ROCKSLIDER Project *DONE*

[NorCal_Chris]

mucho better. They look good!

 

[badmix]

Thanks.

Phase III will be to trim and clean up the L brackets and possibly put some bar stock bolted between the L brackets just under the Body rib.

This will help if my truck comes down flat onto something and to help jacking points, itll just spread the load over the whole body rib instead of just the holes, as someone else pointed out, the holes could wallow out. I dont foresee that being an issue, I do mainly light wheeling, but its nice to have something built good for those "just in case" moments.

 

[pblaze725]

I like it. It looks good.

I will be copying this design, with my own little twist.

 

[badmix]

DONE!!! for the most part, lol

Ill get under there with my cutoff wheel and square up the L brackets better.

 

[magik235]

Nice setup

 

[Blue85]

That's definitely strong enough.

Looks like you need to buy a welder?

 

[Mastiff]

I know this thread is old, but can someone explain the purpose of the frame tie ins? If I understand right, if you come down on the slider, all the weight is still on the body sheet metal? The tie in at the frame looks like a hinge just constraining the in/out motion of the slider. What am I missing?

 

[badmix]

I know this thread is old, but can someone explain the purpose of the frame tie ins? If I understand right, if you come down on the slider, all the weight is still on the body sheet metal? The tie in at the frame looks like a hinge just constraining the in/out motion of the slider. What am I missing?

You are correct, if I come straight now, it would add pressure upwards on the body, im not a rock crawler so Im not worried about it too much, I feel the body would still be ample enough strength for me. but I wanted some extra protection, the frame ties help with side impact and wont allow the rock slide to "buckle" under.

While its probably not optimum for hardcoring, it works for me. If I were to tie the rock slider to the body and frame, I lose the movement of the body mounts to a degree, so there was a compromise to be made.

I do have the option of welding the frame ties solid if I really wanted that strength

 

[Mastiff]

Makes sense. It looks good to me. I have a Jeep Rubicon and the factory slider is fully supported by the body. With the load spread over such a long span I think it's pretty tough and wouldn't hesitate to jack the vehicle up from the slider if needed. I think you'd have to come down pretty hard to hurt something. The Jeep has probably 6 mount points along the body, which may be a difference compare to putting something on a K5 after the fact. Once I get my 1-ton axles installed, figuring this out is next on my list.

 

[pma4x4]

Thanks to finding Badmixes post last year I went and built my own. This is on a 91 suburban in a krinkle powder coat finish.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3378038&postcount=707

I don't plan to rock crawl with it but the beefiness is there if i need to pivot this land yacht!