So my buddy dropped off his truck and told me to build an exo on his chevy. everything on the truck was beyond thrashed so decided to boat side it first/ after i did those i chopped the top off and caged it (1.75 .120 wall dom) and cut most of the floor boards out because they were dented and cracked. The body mounts had pushed through the floor also. So the plan is to make this into a 5 seater, 3 up front and two in the back. They will all be racing seats with 5-point harnesses. The bench is temporary for the rubicon trip on thursday. I also repair quite a few cracks in the chevy frame :shaking:. So here is my take on building a chevy in a week and a half.

current specs:
85 Chevy pickup
90 tbi 5.7
stock trans/t-case (yes i know)
Rear 14bolt with discs, 5.13s, detroit
Front HighPinion Ford 60 with Reid knuckles, high steer, Chromoshafts, yukon joints, OX locker, 35spline warn hubs
Front suspension is a 3 link with 1.25 heims and a panhard ( kind of a super ghetto hi-tech redneck build and will be redone) with 2.5 King coilovers that are mounted completely wrong.

to come:
-Complete re-designed front suspension (3 link with panhard and same kings)
-cut the front of the frame off when we do full hydro all tubed out and tied into the sliders/frame/cage.
-Full hydro
-anti wrap in the rear and longer shackles
-sheetmetal work in "cab" and in the back
- rear tube work and seat mounts
-20 gallon fuel cell
-tool box and spare tire mount.

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Cage looks sweet.
I was gonna ask what's up with the front coilovers, but I'm guessing that's part of your redo?

how do you have a ford 60 with stock chevy drivetrain? you mean like a stock ford drivetrain? or is the drivetrain from a ifs chevy?

also, why is it jagerbomb? your friend a guido?

its ifs truck stock drivetrain out of a 90ish truck. The guy is all about Jager and partyin so i just dubbed it that cuz i couldnt think of anything else. Probably be all orange and black when its done, just like his 06 superduty

yeah the coilover mounts will be done after the trip i figured a cage is first in line. Ill probably lower is 4 inches or so too. this thing needs sm465 203/205 and 47's in my opinion haha and there will be door bars and more b hoop support later

Another thing is the boat sides are 40ish inches off the ground so it have crazy side clearance. Makes my ranger look slammed
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its ifs truck stock drivetrain out of a 90ish truck. The guy is all about Jager and partyin so i just dubbed it that cuz i couldnt think of anything else. Probably be all orange and black when its done, just like his 06 superduty

makes sense now

he picked it up and was stoked and i ended up throwing a 2 chamber flow on it to make it sound better haha

went to the con and he had no issues
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Very :grinpimp:! What is the wheelbase on this thing? I assume those are 42's.

looks like that 14 bolt pig is draggin in the last pic, maybe its just the angle tho. You guys should give that thing a shavin!

yeah its just the beggining he is still saving some cash to do the rest. 1st stage was safety, even though he doesnt want to get rid of the Bench seat, he got 5 point harnesses and only hit his sliders twice. I think we are going to redo the back half next, new leafs and inboard them. Anyone have any advice on what springs to use on this truck in the rear? Im thinking 3/4 63's even though i broke one at the con hahaha. The 14 is probably fine how it is, its got disks and shit already, maybe ill shave it later. Oh and yes they are 42s

.....round 2 starts this week

Did look pretty rough before but shes truning around nice job so far

gotta do something with that hood too. one of the best mods i have ever done to mine. make it like your ford in the OP.

Don't really see the point in keeping the full width hood and radiator support since all it's doing at this point is blocking vision. I hate going up and over the top of hills and seeing nothing but big fat chevy hood. I like the work so far. If your still going to meet up with me on the way to the rock races in Sac I'd love to talk about some work to my K5.
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the only reason its still on there is he got a little drunk and started cutting sheetmetal which took out any support the radiator would have. The hood is way more fucked up now, but he doesnt have the money yet to re do the front coilovermounts and tube out the front. i ran some ghetto temporary tubes from the shock hoops to the radiator support which should stiffin it up. Blackdog yeah let me know anytime if you need some tube bent or whatever ill give you a good deal.

as i said this truck is a work in progress, its a slow process to remove the jankyness and nagger riggin. I re did the belly skid with some bent tube and plating

im new to coilovers so i know little in the way of mounting them right or wrong. i like this build and look forward to seeing how you redo the coils.
so post lots of pics :grinpimp:

both shock hoops ripped off on fordyce along with some other issues so look forward to more to come. Heres the new belly
definitely going to be more to come after the Fordyce trip
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any updates?

