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Here's the only picture I have of what we got done the first day on my cage. Went over to a friends place that had the bend software to make the complicated bends.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps2852a003.jpg Made a little more progress last night. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...psfb25a924.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...psefb4e4c5.jpg |
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Side & rear view ?
Does this mean the paint won't get scratched now ?:bann: |
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http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps20d9720a.jpg I was never worried about the paint! lol. |
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looking goood !
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Just picked up some new MasterCraft suspenstion seats last night.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps68d51035.jpg Should work well. And this will give me enough room to put a kids racing seat in the middle for my daughter. |
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Don't be falling a' sleep behind the wheel now, :dnd:
Like those seats :mm: |
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Got some more cage work done.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps1b6b3861.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...pse51701ec.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps65e3f533.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps36c61180.jpg Hope to get back on it Friday night. |
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Looking bullet proof :sumo:
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just caught it.....
I have footprints all over my hood also, but there are from my daughters cats :lol: |
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i have developed a large respect for people who can bend up some tube. thats a *****in a pillar and windshield hoops. one aint bad, but getting the second a pillar to be equally opposite lol. my cage came out allright but i had help on the main hoop and a pillars.
i like the center of the roof. i did something similar but its interior. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...0_210804-1.jpg |
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Got my seat mounts finished and the rust cut out of my floor.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps203cee7c.jpg Added a center console out of a 1994 chevy. Interior is done. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...pse933f49e.jpg Got the cage painted. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps651bb41e.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps4d045756.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...psb534088b.jpg Then we had to test fit me and my buddies rigs to make sure they would fit my trailer after I added the dove tail. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps0f96d171.jpg We are fully loaded and ready to head to Clayton after work today. Should be there about midnight tonight. Should have some action pics next monday. |
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Finally got some pictures from a friend. I didn't get any of my own. But here is what I got.
There was quit a bit a water still flowing in the creek. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc7284803.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps321efe25.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps9819c7dc.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps85e098c9.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps3d4c4948.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...pse116cb6e.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...psd8fa6611.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps2483db1b.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...psf613ecee.jpg |
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Picked up a new tire for a spare. Got it as a blemished tire for $300 from interco. Only thing wrong is it doesn't have any lettering on one side.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps8aca8a14.jpg On my last outing I thought I might have a front wheel bearing going out so I put it on the lift and found out my kingpins were worn out. So I tore it apart. While I'm in there I will gusset my knuckles, new wheel bearings, protectors for lower kingpin grease zerk, stage 8 locking spindle nuts, and outer axle tube seals. I'm also going to convert to high steer. I've had everything to do the high steer for about 2 years but I just never have done it. After ruining a cylinder last time at Clayton I said I would have it done before I went back, so I figured this was the time to do it. Just waiting on parts now. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps6f1acbdc.jpg |
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Lower kingpin grease zerk protection.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc9cb4f0d.jpg Knuckle gussets welded on and highsteer arms in place. Still waiting on my kingpin rebuild kits. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps72647b45.jpg |
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Looking Good :chevy:
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I thought I would try something to keep my wheel bearings from rusting up on me every time I end up in some water. I always try to stay away from the mud and water but it seems like we end up in it anyways. I drilled and tapped the hub for a grease zerk that is in between the inner and outer bearings and am using marine grease.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps4f6d9a46.jpg Here you can the grease coming through the outer bearing and spindle nut. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps5f0090aa.jpg Then I installed the locking hub and pumped more grease in until it came around it. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps61b470eb.jpg Now the hub is 100% full of marine grease and there should not be any voids for water to get into the bearings. I will pull the grease zerk out and put a plug in there so the wheel will fit back on. There was no sign of grease coming out the inner hub seal either. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps6facdcf6.jpg All I have left now is to put the other hub on and fill it full of grease and then I will be ready to start on remounting my steering ram for the highsteer. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...pscb636a25.jpg |
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Hey' you may be on to something, you might want to patten that idea :mm:
Never can tell where end it up http://www.boatersland.com/bea1980.h...FU5xQgodLwoApQ |
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Won't the grease expand and get thinner and ooze out while driving? I guess you are usually driving kind of slow, so heat may not be a problem. Still, it's worth a try.
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Finally got it finished up last night. It's pretty tight but everything clears.
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps574005df.jpg These next 2 pics are with the suspension compressed on each side. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps32d61f7c.jpg http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...pscde593fd.jpg Front shot. No more bent steering cylinders at Clayton for me!! http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...psbd764c76.jpg |
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Looks great !
Close tolerance / clearance; if it becomes an issue later on ya’ might want to consider placing bump stops between spring perch(s) and frame rail. I had a similar problem with a 28,000 GVW boom truck which we installed Hy-rail gear on so it could operate on RR tracks. Because of reduced suspension travel we extended the mounts on bump stops thus eliminating the hitting/rubbing issues. :banghead: |
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