96 cruise vessel build

[gotrocks]

Yeah sounds exactly like what marlin told me would happen to my inchworm adapter.  The marlin tacoma to gear drive adapter has some sort of different sealing design that doesn't have the leaking issues like the inchworm one does.  I waited as long as I could (2 months) to get the marlin adapter but they didn't have the coupler spline adapter in.  Nothing like a little bit of gear oil huh in the hair. 

[Ramrod]

ya i couldnt pass up the rotation

[Hyena]

my inchworm addapter has been leaking for over a year now.  sucks ass.

[DTB]

are you guys trying to say that Inchworm sucks?

[kiyul4130]

i got the AA adapter from my tranny to mini case. i looked under there for the first time today and the rear case is leaking just barely somewhere...

[gotrocks]

are you guys trying to say that Inchworm sucks?

not really just saying that the inchworm adapter could have some improvements to it.  My buddy who is a machinist looked and it and was kinda disappointed on how it was made.  Not to mention that it didn't come with any instructions and it doesn't seal very well.  Its nice to be able to clock it, but again it took a little bit of thinking to get the holes figured out.  I had to drill out some of the holes to get it to bolt up.  Again instructions would've been nice.

[Ramrod]

jeeze....got spun out hard laying under my truck all day plating and gusseting but it came out pretty sick but i need a day off tomorrow definitly spun out on it right now i just want to romp on this thing. ill post pics in the morning

[Ramrod]

by the looks of my new tan/burn lines on my face and arms if i weld shirtless the next couple days ill have a nice tan for the start of summer

[Duffil]

by the looks of my new tan/burn lines on my face and arms if i weld shirtless the next couple days ill have a nice tan for the start of summer

ya but you'll have tweeker burns on your chest.

[Ramrod]

chicks dig that

[gotrocks]

ya but you'll have tweeker burns on your chest.

[kiyul4130]

where those pictures at? i know your online.......

[Yota4life]

Lets see it!?!?  What coils are you running in the rear?

[Ramrod]

was trying to get my laptop to connect to the internet and went to sit on the couch for a minute and passed out for hour and a half with it apparently connected heres some pics........
grandcherokee rear coils....possibly too short:




tweaker gussets


in there homes
outside of frame........notched to clear slider plate


inside

double bent tube going to wrap around plate

there is one more gusset i made but cant put on that tube till a bunch of stuff is fully welded and then a big piece of 4x4 by .25 that will come off the plate with the holes in it and go up to the middle of the 2x4 piece but i need to do a bunch of welding before that goes in.... for the upper coil mounts im just going to weld in some tube that the coil kinda just threads into like what 4runrrick did on quasimoto

[Ramrod]

oh and i found this piece of dimpledied 1/4" plate that fits perfectly in here with no trimming, should i use it?

[Redbeard1]

Looks great man... Keep it up...

[Yota4life]

Looks good. O yea thats funny how that plate just happens to fit, i would weld it in, adds some bling bling!

[twistedtoy92]

hell yeah, weld it in!!! i'd say those coils are too short, i dunno though. I'm trying to figure out the longest coils i can run or what brand, year, make, that are the flexiest to put on the rear of the truggy.....

[kiyul4130]

that plate does fit perfect. id wait to weld it in. it kinda looks tight w/o it in there but it would probably look cool in there too. lay it on there once you have everything back together and the wheels on it to see if you like it. it will definitely strengthen it up though.

[Shamb]

lookin' damn good Pat,

so whats the plan for the next run?

let me know, i'm down!

[ToYocRawleR]

Looks sweet!  Are those ballistics coil brackets?

[Ramrod]

lookin' damn good Pat,

so whats the plan for the next run?

let me know, i'm down!

he's alive!!! next run will probably be the hammers or maybe just a short day run at cowmountain.

ya ballistic coil mounts. i also got the upper frame coil mounts but im not going to use them.

[tom w.]

I've got some cherokee front coils if you want them

[kiyul4130]

he's alive!!! next run will probably be the hammers or maybe just a short day run at cowmountain.

i highly recommend giving this new setup a minor beating before you test it out for its first time far far away from home where something could fail. it'd be better breaking close. fix it, make it stronger and your good to go. youll be able to see how the truck reacts to surtain to....

[THK Matt]

get to work.

[Ramrod]

i highly recommend giving this new setup a minor beating before you test it out for its first time far far away from home where something could fail. it'd be better breaking close. fix it, make it stronger and your good to go. youll be able to see how the truck reacts to surtain to....

my truck had barely been put in 4wd let alone wheeled at all before i took it to the hammers last year.  im confident in the truck but still plan on testing it out before i take it down there

[ToYocRawleR]

Are you going to run any limiting straps or shocks?

[Ramrod]

ya im running the same shocks i had on it before and some bumpstops inside the coil spring.  Probably no limiting straps in the rear but most likely a winch to suck it up and down

[Yota4life]

Looks good. Everyone linking there crap is making me want to do mine even more. Im so sick of the axle wrap in the rear....  How much separation is there between the upper and lowers?

[Ramrod]

like 9" at the axle and 8" at the frame.  I kinda screwed up and wish i would have made more at the axle end so i could get better use of the adjustable upper mounts and more room for my driveshaft but it should work good like this