i think he's going to drop off the front axle to get a truss, all new brackets, and full hydro set up

phase 3 begins on the fullsize chevy

Step 1 Finish truss/ mount HOWE double ended ram
Step 2 Cut frame at firewall and box existing frame
Step 3 all tube front clip motor mounts etc.
Step 4 Re-do Front suspension and lower the front end
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started on the truss for the Chevy still waiting for the Howe full hydro set up that was ordered 2 months ago. Need the ram to finish the truss
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So the parts are here now just need some tube to throw at it
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yeh updates!!!

yep should have the front of the rig done within a month and running HOPEFULLY! He's building a wiring system for it with waterproof relays/fuse box etc

you guys got another trip deadline?

Not really. My rig is pretty fucked up

well fix that shit

hahah find me tires for cheap

hahah find me tires for cheap

haha im about to be in the same boat here pretty soon. what size? ill look and ask around

42's or 44's for 16.5 rim


so got some stuff today, got most of the truss done, and tomorrow im going to mount the ram. Gotta cut out a piece of 1/4 plate and take it to my buddies house to put it on his mill to make sure i get all 8 holes in the right place
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well here is the finished truss, milled out the hole to make sure the ram was centered and lined up. Just needs paint now
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White Rhino, you definitely have awesome fabrication skills. Good job on the build and on your Ranger too.

Scott

thanks man im getting better as i go still need some tools to take it to the next level (plasma and drill press at least hahah)

and yes to cover/carrier come out
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what kind of mig are you using? Amps and Gas? Those beads look nice.

Millermatic 250 with.035 wire. I'll have to get back to you on settings. I'm constantly changin them for different thickness materials

i hate the millermatic's, not that it's a bad welder, but i am ALWAYS dialing it in, i am never happy with my settings. i have a power mig not with the abcdefg settings and its much easier to dial in (basically the same welders)

where in the south bay are you? i'm in the north bay (well north of frisco a bit)

I'm in Morgan hill just below San Jose. I kinda like te adjustability because I can fine tune it to get a good looking weld with good penetration.

ive been slaving away got the door bars done and axle somewhat ready to go. I gusseted the inner Cs too.
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some more progress
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My Foot is itching!

Got the rebuild kit ordered up for the King's today from the guys down at offroad engineering. I should have them put back together sometime next week. No rain forecast over the weekend, you gonna get started on the tube work?

My Foot is itching!

Got the rebuild kit ordered up for the King's today from the guys down at offroad engineering. I should have them put back together sometime next week. No rain forecast over the weekend, you gonna get started on the tube work?

We will see, this is the most structural part of the truck. think about it as the foundation of the truck so I'm taking my time to make sure it is right

Sounds like a smartass engineer at work.

I did buy that bendtech software a while back if you wanna play around with that for the tube design...

That would be sweet

so I started on the frame sleeves. Got one done.
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them welds are amazing, nice work on the rig

Updates:

-The new/correct spool is installed. OX is officially gone
-shocks are rebuilt
-Fox 4" airbumps & can's in hand
-frame boxed and ready to go!

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motor mounted! on the to do list is to add some more reinforcements on the mounts

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it's looking like the ride height will be a little higher than we hoped.

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Dude, that is going to be a sick front end. I frequently see tube front ends with tubes joining at sharp angles like you did with this one. Do you guys usually tig them or fit some kind of slug in there to make sure the joint is strong enough?

I'm gunna mig it then cut out a slot on the back to slide .25 plate into te tubes lengthwise probably about 8 inches long then weld it all back together. Should be strong. Plus there will be alot more tube thrown at it

I'm wondering if he did something similar with this front part.
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Definitely looks nothing like that. I saw a similar buggy design that I thought looked badass

Cool looking rig WHITE RHINO. That front end is almost identical to mine. I like it!

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I meant the gusseting

Definitely looks nothing like that. I saw a similar buggy design that I thought looked badass

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That's sweet, I like it.

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some old pics
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any progress

Man! Your'e neighbors must love you.:D

Axle has been pulled off to finish welding and gusseting everything. Airbumps have been mounted so we should have it rolling soon. Paint and motor assembly this weekend.

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more progress soon as skoll said should be roller very soon

When you were running your short box how much did you bob the rear?

