board, its really looking good...

 

[Oliver's]

Thanks Biggy, yeah it's coming along. Hope to be able to move it in a couple weeks.



Dave

 

[vanguard]

Isn't it about time for Justin/Unbreakable to change his mind and sell his axles again? Maybe he'll sell you what he has.

 

[StretchASU]

Isn't it about time for Justin/Unbreakable to change his mind and sell his axles again? Maybe he'll sell you what he has.

If he does hes getting a swift kick in the nuts...that thing has been in the shop for too long.

 

[Mr_DIY]

did you already go to PA? hope not. I'll take one for that price. not kidding. pm sent

 

[CrashKnott]

Haa!...Dave don't mess around! He's already been back from PA a month and has this b-otch driving around on those Rockwells