96 cruise vessel build

pumkin toy · January 18, 2009, 12:11:20 PM

yeah i can see the benefits of having them that long. the other thing is that i dont think i want to spend the money on 18' of DOM tubing just to link the rear of my truck! that DOM is not cheap!

Sluice Box Hero · January 18, 2009, 12:17:38 PM

try 2.5" .375 wall. . . .i got mine for free though

pumkin toy · January 18, 2009, 12:20:38 PM

damn! how did you score it for free?? yeah i was thinking probly 2" .25" wall for the lower links, and 1.5" .25" wall for the uppers

Doof · January 18, 2009, 02:07:46 PM

because he is a b*std and gets really good connections through work
$Beer Chug\'n$

pumkin toy · January 18, 2009, 02:12:47 PM

lol yeah i can get access to pretty much any steel i need to build my truck through work, but we dont normally use DOM for anything so i will have to special order that.

Hyena · January 18, 2009, 08:45:47 PM

Quote from: pumkin toy on January 18, 2009, 02:12:47 PM
lol yeah i can get access to pretty much any steel i need to build my truck through work, but we dont normally use DOM for anything so i will have to special order that.

what i do too. pat got all his link material from my shop though. it is heavy wall pipe that has an OD of 1 5/8's and an ID of 7/8's i believe so it is 3/8's wall. it was somethibng like $4 a foot if i remember correctly. i get 2 inch .250 DOM for about $9 a foot and they are probably about the same strength.

Ramrod · January 18, 2009, 09:04:00 PM

ya I just bought the whole 20" stick at once so I could make all four lowers and a spare. Only cost about $80

pumkin toy · January 18, 2009, 10:46:45 PM

so you guys are'nt using DOM tubing for your links? just thick wall regular tubing?

kiyul4130 · January 19, 2009, 01:28:57 AM

there using dom.

Hyena · January 19, 2009, 04:21:36 AM

i have the 2 inch .250 DOM. Pat is using the heavy wall pipe.

Ramrod · January 19, 2009, 05:29:08 AM

poop pipe for me, super cheap. I was the guiny pig that took if off the wall of hyenas shop, has handled some pretty major abuse so far with no bending yet

MiniSimp · January 19, 2009, 06:30:13 AM

Quote from: TEAM RAMROD on January 19, 2009, 05:29:08 AM
poop pipe for me, super cheap. I was the guiny pig that took if off the wall of hyenas shop, has handled some pretty major abuse so far with no bending yet

Brave.
Do you carry extra lowers jic?

Hyena · January 19, 2009, 11:53:57 AM

no need too, he won't break 3/8's wall pipe, i garrantee it.

MiniSimp · January 19, 2009, 12:05:42 PM

Quote from: Hyena on January 19, 2009, 11:53:57 AM
no need too, he won't break 3/8's wall pipe, i garrantee it.

Water pipe or Ridgid?

Ramrod · January 19, 2009, 01:04:41 PM

I had the extra piece to build a spare lower but somebody cut it in half while I was in alaska for thier panhard so ill be building a spare out of some hrew or something

TIMS89CRAWLER · January 19, 2009, 01:33:42 PM

Quote from: TEAM RAMROD on January 19, 2009, 01:04:41 PM
I had the extra piece to build a spare lower but somebody cut it in half while I was in alaska for thier panhard so ill be building a spare out of some hrew or something

HREW should be fine for a spare anyway....

Ramrod · January 20, 2009, 06:28:50 PM

finish welded a bunch of

and put all the links in along with scraps of angle iron welded to the frame and axle and shoved her off the jacks today till my new shocks come

itll have 4-5" of shaft showing right there

Hyena · January 20, 2009, 06:50:54 PM

sweet, that looks good.

Sluice Box Hero · January 20, 2009, 08:06:41 PM

how far forward did the axle go from where it was?

Ramrod · January 20, 2009, 08:25:12 PM

actually pushed it back an inch + so the steering would clear as the axle shifted

pumkin toy · January 20, 2009, 08:52:47 PM

looking great man!! what kind of shocks are you going with again?

lilbuddy · January 20, 2009, 09:14:28 PM

whens it gunna be wheelable?

gotrocks · January 21, 2009, 02:10:43 AM

Looking really good man!

isn't your panhard a little short though?

MiniSimp · January 21, 2009, 06:33:26 AM

sic work! It's lookin good.

rednk1980 · January 21, 2009, 12:01:04 PM

Looks good man im excited to see how it performs. $Beer Chug\'n$

Ramrod · January 21, 2009, 01:37:01 PM

panhard is 31.5" which is pretty much 2" shorther than average but I dont have room for much more so im gonna try it out how it is. If it does anything goofy ill stretch it out a little as much as I can. Should be wheelable in 2 weeks or so, still gotta get the shocks in hand and mounted, new exhaust (again), move the battery and rewire it and flip the steering , bumpstops, registration, blah blah but I plan on hitting some snow soon

TIMS89CRAWLER · January 21, 2009, 01:41:07 PM

hell ya looks sick! i cant wait to see it flexed out!

gotrocks · January 21, 2009, 05:20:41 PM

Quote from: TEAM RAMROD on January 21, 2009, 01:37:01 PM
panhard is 31.5" which is pretty much 2" shorther than average but I dont have room for much more so im gonna try it out how it is. If it does anything goofy ill stretch it out a little as much as I can.

Sweet let us know how it works.

RokCrawlinToy · January 21, 2009, 05:23:13 PM

Suspension is looking good

Ramrod · January 22, 2009, 09:51:02 PM

thanks, are you sponsored my Rockstar? if so thats badass, hook it up!!!

pulled it out of the shop for a little bit today

sits nice and low, and figured out how im gonna drop the rear 2" or so, so it sits level again

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