PM Skoll about that


Axle is done completely now. Airbump pads are on there along with all the gussets. Not bad for torch/grinder/drill press
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When you were running your short box how much did you bob the rear?

about 2 feet was cut off. it was originally a long bed...

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Lookin good i assume you did most of the fab work Rhino?

Lookin good i assume you did most of the fab work Rhino?


indeed. Rhino is the hired hand to do all the new design and fab work (he had no part in the original hi-tech redneck build - which is now about completely gone on the front half at least). I just get to do the bitch work on my truck and learn some shit so I can actually fab something up / repair damage / in the future.

hahaha kevin is the grinding bitch! i just cut bend notch and weld all while drinking beer and coming up with some kind of design. everything from the cab cage forward is my work

Well its looking great im deffinatley going to steel some ideas.

paint in progress... pic taken during a mandatory union break, we did actually get much farther...


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Looks good man.

alot closer

most of the hydro stuff is mounted major thing left is the belly skid

all i have to say is you do some crazy nice work man :smokin:

cant wait to see it all together

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plumbing the hydro tonight, belly skid tomorrow and putting motor back together. then basically all thats left are brake lines

This thing is truly badass. And whats funny is a guy with a ford truggy is keeping the chevy tech alive.

thanks man, I thought about posting it in the general section but this seemed more fitting. It is sitting on its own wait now, building the belly skid today. He is seriously thinking about stepping up in tire size. The truck is about the same height as it was before the the tires are looking small in my mind. Although i have been staring at my 44" pitbulls that are waiting to go on my ranger

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some side by side prebuild comparison. about 6 months later...

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On the bottom part of the front bumper where you have the two gussets with the big holes in them. You should put a bright red led light in the holes.

Sick build by the way

totally had that idea haha

belly skid is fucking done! Front half is removable to access the tranny. Mounted with 4 poly bushings and a trans bushing
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nice dude. like how you have spikes everywhere

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now you just gotta get your truck ready

any issues so far with the panhard like that? still considering doing something like that for my rig too.

nah pan hard is fine and seems to work killer so far. One of the 1.25 heims seems pretty worn and is making some noise so that may get replaced. need to do exhaust this week too,.

now you just gotta get your truck ready

Still gotta do a cage on another ranger before i can work on mine...

some testing
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So we left my house around 3:30, stopped for food and gas then headed down to hollister. We originally planned to just rip around and not go in any of the trails because we had no tools or recovery equip. This was just a test run to make sure its running good and no suspension issues. Everything was working great so we went on the Coors canyon/bitch trail. This is the trail with the big V-wedge at the bottom and windshield smashing tree 3/4 way up. The trail was fucccccked up and heavyily rutted and near vertical walls. Traction was really shitty with really loose dirt everywhere. Ended up flopping about 5 times, Walking back to the truck to get the highlift and ratchet straps from the towrig. Basically macguevered it and got out of Hollister around 10. Hollister is getting pretty gnarly!!!!

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some fordyce action
YouTube - MVI_0298.MOV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4G-8dlDKKQ)

Anything new on this rig? Any tube out back?

shits sick man...

Hey just curious about the bench seat, how has that seat been holding up and how does it do when say the truck is on an angle? are you falling out of it or just any problems in general? I was just wondering because I really want to put a seat almost like that in my blazer because my old man has one similar to that one except his doesn't have the arm rest. I can drive his tow truck all day because that seat is so comfortable. I know its not racing seat but I was just wondering.

5 points seat belts sure help its welded to the dom cage and is temperary. I wouldnt recommend it!

shifter cable broke for dirt jamming into it, but other than that no real updates

bling bling doo
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found a new rti for my webwheeling
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a little before after

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nice! i like!

going to hollister this weekend to test the new seats :flipoff2:

I want lot's of pic's!!!!!!!!

going to hollister this weekend to test the new seats :flipoff2:

i am going to hollister hills tomorrow
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Didn't see you down there? Hollister is a good place for you to thrash the body on that purdy chevy. Next thing you know you'll be cutting the front end off. I should have some pics posted tomorrow.

i am going to hollister hills tomorrow

Hows the steering working with such a short throw. Did you limit the ram? You are loseing alot of force with the short arms.

It works sweet! The ram seems to have an excess of power from all the situations I've tested it in. We didn't limit the stroke of the ram.

Those were the ORD arms that came with their high steer kit and I didn't feel like paying for new/longer ones. The nice thing is the ram is far back and well protected.

