2wd ranger gets sas

[sluginxlt]

made the axle truss and the diff gaurd also

 

[ranger_runner]

sweet, great fab'n, looks real pro

 

[jaymegriffiths]

would you mind measuring the crosspiece where the front of your springs mount to?

 

[dangerranger83]

I like the axle truss idea. That should add stregnth to it and looks.

 

[jaymegriffiths]

I like the axle truss idea. That should add stregnth to it and looks.

D30 could use help. hopefully it stands up. i see jeeps getting beat all day w/ d30s i dont see how a little light wheeling and 33's could kill em that easy. i just wanna not get stuck on the road in snow and be able to drive rough gravel roads when the s10's back off!

 

[ZMan]

hmm, I like your idea for mounting the leaf springs. I may go that route when I get around to throwing these D60s I've got under my Bronco II. What do you plan on doing for a bumper?

 

[sluginxlt]

hmm, I like your idea for mounting the leaf springs. I may go that route when I get around to throwing these D60s I've got under my Bronco II. What do you plan on doing for a bumper?

stock till i get around to making one. no plans yet.

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

wow nice work!! i hope i could sas mine someday...

 

[NMB2]

all of the D30 vs D35 and D44 and crap aside. Real world EXP. the D30 isnt horrible. It suits the needs of your average wheeler/Weekend warrior. I wheeled the piss out of mine Open w/ 4.10s and never broke it on full tread 33" M/T's. Locked it... broke it once in washington which was my bad because i was wheeling with the passenger side unlocked. 100% force on the driver shaft.

Then when I moved to new mexico, got a doubler, 35" MT/R's. Sheered a passenger inner shaft off at the splines, mind you this was rock crawling... those were my only shaft failures... the only other failure i had was breaking the R&P. I just wheeled it till it completely started stripping/skipping gears. Mind you, this was with 100:1, moderatly sticky 35" tires and new mexico sticky rock terrain. trails, rock gardens and hopping it up ledges like this:

Bottom line. Stop worrying and trying to justify. It will work fine for you.

 

[sluginxlt]

Bottom line. Stop worrying and trying to justify. It will work fine for you.

thats what i say. people try and talk me down and tell me its too weak. the way i look at it is, its way better than what i had "nothing" because it was a 2wheel! lol

 

[Roger]

Nice rig!

 

[colinrmitchell]

How did you weld to the cast iron for that axle truss?

I would like to reinforce mine but have never welded cast before. All I have is a tombstone.

 

[dangerranger83]

I'm told you have to heat cast iron up before you can weld to it.

 

[sluginxlt]

its casted steal. ive read to heat it to 500 degrees then mig welds like regular steal. i didnt have access to a digital thermometer so i just heated it with propane torch and it welded good.

 

[sluginxlt]

sorry for being lazy guys, i have just putting my updates here
http://www.greatlakes4x4.com/showthread.php?t=145311