Keno Posted July 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Made aluminum terminal covers at work today, water jet, bend, and there you have it. Just need to weld, and line with rubber and they will serve their purpose. I have rubber i can cut and glue, but was considering that spray rubber shit, anyone used that? Here's the dimensions if anyone wants to make some Oh any my slave cyl came in today, just waiting on master brake cyl and fuel pump. Quote Link to comment
Dawa Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 rubber spray? i assume youre talkin about plastidip or similar. and i would recommend it. its easy. what do you do for work? all those nice bends and cuts, i might have to employ you to make some shit for me :) Quote Link to comment
Keno Posted July 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Yeah that's what I mean, I keep seeing an infomercial for some rubber spray in a can haha that was my immediate thought. I run a press brake, among other things in a fab shop. We basically take new excavators and beef them up with thhicker plate, and lexan glass, etc etc. I have this shit at my disposal and gt bored so I like to make things for myself on my breaks.... I mean you have to be boredif your going to make battery terminal covers out of metal :P those things were cut on our water jet which is pretty much the coolest piece of equipment I've used. That thing just defys logic sometimes haha. Quote Link to comment
Keno Posted July 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Fml I can't believe I just noticed the lack of bump stops and it looks like leafs were taken out. This is something I didn't even look for when I bought it... Noob mistake... I was just making sure the frame was straight and rust was under control. I didn't even look twice at the springs since it looks like a 4x4. I also replaced my slave cyl, but as predicted air is getting in from the main. You can see it bubbling and my clutch is temperamental. After that and some new lines it will be good for a while, the clutch itself is brand new, which is probably why it wore the cyls out I imagine. Quote Link to comment
BlackBird620 Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Mine has same 2 leafs in the rear don't worry they are plenty strong for these trucks even under load as for the bump stops they're fairly cheap and you still have about 6" of travel till they would be bumped so until then keep the loads light Quote Link to comment
Keno Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 I don't know about that... my leafs are pretty bent out of shape because of it, I'm going to go with the 4x4 springs and 3" blocks, get new bump stops, and should be good without having to notch... And I shouldn't need a chiropractor every week, lol. Quote Link to comment
BlackBird620 Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Mine hits the bump stop on smallest of bumps but 5" is every bit of what space there was factory ride height I'll be glad to get my IRS installed for better handling and upgraded brakes Quote Link to comment
Keno Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 You should take lots of pictures! ide like to do that eventually when I have the means to Quote Link to comment
BlackBird620 Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Lol well if I was using a s13 or s14 IRS it'd help you me and my buddy are going to make a double wishbone setup for mine Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.