Junk yard ranger going bigger

[240cubes]

Its not the 4.o which is going to cause a need for ladder bars its the few hundred pounds of tire each and a giant lift block...

you really ought to read a little bit before you jump right in, i think it was stated that those are NOT lift blocks several times...

 

[JunkYardRanger]

double cased and sub frame almost complete all I have left is wheels, front shocks, about 1/4 of my sub frame and rear drive shaft

 

[Forumboarder]

I vote that we all vote you into next years top truck challenge

I agree
Very sweet build!!!

 

[badblue]

you plan on going out to RNYC?

 

[redneckracerx]

Again I'm not trying to be negative about this build. I understand there is ALOT of fab work that goes into building a project of this size. With that said, I present this pic...

I think (I maybe wrong) that either the shafts of the t-cases need to be inline or there needs to be 2 joints in the shaft. Think about it this way, If you use a ratchet with a swivel on a socket and operate it at an angle it doesn't turn smoothly. If it is setup like a d-shaft it will split the angle between the two joints and operate fine. I just dont want you to go thru all the fab and then have to redo everything.

 

[Mechanickid]

sux that he is right lol.

 

[JunkYardRanger]

that pic does not do it any justice ... they are perfectly in line there is no vibration and no stress on the joint the pic is makes it look funny

 

[Kyle M.]

I think it would be fine. Get under your own truck and look at the angle on your u joints....there is angle on both ends. If he was trying to do a 30* angle or something, yeah, I could see the problem, but the U joint would be working properly in a condition that they should be used.

Anyway, Like I said before, cool build, I bet it will be fun in the mud!

 

[4x4builder1]

exactly think about the ujoint on a front axle shaft they get plenty of articulation so even with 10 degrees it would work

 

[redneckracerx]

exactly think about the ujoint on a front axle shaft they get plenty of articulation so even with 10 degrees it would work

 

[JohnnyU]

A single u-joint will allow for misalignment, however only rotation about an imaginary axis through the trunnion perpendicular to the shaft. What you really want here is to allow for misalignment in any direction, radially outward from the center of the shaft. This is why most folks use a jackshaft in between the transmission and a divorced t-case.

What you have there will probably work fine, but has potential to cause a catastrophic failure if one of the mounts (either transmission or t-case) were to fail.

 

[JunkYardRanger]

A single u-joint will allow for misalignment, however only rotation about an imaginary axis through the trunnion perpendicular to the shaft. What you really want here is to allow for misalignment in any direction, radially outward from the center of the shaft. This is why most folks use a jackshaft in between the transmission and a divorced t-case.

What you have there will probably work fine, but has potential to cause a catastrophic failure if one of the mounts (either transmission or t-case) were to fail.

you are 100% correct, the only plus to it is the rear case is hard mounted .... so if I was to bust a tranny mount all that would happen is I would but the U joint between the cases .... between the truck being a trailer queen and spare U joints in the glove box, I feel I should be ok. Worse case senire I drag the truck back on the trailer and start all over. .... I have looked into all the variables and the other positive is the 2 yokes are lined up perfectly when you are under the truck with a tape measure it is equal distance all the way around.

 

[koda6966]

Needs paint once you get that newer front clip on.

 

[JunkYardRanger]

if I get it on ... looks like I sold the truck as hole .......

 

[koda6966]

Really? Well that's too bad.. maybe you'll get around to it if you really want the look.