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Post by burkeee on May 5, 2008 21:20:15 GMT -4
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Post by jan on May 5, 2008 21:38:46 GMT -4
looks easier than a Toyota SAS. good luck!
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Post by rallyroach on May 5, 2008 21:57:41 GMT -4
Nice cut! Can't wait to see things start to get welded on instead of taken off. this rig's gonna be bad-ass...
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Post by securekey on May 5, 2008 22:24:42 GMT -4
i love the parts pile ;D Q's and the new axle.... nice!
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Post by Charles on May 5, 2008 22:28:52 GMT -4
Feels good to cut all that IFS of with the torch eh? Looks like its gonna be a beast. Keep us posted!!!
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Post by johnvon on May 6, 2008 7:40:56 GMT -4
It was a nice feeling seeing that ifs hit the floor  Lot's of grinding to do tonight.... |
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Post by Rue on May 6, 2008 11:19:49 GMT -4
Lookin good!What size are the new swampers?
Rue
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Post by rallyroach on May 6, 2008 12:03:12 GMT -4
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Post by johnvon on May 6, 2008 12:26:34 GMT -4
Awesome! the JJs are here....those links are gonna be massive! You going to drop by b.o.r.e.d tonight Mike? I just picked up the housing seals & pitman arm insert from Marlin crawler today also got a full tank of gas for Paul's torch. Rue, I bought the Q78's, they measure 36"x11.5 very deep treads, i'd say 1" deep with massive outer lugs.... and they only weigh 8 lbs more ea. than my 33" radial swampers |
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Post by Rue on May 6, 2008 16:20:13 GMT -4
Hey John,you must have got bit hard by the fourwheelin bug! ;D Should be a a different rig with all the work your getting done.
So where are you guys getting your johnny joints?
Might be just the pic,but is the long side tube on your housing have a bow to it?
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Post by johnvon on May 6, 2008 22:23:56 GMT -4
Yeah i'm hooked and it's the rocks that i want to play in ;D......this build cost me ....about 50-60 hours of O.T.?...LOL and a lot on manual labor  We got the JJs from Trail-gear www.trail-gear.ca/default.cfm?fa=home&CFID=4088736&CFTOKEN=95761510I hope it's just the picture and the housing is straight  Paul should have another update soon..... Hey John,you must have got bit hard by the fourwheelin bug! ;D Should be a a different rig with all the work your getting done. So where are you guys getting your johnny joints? Might be just the pic,but is the long side tube on your housing have a bow to it? |
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Post by Rue on May 7, 2008 11:15:41 GMT -4
I didn"t know that trail gear had a canadian outlet. That cool ;D
Rue
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Post by burkeee on May 7, 2008 11:41:24 GMT -4
A few more pictures from the diff shave. Probably gained 3/4" of an inch clearance.  I was surprised how thick the housing was, about 1/4". You always here about them being paper thin. Maybe the tubes are much thinner?  There is about a 100 thou between the ring gear and the plate.  The rest of the parts came in yesterday. The JJ's are frickin' huge! These are the 1-1/4" shaft ones, which are the only ones they sold at the place we got them. They'll be awesome for the lowers, but a bit overkill for the upper and the panhard.  Got the threaded weld in bungs with them, 1.5" OD to fit in 2", 1/4" wall tube.  High steer kit. Luckily the Nissan frame is only an inch wider than the toy, so the draglink will work too.  To use the Nissan steering box with the FJ80 TREs, I got a tapered insert from Marlin Crawler, so the pitman arm will get drilled out and the insert welded in.  Next step was to see how far the steering box could go forward, which will set how far the front axle can go forward, which will set everything else. This is common practice for toys now, but for some reason the nissan guys haven't caught on yet, and most of the setups you see have 3 feet of lift so the draglink doesn't hit the tie rod  Not as much room as on a toy frame, but we were able to chop out the bumper mount and around the body mount and the rad needs to be lifted about 2" to clear the front of the box. Look at the pics above to see how much came out!  You can see the original rear bolt holes, we gained about 3.5" which directly relates into allowing the axle to move forward 3.5". I think we can clean up the trimming a bit and get another 1/2".  Then we set the axle in place, at ride height, 3.5" forward.  And this is were the approach angle sits   So the next step is to clean up the steering box mounting area, make some plates and sleeved bolt holes. Then mock up the axle with the knuckles and steering to see exactly were it'll end up. We quickly held things up in place last night, and everything looks like it'll clear, but the big downslope on the front of the frame is going to limit the uptravel with the highsteer as the draglink will hit. Paul |
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Post by Rue on May 7, 2008 16:45:03 GMT -4
Don't think that john's going to have to worry about breaking his links. The approach angle is sweet.
You could alway put a C knotch in the bottom of the frame rail to make room for the drag link.
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Post by burkeee on May 8, 2008 19:16:53 GMT -4
You could alway put a C knotch in the bottom of the frame rail to make room for the drag link. Yeah, that's a good idea. We'll see how it ends up. Might be just the pic,but is the long side tube on your housing have a bow to it? Missed that comment till now... I don't think it's bent, but if it is, we'll get John to hammer on it a bit and it'll right itself, now that its upside down ;D Paul |
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Lot's of grinding to do tonight.... 
