‘82 GMC “Junkyard JIMMY” {Build bash Rebuild}

[pblaze725]

14 bolt Gov bomb

Thanks Scott.

I was fascinated with it so I took it apart.

Here's a breakdown.


When you pop it open it looks like a monkey skull.



All these little clips go flying out.




The spider gears have these disks and a gear attached to 'em.




The other 1/2 looks like the little robot from BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED.




This little gear thingy fell out too.

 

[Deuling]

So now you need a new carrier ehh??


Shoulda left the locker you already had in it

 

[pblaze725]

The little gear.



It looks like it works with this record player needle.



Looking into the monkey skulls eyes you can see more disks.




Another view of the spider gear & disks




I figured the little gears line up with the little shaft and the shaft activates this little spring etc...

 

[pblaze725]

The spring works like and alternator brush...? i guess...




The disks look like cut off wheels.




This gears on the back of the spider engage into the disks.




Like a flower.



Then the tri force delta gears.

 

[pblaze725]

There are 2 holes in the monkey skull.



They line up with the shaft to the "spring & brush"




And it all goes back in here.

I've never seen one of these before so I don't know if I did it right. See anything wrong?

 

[pblaze725]

So now you need a new carrier ehh??


Shoulda left the locker you already had in it

That locker don't look very reliable to me.IMO

They don't call it a gov bomb because it's the bomb.

 

[Raiderblaz]

Love your explanation of the pieces!! Lol

 

[82355]

The 14 bolt ones aren't near as bad as the 10 bolt/12 bolt ones.

Martin

 

[andyblack]

It just seems to have too many small parts in it. If one of those little pieces breaks, I think it could set off a chain reaction of things not working and/or breaking. Thumbs down for sure.

 

[pblaze725]

I can't quite get everything to fit properly. There is still a little gap there.


Moving forward I will be pulling a carrier from the Junk yard to match the Detroit.

Inboarding the rear shocks-

Options please...





I was thinking about recycling the stock shock mounts and welding them here. I was thinking in line with the spring perches. I plan to position the top mounts slightly angled to match the swing of the shackle hangers. This would mean the shocks are in the same plane...




I know the stock shock mounts have one in front of and the other in the rear of the axle tube. This puts them in equal but opposite angles. It this supposed to prevent axle wrap?




What do yous guys think? Would it be Ok to have the shocks in the same plane? Most in boards I have seen appear to be so...

 

[pblaze725]

I'll rotate that pic later. Sorry about that.

 

[pblaze725]

I got a new carrier at the Junkyard.
The Detroit is installed.

It's been a long time that I've been rocking the 10 bolts. I know them inside and out. I must have snapped 6 shafts.

I don't know about you guys but I'm stoked.

Anybody want pics or are you good?

 

[supermotard750]

Every one wants pics

 

[Bowtie85]

This:

 

[pblaze725]

Here is a pic of the GOV BOMB. notice the cap on the spider gear. This is upside down. That is why it would not seal properly for me. I flipped the 2 caps over and it went right together.







Detroit locker install was very easy.






Thinking about doing some gear art. Garage Tiki? Since Mikey "the beast" isn't paying up.






This is actually the Mayan Panther God mask. It's supposed to protect the house.





Notice I put the jack under the Yoke so it can't move.Then I set the backlash at .010. This was my first time. I'm a noob.

 

[pblaze725]

Dana 44 High steer


I picked up a stock steering drag link from the JY. I put it into the stock position so I can take some measurements.




It's going to go from the lower position shown to the upper position on the SKY MANUFACTURING steering arm.
I figure the stock DL is about 57 1/2". When it goes to the high steer position it will be about 55 3/8".





I was thinking I could use the 10bolt TRE to attach the Hydro assist ram. This is just an idea.
The big plate would be cut out and fabricated into a beefy mount.





Side view. The idea here is to keep the ram parallel to the drag link.

any opinions on this set up?

 

[pblaze725]

Here's a video of the ratchet test.

3000 posts

 

[Deuling]

dang you fancy!!!



And 3000 posts!!! What a whore!

 

[pblaze725]

Q&A time....

Yep.


Nobody commented on my question about the lower inboard shock mount idea.
I believe the question was regarding the forward/ reverse shock mount setup in stock configuration.

By inboarding the rear shocks and keeping the shocks centered in the plain of the axle travel would it inadvertently create more axle wrap?



As for the Hydro assist mount, I was thinking about doing something a little different too.
Maybe use some tubing...any thoughts on that? Make a little hoop and add some tabs at the top...?

Box plate vs tube mount opinions?

 

[supermotard750]

I'm a fan of the over built I think a little tube frame with maybe some webbing. For trail protection

You know...... BEEF!