Lifeguard's cut and turn project

Well i have had my old ttb taking up space for a long time now, so i decided to do something with them.

my best friend bought my dads old 93 explorer a few months ago, so we are going to put them in his explorer if we get this all right.

so far we have the driver side beam cut and ready to be plated.

hear are some pics so far.

 

[lifeguard379]

well not much of an update.

we are slowing things down for a bit on this. we are aming to be dune by spring

due to christmas and i have a daughter on the way due jan 1st
! (but realy any day now) cant wait for skyler to be hear. bring up a lil 4 wheeler!

so on the to do list till then is

gears frunt and rear
break lines
ra mounts
extend ra's
shocks
rear soa

 

[Mr. Steel]

due to christmas and i have a daughter on the way due jan 1st
! (but realy any day now) cant wait for skyler to be hear. bring up a lil 4 wheeler!

Congrats, Tim! Hah, my girlfriend's b-day is new years eve!

I can see it now, at age 14, she'll be welding on her own crawler...

 

[blue88b2]

I think your coils are bowed because they are seated on an incline because of where you did the cut and turn. My beams are cut and turned on the other side of the diff.

 

[little x]

I'm going to assume Skyler is already here and say congratulations!

Now get back to work, I want to see it finished, lol.

 

[lifeguard379]

lol yes she is she was born december 31 6:14pm 8 pounds 3 oz 21 inches long and thank you
the day she came home

first day back to work.

after her first bath

 

[410Fortune]

HECK YEAH CONGRATS!
Funny you named your girl Skyler our son will be Baylee (lee is a family name so spelling is not the traditional boys way, April 24th 09 due date)

AWesome man now THATS A PROJECT!!

 

[RockRanger]

And picked up the tax deduction with 5 hours to spare. Congrats on the kid.

 

[Pollarican]

Congrats on your daughter!

The cut and turn looks great so far, it's always something I have been curious about. My one question is, where did you find the dimensions/ specs for the cut and turn? I have an extra set of beams I would love to try this on.

 

[little x]

She's a cute one. Congratulations Again!!!
She'll turn your world :roll:

 

[lifeguard379]

progress!
the gears for the front end are in and the pattern looks good to me. but a second opinion would be nice if my INTERNET would load the pics. i will have to try agen tomorrow

 

[lifeguard379]

ok hears one.

 

[Mr. Steel]

Dude, you forgot to post a side view to show depth!

Anywho, I showed it to my diff tech. He says your pattern looks good. But .004 would be too tight for a rear. Good thing it's the front! It's most likely going to whine for the first few miles.

 

[jordan1948]

This is probably a stupid question to ask but what is the benefit of cuting and changing the angle on those?

 

[lifeguard379]

you don't need to use drop brackets that can bend, and its cool lol.
hear is a better pics of the patern kinda

 

[Joey P]

Looking good, Although I know nothing about doing what you're doing. Can't wait to see how it turns out! Question, how much do you know how to take out of the beam? It only looks like 1" or less there or am I wrong? Also, you have a cute little girl there. Congrats!

 

[Mr. Steel]

Get off your lazy ***** and post some damn pictures already!!!

 

[lifeguard379]

tha parts are fin! there in the truck and driveing to but i cnt get pics of it right now

 

[91ROKKRAWLER]

nice beams... how much lift it give ya?

 

[jordan1948]

Shwate!

 

[Mr. Steel]

That pic makes your garage look clean!!!