hacked521 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 looking good!!! love the wheels. Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Got fish plates built and the rear frame rails tacked in place. Going to be a booger to weld this all together. 1 Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Any one want an update? 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeHoncho Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Yes please! Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Got the back bag mounts in last night, cut out my own gussets out of flat plate. At full lock the frame is 7" off the ground, plenty of lift. 1 Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 So my instant center ended up behind my truck Stayed up way past my bed time working on this last night. I lowered the upper mounts the most that I could. Then I cut the crap out of everything that was keeping it from laying. There are a couple more remnants of cross member that are still keeping it up, not to mention that I'm out of suspension travel in the front. Hopefully tonight I’ll get the rest of the cross member out, and the rear bag mount off so I can raise the lower bar mounts up some. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I too need to make new crossmembers so mine will lay out. Any design ideas for the replacement crossmember ? Quote Link to comment
DJ Hentai Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I too need to make new crossmembers so mine will lay out. Any design ideas for the replacement crossmember ? This is a familiar lookin guy here... O.o BTW, to the OP - Nice lookin frame job there, dig it! Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm thinking basically the same thing as my lower link bars, just with some 3" od pipe interrupting it for exhaust, with link bar tabs off the frame. Quote Link to comment
Ratsun_minni Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 My mom asked me why I bought tires for truck that didn't run... :thumbup: your so cool huh? i think thats your moms :poke: saying you should have bought a truck that ran so you could move out of her basement Quote Link to comment
bagged320 Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 when i do 4 links i bend the upper link bars so they can be lower and your instant center will be in front of the truck not the rear, and i notched the frame in the front of my 320 to make it lay and also cut out the front cross member and made a new one and raised it up so the frame would lay flat on the ground [/img] [/img] Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 when i do 4 links i bend the upper link bars so they can be lower and your instant center will be in front of the truck not the rear, and i notched the frame in the front of my 320 to make it lay and also cut out the front cross member and made a new one and raised it up so the frame would lay flat on the ground Damn, forced me to quote pics, just so I could see them. :lol: And Ratsun_minni I've owned my own home since I was 20. 1 Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 That looks good. Can you go into more detail on what you "notched the frame in the front to make it lay" Quote Link to comment
DJ Hentai Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 That looks good. Can you go into more detail on what you "notched the frame in the front to make it lay" Look behind the bag in the bottom pic, there's a notch in the frame there where it allows the lower arm to go up further. I think that's what he's talking about. Sick rear link setup Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 No, that's for bag clearance, I did the same thing. Quote Link to comment
DJ Hentai Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 No, that's for bag clearance, I did the same thing. That's what I thought at first when I saw it, but then it looked like the lower arm would go up in there a bit as well. Huh. Didn't think it actually needed that clearance, my HB didn't. In that case, yes, clarification plz. lol Maybe this spot? Looks like tie rod/steering clearance for when it's dumped... Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Yeah, my arm hits the cross member way before the tie rod becomes an issue. I've squeezed together the cross member the most that I can, but at this point, any upward travel is going to net against the lift that I get, due to the upper arm hitting the bag mount. Can't get the bag in any further, so it's I'll just z the frame the other 1" that I need. Drop spindles would correct my issue also. 1 Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Well, even though Spike is showing a Star Wars Marathon I went and worked on my 4 link. Cut the bag mounts and front lower bar mounts off. Raised the mounting point up to were the distance between the front bar mounts are 8" and the rear is at 10". This will put my instant center out front were it should be. Special thanks to Seth Bomar from Twisted Minis for the help. pics? Ok, here are the tabs I'm going to use. I had some axle tabs laying around that were too small for anything, so why not cut them up? The only thing that I'm worried about is the the corner, not sure if it will cause too much stress at that point and crack. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 If you box the mount in it shouldn't be a problem. Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Got the four link squared away this afternoon. Feels good knowing that's it right. Also trimmed a quarter of inch of the bag plates so they could be mounted off the frame instead of on top. Started working on getting all of that mocked up. Not sure how I feel about how I'm going to have to run gussets though. Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 I don't see the problem with the gussets. I was hoping you'd update more and elaborate. They look sturdy enough to me. Is it the shallow angle that has you concerned? I really like this build btw. Been reading it for a while now, just never really said anything about it. Keep the updates coming. Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted April 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 It's just a lot of force that wants to twist the frame. The owner of the local 4x4 fab shop came over the other night, and we got a plan together for it. Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted April 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Oh and thanks for the compliments. Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 I see now. Not much left tying the two sides of the frame together. Can't really run a bar straight across without interfering with the links. Cool. Looking forward to see what you came up with. Quote Link to comment
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