build thread

[danger88ranger]

Where do you wheel usually? I've been having a hard time finding good trails to wheel now.

 

[86ford]

Where do you wheel usually? I've been having a hard time finding good trails to wheel now.

PM me about it. i dont like opening up the places i go to every tard with 4wd. i am sick of idiots leaving vehicles, leaving trash, calling me to recover them. going without me and having a horrible experience etc.

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[86ford]

busted the glass too.......

i think its time for a new door.....

damn those trees........
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[compleckz]

nice

 

[PaleBlue90]

holy crap, that sucks. i love your b2 though, how did you manage that one?

 

[Mechanickid]

^ diddo!

 

[86ford]

holy crap, that sucks. i love your b2 though, how did you manage that one?

1 stuck stock (31s open diffs) xj sunk to the rockers at all 4 corners or deeper on tree infested trails. i yanked hard, like 3 wheels digging holes in 1st gear low gear with the pedal to the floor. slid sideways into a tree because the b2 was squirming around looking for traction. kissed the tree kinda hard but did not think anything of it. kept the gas going and BANG there goes my window ( i dont mind the dents at all but the window busted out for a 40 min ride home sucked, i see plexi glass in my future)... re aligned my self shortened the straps since i had moved him 4-5 feet and finished the extraction. i have a habit of taking newbies under my wing so i suffer a fair amount body damage and vehicle abuse in the process. i dont like it when newbies come out to have some fun and they get super frustrated trying to follow people in rigs that are locked front and/or rear that have alot more experience so i tend to hold there hand a little and help them learn because learning that you will rip a tierod end out of the sleeve by binding up the steering against the ruts is NOT something i want to deal with nor do i want them to experience early on. along with exploding d30 shafts and other mistakes people make early on(he was in D the entire day). its a BAD day when you have to learn your lessons by trashing your DD. everyone who wheels has done serious damage to a vehicle they NEED early on in there "wheeling career". i try and save people from that, if they dont listen i just laugh, help them and know not to invite them again.

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[Mechanickid]

Damn that sux, never thought the bII was ur dd.

 

[86ford]

Damn that sux, never thought the bII was ur dd.

it is not my DD but at one point in time i did beat on my DD. i would be mad right now if i had to drive that thing, but i dont so it isent a big deal. i have learned that i cant wheel hard and have fun if i intend to drive my rig to work on monday. i am not one to pussy foot around the trails so wheeling my dd would be a recipe for disaster. i went off into a little rant about helping newbies with wheeling. i just hate it when the new kids (usually kids) are invited and are not offered any advice or help by the people who brought them along(particularly when the person who invited them was running 36s on a tj that made the b2 look like a kids toy).

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[Jim Oaks]

nice long radius arms that came with my lift along with poly bushings.

Rancho radius arms. How did you manage to come up with a set of those. I haven't seen any of those in years!

 

[philzilla]

got hand throttle?

is that for driving or raising the rpm while winching?
a smaller lever would be nicer for ergonomics

 

[PaleBlue90]

1 stuck stock (31s open diffs) xj sunk to the rockers at all 4 corners or deeper on tree infested trails. i yanked hard, like 3 wheels digging holes in 1st gear low gear with the pedal to the floor. slid sideways into a tree because the b2 was squirming around looking for traction. kissed the tree kinda hard but did not think anything of it. kept the gas going and BANG there goes my window ( i dont mind the dents at all but the window busted out for a 40 min ride home sucked, i see plexi glass in my future)... re aligned my self shortened the straps since i had moved him 4-5 feet and finished the extraction. i have a habit of taking newbies under my wing so i suffer a fair amount body damage and vehicle abuse in the process. i dont like it when newbies come out to have some fun and they get super frustrated trying to follow people in rigs that are locked front and/or rear that have alot more experience so i tend to hold there hand a little and help them learn because learning that you will rip a tierod end out of the sleeve by binding up the steering against the ruts is NOT something i want to deal with nor do i want them to experience early on. along with exploding d30 shafts and other mistakes people make early on(he was in D the entire day). its a BAD day when you have to learn your lessons by trashing your DD. everyone who wheels has done serious damage to a vehicle they NEED early on in there "wheeling career". i try and save people from that, if they dont listen i just laugh, help them and know not to invite them again.

86

i totally get were your comeing from. i was the newb for a while but when i did have someone stay behind to help me i listioned,learned and didnt try anything stupid. now im like you, i stay back and help the newbs lol. i ko my rigs limts so i wheel hard but not to hard..after the frist dent i dont mind body damage....its mechanical damage that i worry about

 

[rickcdewitt]

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i think its time for a new door.....

damn those trees........
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i did that to my truck sliding sidehill in the mud.threw glass all over the cab.being the cheap bastard that i am and working at a body shop i just took hammers,dollies,and prybars to line up ythe internal window tracks again and hammer the outer window weatherstrip surface flat and bolt in another window.and its my D.D.

do you have one of those stretch straps? they are great! no more slamming on the strap/trucks. just punch it till it pulls tight and hold until it slacks on its own,then repeat.no flailing.i'm bummed though i partially cut one end of it on a s-10 bumper(i know it makes it that much worse).

i totally get were your comeing from. i was the newb for a while but when i did have someone stay behind to help me i listioned,learned and didnt try anything stupid. now im like you, i stay back and help the newbs lol. i ko my rigs limts so i wheel hard but not to hard..after the frist dent i dont mind body damage....its mechanical damage that i worry about

hey now didn't you just try and rip the axles out from under your truck?i remember a thread recently

 

[86ford]

is that for driving or raising the rpm while winching?
a smaller lever would be nicer for ergonomics

i wish i had a winch. it is for those OH **** situations were you are stuck and need to be able to clutch, brake and gas all at once to avoid falling off a ledge, into a tree etc.

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[86ford]

Rancho radius arms. How did you manage to come up with a set of those. I haven't seen any of those in years!

there is an old man that runs an OLD 4x4 shop 5 min from my house and he had this lift just sitting around collecting dust. i think the box the rancho coils were in (that i sold) said 8/86. i think i have 240bucks into all the lift components and rancho XJ coils. the old man rules! i can get tons of stuff so if anyone is looking for obscure stuff PM me. its mostly jeep and EB stuff, a few motors, trannys, etc.

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