this may take a wile (build up)

[yotaboy79]

nope never been i normaly have alot of family crap going on during the holiday weekends but we might be able to work somthing out give me a call if you dont still have my cell # its 503-250-1398

[KYOTA]

 guess we'll have to find it ourselves then  we can go whenever just thought that may be a good time when we were off anyway.

[yotaboy79]

lmao great the blind leading the blind i have a little experiance with this and it normaly dont turn out to well lol, um if we went oh a holiday turkey day would probably have the best chance and i wouldent mind not spending the weekend with my moms evil sister lol

[yotaboy79]

i got a little distracted from the rear housing and 4.7 gear set and made a set of bead locks these are true do it your selfers they started out as a 4x4 sheet of 1/4 in plate and ended like this

[DTB]

nice 

[Gittinit]

I like the bead locks. Do ya have any info on them, design, pattern, demensions, or just some advice for someone doing the same thing? How could the be inproved? What would you do different. how hard is it to slip your tire over them? What was the outside diameter of the ring before welding, and how much gap was left between the wheel and tire for weld?  Please clue me in.

[olivedrab85]

Nice, lookin good. When are you gonna have this thing done the runner is tearin at the reins.

[yotaboy79]

first off i barrowed a timplate from a friend to get the hole layout he baught just a single ring from a company along time ago and has been using it as a template the inside ring that gets welded to the wheel is 16" dia. and the outside ring is 16 1/4" in dia. could probably go a little bigger if you wanted to if i was doing it again id make an anti coning ring considering the inside portion of the rings only have a 1/4 inch gap between them ill probably fix that when i mount new tires there was about an 1/8 gap all the way around the wheel where it was welded not positive on that just a guestament also weld the inside of the ring too not all the way around just 1" strips about every 3-4 inches other wise the main sealing weld will act like a pivot point and it might crack when you tighten it down (it happend to a friend of mine) ill get a picture of what im talking about and post it up later. any more questions
oh yeah and on the holes i recomend going up a 1/32-1/16 of an inch larger than the bolt your using that way your not fighting them

and jerry im trying to get it ready for a quick run this sunday i might not have the 4.7's in but ill try its been way to long sense the last time ive gone wheeling i used to be going at least every other week now its almost been 2 months

[yotaboy79]

oh and if you have a plasma i recoment investing in a circle cutting attachment it makes life so much easier

[Gittinit]

Thank you! It looks like I will be buying a ring for a pattern then have a local guy with a plasma table cut them for me. One more question though, did your bead locks widen your wheels any? I am currently running 8'' and need somthing a little wider.

[yotaboy79]

yeah they did how much depends on how thick the bead of the tire is mine whent from a 8 to about a 9 or 9 1/4 ish

[olivedrab85]

Hit me up if you are making a run on sunday I'm in for sure.

[yotaboy79]

ok heres a couple updates first i started my pivit blocks for the rear its 1 1/4x.120 dom sleeved with
1 3/4 x.250 wall dom i also got a winch and mounted it its a warn XD 9000i and i got ride of the broken cd player and got my cd back from the old one  (it ate the best cd i own)
im also painting it you will just have to wait to see the color

[Gittinit]

Nice front bumper! Kinda looks like mine, but with a much nicer winch. 8)

[yotaboy79]

thanks the best part is i only payed 400 for the winch

[mad maud]

nice job chap like the exo. your probably feed up with this but could you email me the plans for your bender. i wanna do some pipe work but dont fancy spending loads  on buying one. my email is    [email protected] 

[yotaboy79]

heres a picture of the paint

[DTB]

looks real nice. me likey the color 

[6.72:1]

Looks good!

[yotaboy79]

thanks i should of done more prep work its already starting to flake in places (drivers door and hood) all i did was drink a few cold ones and wipe most the dust off with a dry rag

[DTB]

all i did was drink a few cold ones and wipe most the dust off with a dry rag

u mean there's a better way? 

[yotaboy79]

good one

[olivedrab85]

Me, Alec, and Jake are thinkin a Browns run for new years, you in?

[yotaboy79]

new years eve or a hangover run? i think i was going to go for a hangover run up in trask monday but i could probably do one newyears day too (sunday)

[6.72:1]

Ain't nothing like some New Year's wheeling!

[yotaboy79]

last newyears our group almost spent the night on the trail

[6.72:1]

last newyears our group almost spent the night on the trail

I know my group did!
Durn Southerners and their Jack Daniel's....

[yotaboy79]

we had alot of broken parts and alot of very wierd stucks i wound up wedged between two trees (dont ask im not shure how it happend)

[6.72:1]

we had alot of broken parts and alot of very wierd stucks i wound up wedged between two trees (dont ask im not shure how it happend)

Haha...

There were definitely some weird stucks!

That one is a good one though. I don't believe I have seen that one yet!

[olivedrab85]

new years eve or a hangover run? i think i was going to go for a hangover run up in trask monday but i could probably do one newyears day too (sunday)

I'm thinkin pri sunday.