wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Still working on it. It was glued in pretty good.
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Still working on it. It was glued in pretty good.
Yeah, the clown who changed my front window 10 years ago, glued it to the seal. I paid someone to do that kwality work
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Was it glued from the factory? Mine looks like 5 minute epoxy. Sort of yellowish.
No. Someone probably swabbed sealant on yours. Yay
Once you get it out, clean it up and soak it in ATF for a day. It's like magic renew for window rubbers
There going to be any pictures of this said roll cage??
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Yeah soon. I realized I made a small mistake before fully welding a cross tube and now it's back out and re correcting. The feet at the bottom closed in over a quarter inch on me as well. My fault for not watching. It fits like a glove so I was more worried about the harness bar expanding the hoop. The hilift will fix that.
Dude hi lifts and ratchet straps were built for that crap.
If anybody razzes you over it just look at em like they are a moron and say " Have you seriously never heard of prestressing integral tube structures?????"
If anybody razzes you over it just look at em like they are a moron and say " Have you seriously never heard of prestressing integral tube structures?????"
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Haha you're absolutely right!
I've been shying away from ta king pictures of the 4 ratchet straps I have hanging from the ceiling. Wouldn't know own what to do without them!
It's all about prestressing lol. Gets em nice and ready for a stressful life.
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Sweet looking so far.
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
I actually kicked those bars up about 2 degrees. I didn't like how they ended so close to each other on the harness tube. In my mind it's way stronger to weld the tubes separated from each other rather then butt because you're losing that seam that could be welded to the harness bar. I'm sure a pro could melt it all together but I'd rather go for simple.
Is the photo or is it offset a hair to the driver side? What I can see of the bends look really nice though!
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
It was slightly off in this pic. Fixed now.
The benbs aren't bad...I didn't do them though lol. It's a diy kit. It looked like it would deal with one rollover so I'm building it up a bit to be able to deal with more abuse...not that I plan on rolling but it's cheap insurance.
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
I'm getting tired of farting with these tubes. How does this look?
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Shoot that picture is deceiving. It's pretty damn close to be right. The driver side bar is slightly off center on the harness bar and off by maybe 1 degree. I'm thinking I'll call it good. I shouldn't notices it when rock crawling.
Furthermore black paint matters and hides everything.
Furthermore black paint matters and hides everything.
You end up w/ a harness, those are positioned pretty well for a horizontal bar to support those. Make sure if you head is anywhere near the diagonals that you pad them. Don't need to be knocking yourself out.
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Exactly! Yeah Ill probably pad them even if I can't reach them. Never know.
This thing is working me. I used the hilift to spread it back open on the bottom. It worked but now it's so tight it won't come out of the truck.
It was a shit load of pressure to get it apart...the reason I did that is I need to do the bottom bars now. If I un bolt it obviously it comes out but I'm a little worried that if I put these last set of bars in its not coming out. I could be wrong but it's not as simple as taking the back glass out and fully welding it. I could sacrifice a little by enlarging the bottom pads holes so that they have a better chance of lining up with less stress.
That seems to be the answer. This is way more difficult than need be.
Got any pics of the inside? Easier to see what you're describing.
I liked the way Kurt does it, hole saw the floor and drop the legs through for welding/paint.
Keep in mind you want that harness bar right below your shoulders, not sure what your plans are....
Lookin good :beer:
Keep in mind you want that harness bar right below your shoulders, not sure what your plans are....
Lookin good :beer:
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Yeah...so I'm replicating the top tubes to the bottom essentially. Youll see those footpads...those are what needed spreading apart. I'm thinking by opening up the holes for those in the body I'll not have to stretch the feet so much, subsequently locking the cage in place.
