buildin it up (Project big-turd)

patches · September 10, 2011, 05:02:26 PM

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^this is what i call flat land flexing

83 Crawler · September 10, 2011, 09:56:02 PM

haha why didnt you get 30 spline longs?

patches · September 10, 2011, 11:02:37 PM

Because I think I already have 27 longs in my other axle. So I just wanted to have the same spline count. And so I could carry a stock birf just in case. Not saying I would ever break a Longfield. Just like having spare parts.

patches · September 11, 2011, 01:38:01 PM

so got taken for a ride on the first SFA i bought. So! i will be getting my money back from this piece of

and on the market for another axle.

83 Crawler · September 11, 2011, 02:25:21 PM

what happend?

patches · September 11, 2011, 04:27:34 PM

got it sold to me with a broken birf, somebody tried to cut the knucke and gave up then layed a fat turd of a weld on it. shims missing from trunnion bearings, bunch of nuts washers and bolts missing too. was not going to deal with it

83 Crawler · September 11, 2011, 04:35:34 PM

o alright

patches · September 20, 2011, 01:32:36 PM

update.
School is in a week. Waiting for my gears to get back from my buddy. Probably going to try and trailer my truck up to Corvallis so I can work on it there. Had to buy a 2wd pickup for my daily driver. Will post pics of new truck when I'm On my computer. Damn school

83 Crawler · September 21, 2011, 08:42:51 AM

Quote from: patches on September 20, 2011, 01:32:36 PM
update.
School is in a week. Waiting for my gears to get back from my buddy. Probably going to try and trailer my truck up to Corvallis so I can work on it there. Had to buy a 2wd pickup for my daily driver. Will post pics of new truck when I'm On my computer. Damn school

lol

89sastoyo · September 21, 2011, 05:32:29 PM

corvallis is deep from milwaukei like 2hrs you can run a bunch of

in the snow around there though. Also hoodoo is closer to you than us prob an hour and its two almost three for us you just hit highway 22 to santiam pass so actually its like 1.5 for you

patches · October 23, 2011, 08:05:10 PM

gettin ready for my spring rehang and full front axle rebuild

sckid831 · October 23, 2011, 09:12:49 PM

that is a pretty big truck nice though and a nice pile o parts

patches · November 08, 2011, 05:18:20 PM

here are pics of my axle almost completely rebuilt and me cutting off that monstrosity of a front spring hanger and installing new shackles, frame tubes, and hanger from allpro. oh and this first picture is of the 3rd member i took out of there. was the pinion too deep or something in there?

patches · November 08, 2011, 05:20:40 PM

Quote from: sckid831 on October 23, 2011, 09:12:49 PM
that is a pretty big truck nice though and a nice pile o parts

thanks its finally coming together and putting the parts in.

sckid831 · November 09, 2011, 07:55:05 AM

comin along well i am finally going to be able to put mine together

patches · November 09, 2011, 09:45:29 AM

Yea I finally drove it up here and have a torch and welder handy so it helps a ton

patches · November 17, 2011, 10:36:53 AM

heres after i redid the SAS the allpro way and rebuilt my front axle with all my new goodies. still have the rear to lower.

patches · November 17, 2011, 10:38:04 AM

and i still have 6'' allpro lift springs so before i do something with that its not gonna get any lower in the front or rear.

patches · November 17, 2011, 10:57:58 AM

heres another old picture for comparison in how much i dropped in the front. doesnt look like much but it was around 4-3 inches.

Nimyad · November 17, 2011, 11:12:05 AM

Hey that's how my tall my truck used to be...

patches · November 17, 2011, 12:55:33 PM

Are those 35's? I bet if I removed a leaf front and rear it would help a bit more. Sit 1" lower and get some more squish on the springs. I wish I would had made my shackles a bit more aggressive angle.

Nimyad · November 17, 2011, 02:15:26 PM

Quote from: patches on November 17, 2011, 12:55:33 PM
Are those 35's? I bet if I removed a leaf front and rear it would help a bit more. Sit 1" lower and get some more squish on the springs. I wish I would had made my shackles a bit more aggressive angle.

Yeah they are, here's how it looks now

patches · November 17, 2011, 02:18:40 PM

I wish mine was lower $I\'m Down$

Nimyad · November 17, 2011, 02:20:41 PM

Quote from: patches on November 17, 2011, 02:18:40 PM
I wish mine was lower $I\'m Down$

Notch your frame like I did

So I see you're in school and building? Me too, wish I had more time to work on my rig

patches · November 17, 2011, 02:30:51 PM

Quote from: nimyad on November 17, 2011, 02:20:41 PM
Notch your frame like I did

What do you mean, I just did frame tubes on it

Nimyad · November 17, 2011, 02:32:18 PM

Quote from: patches on November 17, 2011, 02:30:51 PM
What do you mean, I just did frame tubes on it

I notched my frame above my tie rod so I could keep it low and still have a good amount of up travel (6 inches)

patches · November 17, 2011, 02:38:03 PM

Oh you notched it for clearance I see.

Nimyad · November 17, 2011, 02:59:52 PM

Yeah, looking back on it I should have just built new frame rails but what I did works and I would suggest it.

patches · November 30, 2011, 03:15:45 PM

heres the long anticipated pics of it finally lowered. probably not much truly anticipated but here yall go. ill put a before and after

Nimyad · November 30, 2011, 05:54:06 PM

Looks a lot better man!

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