The only trouble I'm having is the JIC-6 fittings that attach to the ram both continually leak - i've even tried replacing both of the fittings on the hose and torquing to JIC specs. . . Unfortunately Howe welded the ram fittings on so I can't replace those. I gotta give them a call one of these days.

Whats stoping the knuckles from turning to far? Watch the ujoints cause they will bind and break if you are turning them to far. I have the ord arms also on a assist setup. It did not work very well with the ram mounted up high. It just did not have the power for my 42s. I moved the ram back down to the knuckle and was suprised at the difference.

The stops on the knuckles do hit the axle and provide a full max rotation limit, but you can feel the limits in the steering feedback pretty good. It's more of a don't hammer on it too hard while it's in full lock situation. After about 5 runs on it she's still holding up nicely.

The additional leverage from moving it out farther would certainly be better on the pump and entire system, but it's a little late now. The ram is mounted up perfectly in line with the existing arms. It seems to have plenty of power and turns extremely fast either direction so i'm not too worried about it. I might put some pitbull 44's on it next so we'll see how that performs. If i break some u joints/shafts it's a good excuse to upgrade - one of the shafts is stock anyway.

I did move the reservoir to be about 6in away from the pump and that has definitely helped.

Whats stoping the knuckles from turning to far? Watch the ujoints cause they will bind and break if you are turning them to far. I have the ord arms also on a assist setup. It did not work very well with the ram mounted up high. It just did not have the power for my 42s. I moved the ram back down to the knuckle and was suprised at the difference.

T-case broke gay

T-case broke gay

ripped the bolts connectiong to the tranny adapter out of the NP241 @ Hollister (had to ratchet strap them together on the trail to escape), helicoiled, replaced, found a crack in the case, pulled back out, bought another 241, going to install this week.

Other Updates:

Working on SM465 203/205 doubler setup. leaning towards the kit from NWF. Purchased the tranny and working on getting the tcases together.

To do:

Start on the rear suspension
Finish mounting winch.

was up here:
http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt27/dirtyjedphoto/Hollister%204-2-11/Hollister4-2-11050.jpg

then slipped down here to super stuck land:

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt27/dirtyjedphoto/Hollister%204-2-11/Hollister4-2-11060.jpg

Update on the Ram leakage issues:

Sent back to Howe, they welded on new JIC fittings, reinstalled, no leakage anymore. Pretty annoying it leaked in the first place, but it was nice to see they fixed it quickly.

Nice build! Any cage damage when slid down in that rut?

Nice build! Any cage damage when slid down in that rut?

B Hoop got bent down a little bit for lack of support (more support to come when we start on the back half..)

[QUOTE=Skoll;12879500]ripped the bolts connectiong to the tranny adapter out of the NP241 @ Hollister (had to ratchet strap them together on the trail to escape), helicoiled, replaced, found a crack in the case, pulled back out, bought another 241, going to install this week.

Are you missing the brace from the T-case to the transmission bell housing?

Are you missing the brace from the T-case to the transmission bell housing?

Are you referring to the two rods that were about 1/4" thick coming off the bellhousing? Those got scrapped when we tubed the front half, but I thought those ran up to the motor?... The only thing supporting the t-case/tranny is a thick Polyurethane mount that is attached to the adapter between the t-case and the tranny - which is of course bolted to the skid plate.

or are you thinking the cast piece. There was never one on this truck straight t/case to trans. Its out of an IFS truck to give driverside drop

This is what I'm talking about. I've heard that it was used by GM to keep the case from cracking from torque and the front shaft bottoming out.

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv267/blackdog2003/chevy%20parts/T-Caseskidstrut.jpg?t=1305309744

or are you thinking the cast piece. There was never one on this truck straight t/case to trans. Its out of an IFS truck to give driverside drop

Interesting. that looks like a useful piece. Definitely don't have that. It was never installed when the previous owner put it together, and I never new it existed.

Doubler and SM465 hopefully no more than a few months away so it's not worth tracking down, until i break it again trailside and wish i had!

Shift rails on the new 205 modified

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh148/xenuliuop/jagerbomb%20build%20pics/IMAG0178.jpg

painted

and winch mounted this weekend

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh148/xenuliuop/jagerbomb%20build%20pics/IMAG0183.jpg

Very nice build so far guys. How's it sitting now?

Going to Hollister for a run this weekend. Haven't gotten the doubler in yet, but I did get distracted with bigger tires.

