sn0border88's SAS Thread

[sn0border88]

Finished product.

 

[sn0border88]

Next projects, and the old crossmember.

We did the milling for the pass side knuckle in-house, not bad for a first time eh?

 

[colindo94]

Those welds look good. Are they tig?

 

[sn0border88]

Tig on the bushings and x-member caps. All the frame boxing and frame-to-crossmember were mig.

 

[zainyD]

Nice job on making everything strong! The welds and fabrication look very beefy. The shackles should be kept from swinging backwards by the crossmember.

That being said you may still have the problem of the main leaf bending. That may be because of the nature of having the shackles in front rather than in the rear. When you slam into something, a rock for example, most of the weight of that impact gets sent back on the rear leaf mount. The attachment point for the suspension is the main leaf so most of the force is exerted there. Perhaps adding a anti wrap bar parallel with the driveshaft would prevent that completely.

You need a front bumper for that thing. The front of the truck looks naked without it.

 

[IZwack]

Awesome welds sn0

 

[sn0border88]

Nice job on making everything strong! The welds and fabrication look very beefy. The shackles should be kept from swinging backwards by the crossmember.

That being said you may still have the problem of the main leaf bending. That may be because of the nature of having the shackles in front rather than in the rear. When you slam into something, a rock for example, most of the weight of that impact gets sent back on the rear leaf mount. The attachment point for the suspension is the main leaf so most of the force is exerted there. Perhaps adding a anti wrap bar parallel with the driveshaft would prevent that completely.

You need a front bumper for that thing. The front of the truck looks naked without it.

The shackles are kept from swinging back more than 10 degrees, they hit the crossmember at that point. That was one of the main reason I made a new one.

I am aware this doesnt change much of my breaking leafs problems, but it will add to the solution. An anti wrap bar is in the works, if you read my earlier post. I already ahve the bushing ends welded up, and the axle mounts made. Now I just need to make the rear crossmember and get the right tube insert for the heim joint at the frame end.

I also will do a front bumper when time comes, thats another reason I plated the frame.

Great minds think alike I guess.

 

[Spas]

Lookin' mighty purty there, Micah

 

[zainyD]

The shackles are kept from swinging back more than 10 degrees, they hit the crossmember at that point. That was one of the main reason I made a new one.

I am aware this doesnt change much of my breaking leafs problems, but it will add to the solution. An anti wrap bar is in the works, if you read my earlier post. I already ahve the bushing ends welded up, and the axle mounts made. Now I just need to make the rear crossmember and get the right tube insert for the heim joint at the frame end.

I also will do a front bumper when time comes, thats another reason I plated the frame.

Great minds think alike I guess.

Sounds good dude, keep up the good work.

 

[SuRrEaLNJ]

oooh... sexy... *drool*

 

[redranger4.0]

Fabrication looks great, but you approach angle on the other hand sucks.

 

[zainyD]

When does the crossover steering get put on?

 

[sn0border88]

Fabrication looks great, but you approach angle on the other hand sucks.

I guess your used to jack stand approach angle, so anything compared to that sucks.

Uhh, histeer will go in once I get all the parts. I still need the right size heim joints, I need to turn down the tube to get a good chamfer and have it match the smalled tube inserts.

I need to machine a wrench flat into the tierod so I can adjust it with a wrench.

I also need chevy caliper brackets and outer axle shafts to go with my chevy knuckles.

 

[redranger4.0]

I guess your used to jack stand approach angle, so anything compared to that sucks.

Yea specially since I went with the Ultra high clearance jack stands....

Is that black duct tape on the passenger side spring?

 

[sn0border88]

No, thats a high-tech-trail-repair-hailmary that the opposite (already bent from the other one breaking) spring doesnt suffer the same fate.


Ok, its Gorrila Tape. But hey, that stuff works.

 

[Vozar]

Looking good, so when we going wheelin'

 

[sn0border88]

to much on my plate now, wheelin is taking a backseat during the cold weather.

 

[sn0border88]

I got a 76 wagoneer front today. Im stealing the calipers, caliper plates and stubs for my histeer conversion.

Yes I could of just gotten those parts at the yard for less, but that would of cost me $60 and I would of had to pull them there. For $85 I got the whole thing and put in my truck. Im gonna mill the knuckles and sell them and the housing if I can.

Work to commence this week.

 

[sn0border88]

Got it all tore down, ready for the swap once I get the calipers tomorrow.

The jeep axle has a differnt yoke on it than mine, it uses the u-bolts instead of straps. Im gonna switch my yoke over because I (an everyone who wheels with me) is sick of my u-joint flying 1 or 2 times per trip.

 

[zainyD]

u-bolts are much better than the crappy straps that they used on later model yokes....