Jud's really slow build!

[Duffil]

when i start putting everything on my truck i'll take lots of pics! all i need now is front shocks and a front u-bolt flip kit.

did I ever get back to you about front shocks?

[Jud]

did I ever get back to you about front shocks?

nope, but its ok cus i ordered some shock hoops so i can't use that type of shock anymore.

[Jud]

soo i got the rest of my suspension stuff in the mail the other day...



and the first weekend of february me and my dad are gonna do the rear. if we have time we might do the front also if not were gonna do it the next avaliable weekend.

[Jud]

Oh i also got my ifs box mounting plate,steering stabilizer,and some low pro. drain plugs in the mail last week.

[Jud]

and picked these up from a buddy today...33x12.50-15

[Matty]

lookin good.  where did you get that upper rear shock mount bar?

[Jud]

lookin good.  where did you get that upper rear shock mount bar?

sky-manufacturing

[Matty]

thanks 

[Jud]

Today me and my dad (with a little help from a buddie) just about got the rear suspension done. what we have to finish tomarrow is...

-cut/mount rear shock hoop
-weld rear shock mounts to axle
-make a extension bracket for the load sensor bar thingy
-finish the welds on the shackle hangers
-rethread a u-bolt

and has anybody ever had a problem with the marlin rear u-bolts not being threaded correctly or with a dull die? because one of mine seems to have been theaded with a dull/bad die (you can tell when looking at the threads and trying to run the nut down)?

oh and i took some pics but i forgot my usb cord for my camera at my moms house! i should have them up tomarrow night.

[Loki]

nice...looks like what my pile of parts looked like on my garage floor a couple months ago...nice build...need more pictures

[Jud]

ok soo i got the rear all done today!

first problem...the bolt was froze up in the bushing sleeve so we ground the head off and bent the stock hanger and pulled it out.  (saturday)


got the old springs off. (saturady)


measured and tacked up the front spring hangers. (saturday)


welded up the front spring hangers (saturday)


measured/tacked up the shackle hangers,bolted up the shackles and springs to make sure everything was still aligned. (saturday)


this is how it sat saturday night...


sunday morning (today) got up and welded up the shackle hangers.


cut,aligned,tacked,and welded in the rear shock hoop.


measured,tacked, and welded the shocks mounts to the axle. then bolted the shocks up.


i will take pics of the height tomarrow. it looks like an muscle car with rear all jacked up and the front at stock height! lol. the last weekend of February we are gonna do the front suspension.

[Duffil]

tell me you're not gonna drive it like that for 3 weeks...

[Jud]

tell me you're not gonna drive it like that for 3 weeks...

Hell ya I am! lol Its my dd. I think it looks kinda cool. Kinda like a drag car! haha

[Jud]

Me and some buddies went up to La Grange today to test out my rear and I was impressed!

Oh and they're all poser shots! lol

[rednk1980]

i don't know alot but im pretty sure its not a good thing to drive your rig like that. 

[Duffil]

those rear shackles are way too long.

[TacoStewie]

Me and some buddies went up to La Grange today to test out my rear and I was impressed!

Oh and they're all poser shots! lol

What No "step-up" pics.

[alwayzbroken]

those rear shackles are way too long.

Probably not if they came in the SKY kit. Look fine to me.

[Duffil]

they are either too long or the rear hangers are too far back.  look at that last pic.  the spring is going W and the shackle is only at about 45*.

[dov'd85]

so the MTR's are for mud and the AT's are for rocks .... ya looks like the rear hangers need to go forward a good inch+

[alwayzbroken]

they are either too long or the rear hangers are too far back.  look at that last pic.  the spring is going W and the shackle is only at about 45*.

I see where you are coming from there. Yeah I would have moved the hanger forward. Duffil you are correct.

[Loki]

that could be due to the fact that the front is still at stock height

[toybuilt]

Those 63" springs will settle a little bit, they're probably turn out just fine.

Cool build

[Jud]

ya they could come foward 1/2" or so but its all welded up and they will settle a little bit soo i think im just gonna leave them where they are for now. maybe i'll redo them after i get the front lifted.

[Jud]

Today I got home from school,took my bed off and painted my frame and rear axle.

[dov'd85]

lookin good are you putting a bed back on it or are you gong to run a flat bed?? in the first pic i see one spot the font of the first bed mount 

[Jud]

lookin good are you putting a bed back on it or are you gong to run a flat bed?? in the first pic i see one spot the font of the first bed mount 

I put the bed back on. Ya i noticed that spot when i uploaded the pics on my computer,but my bed was already back on soo i'll get it the next time i have my bed off.

[Jud]

Sunday me and a couple buddies went on a "snow run" up in Sonora. We went up the road going to Cherry Lake.
I guess I forgot to torque down my rear driveline bolts at the transfer case flange and 3 of them fell out! Well I assume 2 were already gone then I came around a corner and ran over a rock which my tire threw up. It hit my driveline then I heard and felt this thud thud thud and watched my tranny tunnel bow up and down. So I robbed one bolt from the diff side of the rear driveline and another from the front driveline and drove her home!

Fixing the driveline.


the deepest snow we found was about a foot deep.

[DTB]

It hit my driveline then I heard and felt this thud thud thud and watched my tranny tunnel bow up and down.

bet that scared the outta ya!!! 

[Jud]

bet that scared the outta ya!!! 

Ya my first thought was my slip yoke slipped out!