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weak hahaha

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getting prepped for the doubler install. also upgraded the interior this weekend.

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tranny installed. wiring pretty much complete, along with shiny new gauge cluster.

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very clean rolled tubing for the interior! I like it.

Thanks to Harbor Freight and SWAG Offroad for the dies and wing upgrade. Pretty happy with how it came out.

Hope to have the trans & doubler mounted up this weekend.

Man that is SWEET!!! i just bought a K5 frame with 60/14(spool) combo, 350 carb( :( ) and a 700 auto(BOO Hiss) for $1500. Not sure of the case though. It has 38" boggers on it too. The only drawback is that it has a Montry Carlo body on it and leaves all around. :)

I think I'm gonna tube it sorta like you two had done. It will be my first "hardcore" build though.

Thanks for some great inspiration.

you dont buy chance have any advise for what kind of coils i could swap into the rear do ya?

Thanks! That sounds like a hell of a deal on your K5. Have fun with that project. You have a couple years worth of work on your hands.

Here's the plans for the back end which I hope to start this winter..

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh148/xenuliuop/jagerbomb%20build%20pics/jagerbomber.jpg

drawring courtesy of white rhino the super fagricator

That is very cool for the rear. Are you gonna mount a spare in the little space behind the seats? It'll be a PAIN to wrestle a spare outta there though......Coilovers in the rear too I c. NICE!

I have all winter to work on my K5/Carlo(?) so hopefully I'll be able to take it out after the snows melt from around here.

I'll definatly keep tuned in to this thread to see what this BEAST gets turned into.

Keep up the good work fellas:bigthumb:

Started tweaking on the floorboard and some side panels this weekend.

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from a few months back:
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From the KOH 2010 weekend

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj132/Section8krawlers/KOH%202010/IMGP0079.jpg

was up here:
http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt27/dirtyjedphoto/Hollister%204-2-11/Hollister4-2-11050.jpg

then slipped down here to super stuck land:

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt27/dirtyjedphoto/Hollister%204-2-11/Hollister4-2-11060.jpg

Been there done that:flipoff2:
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a few more trips like that to hollister and the sawzall will be coming out.

not bad for damage though, must be rutted out a lot more now.

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a few more trips like that to hollister and the sawzall will be coming out.

not bad for damage though, must be rutted out a lot more now.

Na i didnt get it to bad, and ya its alot lower now, will get lower and lower this winter.

extended the skidplate to fit over the doubler this weekend. shouldn't be too much longer to have this thing runing again.

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needs speed holes :flipoff2:

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Nice built in cooler, just add ice

Doubler and dash install complete, just in time for KOH.

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Ohhhhh, nice meats...are they staying?

definitely, traded in the 42 iroks for the big boy pitbull 44's. Look much better on the big ass truck

Yeh that is an awesome look fella, what backspacing are the wheels.

sic rig!

Yeh that is an awesome look fella, what backspacing are the wheels.


3" backspacing, but i have a 2" wheel spacer on currently. the upgrade in wheels made a big difference. I have some 1.5" spacers i'm going to drop in.

Jäger bomb breaks leaf spring - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5AQHCAAjGM&feature=youtube_gdata_player)

That will ruin a day. Pics?

ratchet strap got er home.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj132/Section8krawlers/IMGP0051-1.jpg

Jackhammer, pre breakage:

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt27/dirtyjedphoto/KOH2012001.jpg

Janky flatbed removed, back half about to go under the knife.

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New shocks installed on the front.

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Backend went under the knife today:

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Truss on the 14 bolt complete

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Sweet truss man

wonder who did the truss :flipoff2:

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Also if you guys get a chance could you post up some #'s on your 3 link.

-bar lengths

-Heims/joints and tube size

-Axles measurements for where it is side to side and top to bottom for the lower and upper links

-Frame measurements for upper link in relation to lowers(it looks like they are right under the frame)



Also and reason you ran the upper link opposite the the pinion side.

I'll work on posting some of the details of the front. Been working on the back lately as I have time

Here's my attempt at figuring out the 4-link calculator. I could definitely mount the lower link frame mounts much closer together to create more triangulation. The only thing I see that change impacting is the Roll Oversteer. Any input out there? I figure this is good enough to test out.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh148/xenuliuop/jagerbomb%20build%20pics/calcs1.jpg

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3/8" box crossmember & upper link mounting surface.

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