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YZEATER
1/2 ton status
i like your workbench.
Keeping my eye on this one.
not gonna happen again!
magik235
Still Alive
I agree. I like it.
back at it...........finally
Well after missing two seasons of wheeling I got it out of the weeds. I moved to a new place this summer and now have a nice shop of my own to work in. Not much for updates at the moment other than the cab is cut off now. The old one saw too many trees,not a straight piece of sheet metal left and the only glass in it was the back window. I should have pics and updates soon.
Well after missing two seasons of wheeling I got it out of the weeds. I moved to a new place this summer and now have a nice shop of my own to work in. Not much for updates at the moment other than the cab is cut off now. The old one saw too many trees,not a straight piece of sheet metal left and the only glass in it was the back window. I should have pics and updates soon.
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
sick build
Well I spent the weekend deconstructing,cut most of the tube work off, pulled the cab off and removed about 6 inches of god awfull body lift(wtf was I thinking). I cut apart part of the rear suspension, I lowered the upper control arm 4 inches, the new cab is on and started to reconstruct the tubing.
The one nice thing about the truck sitting so long I had plenty of time to pick apart the things I didn't like about it.
I should have pics up tomorrow.
The one nice thing about the truck sitting so long I had plenty of time to pick apart the things I didn't like about it.
I should have pics up tomorrow.
pics? ...on the trailer?
Nice project! Look forward to seeing more.
On that single upper axle joint, you should rotate it 90 deg, so the bolt is vertical, it will be much stronger that way in the application you have it mounted.
How would being vertical make the bolt stronger?
That's a good question. But its not the orientation that changes the strength, it's the loading.
Under tension or compression it doesn't matter it's the same for straight links. However, on your top rear mount the joint is put under a side load (since it is a triangular link) to keep the axle under the track laterally. And under a side load that is trying to pull the "ball" out the side of the joint. If the joint is turned flat, then it is just forcing the ball against the race, not out the joint assembly holes. If that one joint was two seperate joints (a dual triangulated 4 link), then it wouldn't matter.
Also, the bolt itself is the same obviously, but the strength of the bolt varies in how you load it. A bolt in double shear is going to be slightly stronger than a bolt in tension. Although a bolt in single shear is only about 60% as strong as a bolt in tension. In this case, axle wrap puts the bolt in double shear, but side to side loads really try to slide on the bolt, and put it under tension from the mounting tabs trying to bend out. But with it vertical it is under double shear no matter which direction the axle tries to move, side to side or front/back.
Now, it may in fact be strong enough both ways, but it's better to be mounted in the stronger direction for safety reasons.
Under tension or compression it doesn't matter it's the same for straight links. However, on your top rear mount the joint is put under a side load (since it is a triangular link) to keep the axle under the track laterally. And under a side load that is trying to pull the "ball" out the side of the joint. If the joint is turned flat, then it is just forcing the ball against the race, not out the joint assembly holes. If that one joint was two seperate joints (a dual triangulated 4 link), then it wouldn't matter.
Also, the bolt itself is the same obviously, but the strength of the bolt varies in how you load it. A bolt in double shear is going to be slightly stronger than a bolt in tension. Although a bolt in single shear is only about 60% as strong as a bolt in tension. In this case, axle wrap puts the bolt in double shear, but side to side loads really try to slide on the bolt, and put it under tension from the mounting tabs trying to bend out. But with it vertical it is under double shear no matter which direction the axle tries to move, side to side or front/back.
Now, it may in fact be strong enough both ways, but it's better to be mounted in the stronger direction for safety reasons.
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
good info man. thanks for sharing
badmix
1/2 ton status
I like and always wondered why more and more guys on here , with welding skills, dont go that route. Seems it would be cheaper and easier than some of the crazy lifts Ive seen.
