It's ALIVE!!

All I ended up having to do was add a short Rancho add-a-leaf and I have good enough clearance.

I think I am going to lengthen my Bumpstops 2" in the rear...I am SERIOUSLY close at full compression...

Another

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What, you couldn't roll it easy ehough with the 38"s:flipoff2: haha I dream of 42"s! Nice rig, time to get it awn!Later:beer:

My ladder bar is binding up in the rear and not allowing the rear axle to go to full droop.

It is a classic ladder design with a shackle at the top. The two bars come together at the shackle.

How do I incorporate something like a Heim joint to make it pivot better?

sweet dude, i cant wait to stuff my turd with 4 twos. looks good! jiMMy

Originally posted by The Jerk
sweet dude, i cant wait to stuff my turd with 4 twos. looks good! jiMMy

no bind on your ladderr bar ;) hehe

From what I can tell, it might not be a huge job to incorporate a spherical end into the mix. Is it possible to simply hack off the bushing sleeve and weld on a threaded insert onto the upper tube? It may be easier to start over with a new armful of steel. Looks like it could stand to be a little longer. How many threads on the bottom joint are still inside the lower tube? Looks like you're out of adjustment.

those 42's ook huge!!!:eek: sweet!!!!!!!!

i like it,did you sell your 38.5's?

looks phat

the shackle looks kinda short but you could try building a triple shackle.:beer:

yeah a shackle like H8monday runs would work and you would not have to mod your bar. i'm not sure a heim would not be easier though.

Originally posted by camo
looks phat
Word:D

AAAAHHHHH!! I just got the 38.5s and now again they're too small. You guys are killin me. I have tire envy

Steve

nice rig!
May need more rear sawzall action in that first pic:D

looks nice man, you sure the 9" is gonna hold up?? hehehe.

About the trac-bar, a johnny joint would be the easiest way to go. Just get a hole saw, and cut off the end of the current arm, leaving just the weld where the 2 tubes come together, then weld on a johnny, and redrill the shackle. No prob...

Keep it real, mofo!

Originally posted by wngrog
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Either you are a midget or that Cruiser is getting HUGE! :eek: The tires look good but like you said they fill up the rear wheel wells, can you cut any higher in the back?

As for the track bar, I agree with Elf_Cruiser that a Johnny Joint is probably the easiest solution to your binding problems.

wngrog,

How wide are your wheels? 10"? That looks like a decent width for the 42's, though I'd like a little narrower myself. Of course I can't imagine 42's on an 8" rim so maybe that's as good as it gets.

Dirty Harry: I love the sig (I've been in school a long time)

give me a call Nolen I got some killer hiems if you need them and I need to talk to you about some crusier parts I got

Yeah those are 10" wheels with the tires at 5#

I stood there next to it to get perspective, it is fawking huge now! Hell to get in it!

As for the rear, it is cut out as far as I can go and keep the inner fender which I want. I want to keep the Cruiser lines.

I am going to lower the bumpstops. But at full compression the tire is not rubbing...very close though :eek:

Elf...bite me, that 35 spline standard rotation 9" will not break with what I throw at it. It is the RC D60 that slightly worries me. We'll see.

Thanks for the Johnny Joint recommendation. Sounds like a winner.

:beer:

To get more clearance in the rear wheel well, I've seen the top of the wheel well cut and another one grafted onto it, moving it up a few inches.

Paul

Originally posted by DSCFJ40
To get more clearance in the rear wheel well, I've seen the top of the wheel well cut and another one grafted onto it, moving it up a few inches.

Paul

Yeah, I have seen that many times but it really stops looking like a Cruiser when you go too Sawzal happy. I will lower the bumpstops and be fine. Thanks!!

Nolen,
Call currie about the Johny joints. They can either be welded on or they also have a threaded end.. Kinda like a heim.

I am running a Heim on the shackle end of mine and Johnny joints on the axle end of the ladder bar.

I'll try to get pics.

Nolen:
Elf...bite me,

hahaha, r u tasty???

Just teasin' you man, i wouldn't worry too much about either front or rear, the HP60 is still mucho beefy, and 9's aren't exactly weak.

I still think you need rockwells, don't we all...

i think rockwells are cheesy because they are so easy to put in and they don't weigh very much. :smokin: besides elfcruiser has em and he even painted up pretty

Nice cruiser man!!! the 42's are beastly! :D

Swamper502:
i think rockwells are cheesy because they are so easy to put in and they don't weigh very much. besides elfcruiser has em and he even painted up pretty


SHUTUP NEWBIE!!!!!

The best way to do the traction bar is with a Johnny joint at the shackle end and leaf spring bushings at the axle end. I know this because I've tried it each way. Heim joints suck because they break (broken two). When you replace your cheap heim joints with more expensive ones they cost more than Johnny joints--so get johnny joints. Heims at the axle end can't take the load that is put on the traction bar, and leaf spring bushings still allow for the small amount of side to side movement the bar needs to do when flexing.