y5mgisi
1 ton status
Nice parts though thats for sure!
CK5
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Project Blue Truck: '83 C20 - Rolling Chassis
- Thread starter FrostBite
- Start date
FrostBite
1/2 ton status
Damnit! This is unexceptable!!!! You cant fab like you did then not give us more of the same!
Thanks guys, I need to place another metal order for some link material. The lower links should be pretty cool; they won't be made from tube.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Interesting!
Nice to see another rockwell build on here
FrostBite
1/2 ton status
I made a trip to Gray, Ga and picked up a South Bend 9" lathe with some tooling and a slew of drill bits. He also had a Jacobs 59B that I got as well; not really sure what I'm going to use it for, but it looked cool. It's bigger than the 14N I have on my drill press.
The lathe was supposed to come with a steady rest, but what the guy had went to a Clausing so he is supposed to be finding me one, or either I'll find one and let him pay for it.
The lathe was supposed to come with a steady rest, but what the guy had went to a Clausing so he is supposed to be finding me one, or either I'll find one and let him pay for it.
K5 Jess
1/2 ton status
Need one of the drool smileys right now!
FrostBite
1/2 ton status
Will you be keeping your 2.5 tons now that you have moved on to a buggy?
Thanks, I've been wanting one for a while now.
I finally got a steady rest from the lathe's previous owner. He was supposed to give me the lower end steady with the sliding fingers but couldn't find one so he gave me one of the telescopic ones. With the steady rest clamped to the bed I threw the spindle on there and starting making some chips.
I've got a boring bar set up coming from eBay, so I should be able to move on to the inside once the outside is done. Once I make sure I can cut the 14 bolt spindle down like I need it I will chop up the Rockwell spindle.
No, I sold the rockwells with the sonoma and kept the tons.
FrostBite
1/2 ton status
I'm slowly whittling away at two spindles, but damn does it take a long time. I got the Rockwell spindle parted off and turned down and about half of the boring done on the 14 bolt spindle.
K5 Jess
1/2 ton status
Man... Everyday i log on. Im hoping youve updated! 
u act like you have othere things to do! Like you have a life or something! Sheesh!!! 
Some people are inconsiderate as fock!
u act like you have othere things to do! Like you have a life or something! Sheesh!!! Some people are inconsiderate as fock! FrostBite
1/2 ton status
Man... Everyday i log on. Im hoping youve updated!
Haha, I just got engaged, so I've been busy saving up for some bling.
You have no idea how badly I want to get these spindles worked over so that I can bolt the axle up.I may have the slowest build thread ever.
FrostBite
1/2 ton status
I finally finished boring out the 14 bolt spindle and got it glued to the Rockwell stub. I don't have a shop press, so I put a bottle jack on the threads and ran a chain over the jack and under the bottom of the spindle to press it together and to try and keep it from warping while I tacked it together, I unfortunately didn't take a picture of this contraption.
Axial runout ended up being 0.012" and radial was 0.003" I still need to bore out the length of the 14 bolt portion to allow the Rockwell axle shaft to fit through.
The step down is to keep the 14 bolt wall thickness atleast 1/4". The other will all be the same diamter, which will mean less material to bore out.
I may find some DRW if the WMS to WMS is wider than what I want
Axial runout ended up being 0.012" and radial was 0.003" I still need to bore out the length of the 14 bolt portion to allow the Rockwell axle shaft to fit through.
The step down is to keep the 14 bolt wall thickness atleast 1/4". The other will all be the same diamter, which will mean less material to bore out.
I may find some DRW if the WMS to WMS is wider than what I want
K5 Jess
1/2 ton status
Bad freekin A!!!!
Pure curiosity, but do you lose any strength by doing this?
Martin
Martin
FrostBite
1/2 ton status
Thanks dudes!
I'm sure there is, as the Rockwell spindle has a wall thickness of over 1/4 at the narrowest part and the 14 bolt spindle is only slightly over 1/8" at the threads.
Well I'm excited to see you beat on this and see if that is a problem or not.
Martin
Martin
FrostBite
1/2 ton status
Nothing much to report as I'm waiting on my link material to show up. I did weld the lower link mounts, for both the frame and axle. The frame mount was from Ruffstuff and needed some work to give the bushings full contact.
The only pictures of the lower mounts I have are of them on the drill press getting some speed/drainage holes.
The brackets are from Ballistic. I cut the coilover mounts off and flipped them upside down and side to side so that the mount is below axle centerline. This should hopefully give me the clearance to run the cylinder behind the axle.
I've been working on getting the cylinder spaced so that the outside tierod is aligned with the shaft at full extension.
The only pictures of the lower mounts I have are of them on the drill press getting some speed/drainage holes.
The brackets are from Ballistic. I cut the coilover mounts off and flipped them upside down and side to side so that the mount is below axle centerline. This should hopefully give me the clearance to run the cylinder behind the axle.
I've been working on getting the cylinder spaced so that the outside tierod is aligned with the shaft at full extension.
The links look like they will hit the steering...
FrostBite
1/2 ton status
The links look like they will hit the steering...
I think it will be tight but doable.
Haha, I still need to build a set of high steer arms off of the king pin plate with a tube running down to the factory tie rod location. The outer heims will mount somewhere along that tube, so they should come up a couple of inches to give more clearance.
