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My trucks winter build at a glance...

very very nice,

i see the rear axle being very very close to the rear of that cab.:thinking::thinking:

looks reall good.

nice that you have a place to work on it
 
Thanks fellas, I'll do an update tonight, should have the front 4 link finished this afternoon. Gonna be hard to work on it and listen to the 500 at the same time though...:D

Going to pick the front shocks at Poly on monday and order my new seats. Hopefully everything will be ready to go March 4th for TDS :crazy:
 
Todays progress:

Made some tube adapters. Cost about $2 each compared to $15 if you buy them:

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Links:

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Crossmember almost done:

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Installed:

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Full stuff:

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Flexy:

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7/8" of axle steer, exactly as I calculated:

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Hey look, real tires!

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Got approach angle?

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Back to work...
 
Can you post a pic of the underside of the boatsiding? It looks like you supported it to the frame maybe? Also are you planning on plating it?

I dont know why you even bother, its way to big to fit down any of the harder trails. :D
 
Turned down coupler nuts? High grade 1" coupler nuts cost more than $2, at least around here.

Nice cross member. Much nicer than mine, look like lots of work though. Is that 0.188 or 0.250 plate?

And what are you using to secure the bridge front to rear?
 
not to sound dumb...(like i dont anyway)...is 7/8 inch of axle steer good?
 
It's not bad for max articulation. Also called "flex steer", it is usually expressed as an angle. More angle is generally considered worse and causes more steer when flexed. And it's really hard to get 0* angle on the front due to limits on design...
 
damn thats got to be the first negative approach angle i've seen.... thats a ttc truck if i've ever seen one... they should let u in just because that things looks ****ing awesome. Enter next year i will definitly vote for that rig.

Nice rig man....:saweet: :thumb:
 
Russ, they are Grade 5 coupling nuts. No reason for grade 8 when I have 2" of thread engagement and 3/8" of tubing around them... The crossmember is made entirely of 1/8" plate. The inside of it is all /\/\/\/\ to distribute the load. I designed it in solid works and ran a few analysis's of it. Applied 5000 pounds to the bottom of it and it only bent like 3/4". The bridge will be done like my rear one, it's just tacked in there right now so I could make sure I was happy with the setup. Tomorrow I'll be fully welding it and adding all the plating/gusseting.

The boatsiding will be plated of course, wouldn't work too well like it is :blush: . Going to put 3/16" AR360 plate, still trying to figure out how to attach it though... The 1.25" tubing is welded to the frame and the rocker boxes so it ties the frame and body together as one.
 
Just curious...what did you use to analyze your solid works model?
 
The boatsiding will be plated of course, wouldn't work too well like it is :blush: . Going to put 3/16" AR360 plate, still trying to figure out how to attach it though... The 1.25" tubing is welded to the frame and the rocker boxes so it ties the frame and body together as one.
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Thats kinda what I had in mind.

Looks killer man! :cool1:
 
Got bored waiting for people to reply to my posts so I went down and messed with setting up my VSS on the 205. I had my reluctor ring from my borg warner case but wasn't lucky enough for it to slip on the splines of the 205... If I wanted to spend the money I could just go to the dealer and buy a reluctor ring from a 1991 V30 with 4l80e/205 but didn't want to do that. So I took my ring and bored it out to a .005" interference fit onto the splines of the 205:

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It's pressed on nice and tight and shouldn't be a problem. Looked at the tail housing and it looks like about 30 minutes of mill time should make it adapt to the VSS sensor just fine.
 
I was wondering where the hell you were, turns out, in the garage

Glad to see you found the art of your choosing. This work is quite an achievment.

Ahhh, to think, 2WD, claws, and a Playstation

Good luck buddy
 
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