CJ buggy build
- Thread starter klungly
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jesse3638
Hooked
I think you dropped your pinion..
. Looks good. This is a great build to follow. Its coming along nicely.
klungly
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Yeah, everything fits well enough to move on to repositioning my lower control arms and building shock hoops. Once the notches are integrated into the role cage I'll go back and fine tune everything.
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klungly
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klungly
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Thank you. I knew I forgot something... haha. That's the old pinion frolm the rear axle.I think you dropped your pinion..
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klungly
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I cut off two tube adapters from my lower control arms and put them iin the lathe at work and turned off the weld and milled the flats back in them.
I wasn't happy with the shock mounts I bought. So I'm machining them to work better.
I started to make upper mounts as well. Another great setup
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I wasn't happy with the shock mounts I bought. So I'm machining them to work better.
I started to make upper mounts as well. Another great setup
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klungly
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Figured out where to mount the lower control arms so they're put of the way of the tires. They're tacked in place.
started on tacking on the lower coilover mounts
still need to finish fabbing the upper mounts and build the shock hoops.
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started on tacking on the lower coilover mounts
still need to finish fabbing the upper mounts and build the shock hoops.Sent from my SM-G950U using WAYALIFE mobile app
klungly
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Thank you, it's getting deceptivly close to be done.
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I bit the bullet and ordered upper shock mount brackets, high steer arms and a set of heim joints. The arms and shock brackets were taking too long to make so I cut my loses and ordered them. While I'm waiting on them to arrive, I did some tube work on the roof.
all ready to be welded in.
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klungly
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My high steer arms came today, the nuts, bolts and studs are on they way along with the upper shock brackets and heim joints.
started welding the roof of the role cage together. Had to get creative to have "floor boards" to make welding easier.
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started welding the roof of the role cage together. Had to get creative to have "floor boards" to make welding easier.
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klungly
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I took the front passenger tire off, the kingpin spring housing off and mocked up a high steer arm.
my son was a good help.
drilled the hole for the bolt that puts it in double shear.
just need to torque the nuts. I have more parts showing up tomorrow. Should be able the finish the steering
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my son was a good help.
drilled the hole for the bolt that puts it in double shear.
just need to torque the nuts. I have more parts showing up tomorrow. Should be able the finish the steeringSent from my SM-G950U using WAYALIFE mobile app
klungly
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The rest of the studs and nuts came today and I was able to mount the driver side high steer arm
I cut tube, squared it on the mill and mocked it up. The front axle is very close to being finished.
I'll cut spacers for the heim joints on the knuckle and weld together the tie rods. The upper coilover brackets arrived too. I'll start building the shock hoops in the next few days.
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I cut tube, squared it on the mill and mocked it up. The front axle is very close to being finished.
I'll cut spacers for the heim joints on the knuckle and weld together the tie rods. The upper coilover brackets arrived too. I'll start building the shock hoops in the next few days.
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jesse3638
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This is coming along nicely. Wish I had these skills, well and the time to have a project like this... haha
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klungly
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The spacers for the steering bolts are cut and installed with the heim joints
welded the tie rods and let them cool
installed them onto the axle
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welded the tie rods and let them cool
installed them onto the axle
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klungly
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Haven't been able to work on the jeep a lot the past few days. A friend needed me to machine some wheel spacer. I bent a shock hoop And it wasn't quite how I wanted it. Didn't take the length of the bend in account when I cut the tubing and bent it too far and it's too tall, but that's an easy fix.
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klungly
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You're welcome, happy to help. I'm sure that truck will live at my house a lot once it leaves yours... haha
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