Mazdacrawler, 99 B3000 SAS

[reddog5]

Have you thought about balancing the wheels internally?

Naw, I dont know why i had them balance them anyways. There Bias ply and this is pretty much just a trail rig.

 

[hitech_hick]

Naw, I dont know why i had them balance them anyways. There Bias ply and this is pretty much just a trail rig.

Yeah, but at least you can say that you made the effort...




hick

 

[metalmacguyver]

so hows it coming?

 

[reddog5]

Slow. I went thru two 4.5in angle grinders grinding off the old IFS brackets. One actually caught fire! It was a cheapie harbour freight job though.

Ive been goin thru alot of gas for the torch and since that acetalyne station blew up in Dallas a couple months ago it takes a week or two for new shipments.

I should have some pics next weekend but nothing really exciting.

 

[compleckz]

where'd you get the spring perches, how much? they look like those 8" long 'anti-wrap' ones.. are they?

 

[dangeranger01]

Anything new???

 

[littleredrangerhood]

where'd you get the spring perches, how much? they look like those 8" long 'anti-wrap' ones.. are they?

They look like they came from RuffStuff Specialties. I bought some shackle hangers from the guy (Dan) and he does nice work.

As far as those 37s, you realize they are actually shorter than the 36 IROKs right? Hope you didn't pay more for them.

 

[reddog5]

Yeah , their from ruff stuff. i think they were $115 for perches , plates and U bolts. I'm really pleased with the quality.

The difference in price was a couple dollars. They say their taller on their website, but there is about a 1 inch deviation in all 4 of my tires. Not a single one is the same as the other. Bias ply tires from Interco seem to not be very consistent.

Still no new progress as of late. Ran outta cash Got some guy coming today to buy old upper and lower arms. Next purchase gots to be a new angle grinder and spring perches for the D44.

I cut off the front factory cross member on the front of the frame. Just gotta try and motivate to weld on the new one.

 

[-ROKTOY-]

Nice build! Can't wait to see it done.

 

[-ROKTOY-]

Any updates??

 

[reddog5]

Ive really been slacking lately. Last week i welded a peice of 3/16 2x4 as the new front bumper. Its got 3/16 fishplate to add some strength. It will be a nice stout mounting place for a stinger. Hopefully i can light a fire under my a$$ and mount the spring perches next week.

 

[reddog5]

Finally got the springs on. I just needed a little motivation. Went pretty quick and easy. Still i have to mock up the axle to weld in the shackle hangers though. I bought this spring hanger from trail gear to save myself some fab since i gotta watch my kids all week and can only work on the weekends. The bolt holes were 3/4in and my 44044s take a 1/2 bolt so i had a freind machine some steps,that i welded in the holes. I used the gussets that the spring hanger came with and welded them on the inside of the frame for added strength.

 

[reddog5]

got my front spring perches from RuffStuff. gotta grind down the drivers side to fit on the pumpkin.

in the mean time, i just put the axle near where it will sit.

 

[reddog5]

So i was looking at my axle in relationship to the springs today and noticed that they are not centered. Somewhere along the way i forgot that the axle center of spring pad to center of spring pad is 32in. I somehow welded my spring hanger at 28.5in center of spring pad to same. now the pass side is 3.5 in longer than the driver side. Measure 5 times and cut/weld once.....sober. Thats gotta be my new rule.
If you look at the pic above you can see where the stock spring pad is to the left of where my spring is.
So now i get to cut it all out just to re-weld it.
So i start lookin around the underside of the cab and found these. I have a 3in body kift that has torn the cab mounts some. Both are on the drivers side and thee 2 clsoest the front. I was told it could happen but never thought it would. So out with the body lift and more repairs.....

 

[MAXDA]

Any update.....?