96 cruise vessel build

[skipnrocks]

he builds from "nothing" ...... is "nothing" but stanky!

but you build stuff... fo sho.

Alright dude gotta lay off the drunken posts








LOL 

[Ramrod]

[THK Matt]

sweeet.. and i dont remember you going rear disk

[skipnrocks]

Cool,  I have been waiting for the links to go on since you started talkin about it forever ago!!   Are the notches a little big for your axle tubes?

[Doof]

how hard is it to convert drum to disk?

[skipnrocks]

Usually you buy a kit, take off the drums and weld on the brackets for disc.  I think you also have to re-regulate your mastercylinder because you have to send more pressure to disc brakes.

[Doof]

 

[Yota87Truck]

how hard is it to convert drum to disk?

X2 and $$

[twistedtoy92]

they have a full floater kit that uses disk brakes as well.... thatd' be nice, its only like $750 or so

[kiyul4130]

he used his calipers off his IFS junk and got a bracket. its really cheap. thanks for the spring hangar help today and it looks good so far on your rear end.

[Ramrod]

slowly fabbed along today by myself cuz im kinda sick and got the upper link mount all build on the axle and was just going to get working on the coil mounts when the girl that lives by the shop made me a tasty giant gin and tonic and now its sleepy time

[Ramrod]

stuck somewhere between operations and training

operations.....rockwalker blinded by the light

yes thats a broken shovel holding that link up

yep


angle of the dangle

[Doof]

[rockwalker]

gin and juice lets the job done

[Hyena]

just got back from the strip club, it was sick slutty tight bro!  just like your truck!!!!1111

[kiyul4130]

flopp ya, i could have gone last night but i didnt......that would have been funny if we both went to one.

[46&2]

just got back from the strip club, it was sick slutty tight bro!  just like your truck!!!!1111

Rear axle looks bad ass, coming along nicely.

[Yota4life]

that was long night #2 at the club this week, im wasting money on hoes and ended up not going to sleep till the sun raised 

axles lookin sick

[kiyul4130]

should have some good updates tonight. been chattin on the phone with him about what to do with the rear end today.

[Ramrod]

got some done today, started off by driving all over the place looking for a piece of metal to make my frame end upper link mount out of and once we got to a metal shop to buy some we decided to get some 2x4 1/4" wall and got all the bolts and some other supplies while we were there.  then we got the lower links all assembed and completely tacked in.  after that i was really happy how it was looking with 109" wheelbase untill i went to mock up the upper link in place and realized it was not going to fit at all unless i hacked out the cab majorly or lifted it(not happening) so i decided to just move the axle back and it everything will be better and ill have more clearence for the driveshaft.  it is kinda sketchy looking how close the link is to the shaft but i jacked it up till there was 4.5" between the coil mount and frame and it was just hitting the tub.  I can garantee it will never compress that far.  after that i got the main piece of the upper link mount made and welded up and pressed the bushings in the upper link and thats about it for the day.  should sit right at about 113" wheelbase which should be better anyways and climb great.

[Ramrod]

heres the proof:

upper link mount



full compression (look at space between axle and jackstand to see travel)



sitting in its home

ride height or maybe 1" lower than




upper link

[Ramrod]

im going to cut of the lowest mounting holes on the upper link bracket, they will be most likely unusable

[kiyul4130]

an your getting a new tank or no? (colbys right here) he says it looks like you need a 66' tank out of a beatle. haha

[Ramrod]

no that tanks already "clearanced" and doesnt hang below the frame anymore and there is room to lift it 2" if i want

[Ramrod]

eww right now i know what if feels like to be kyle on memorial day, i think i was getting a little too frendly with my skidplate today

[Rockcrawlintoy]

ohhh mmmmm gear oil

[Hyena]

haha free gel!

[Ramrod]

couple handfulls of dishsoap got me all fresh again

[gotrocks]

couple handfulls of dishsoap got me all fresh again

Haha is your inchworm adapter leaking too?  Mine leaks and it pisses me off.  I had taking one step forward and 2 back.

[Ramrod]

mine didnt leak forever but the rear tcase output did and litterally 3 hours after i fixed that the adapter started dripping, these days it drops a 6" puddle in a couple hours