My 44 Knuckle Swap 35/44 Hybrid

[disciplerocks]

So if anybody has some bald 35's let me know .

Ask slo-vo. I think he has a mountain of tires over there.

 

[86 slo-vo]

I've got several 315/75/16's but no 15's

 

[97TrailRigDD]

I got 2 Wild Country RVT 35/12.50r15's tonight with about 3/16 tread for $10 . So I should be good on the spares .

 

[disciplerocks]

Nice deal

 

[86 slo-vo]

ive got two of those in the 31" flavor...not a bad tire really

 

[disciplerocks]

Yeah Ive got of them also, but they are 32s. One is my spare.

 

[97TrailRigDD]

Got 4 more Wild Country tires , 2 with really good tread for $35 .

 

[disciplerocks]

Lucky. Why couldn't I find deals like that when I was looking for tires?

 

[dangerranger83]

That reminds me I need to find a cheap spare for my truck and make the carrier.

 

[86 slo-vo]

its tuesday...did ya get anything done?

 

[97TrailRigDD]

I know it's been awhile . Been waiting on parts and getting rear end ready .
Installed 4.56 gears , axle seals , and new shoes in the rear axle .
Got tired of waiting on the wheels that I ordered so I canceled them and ordered 5 15x8 crager soft 8's with 5x5.5 pattern and 4" backspacing .
Mounted the km2's on the wheels by hand and added 8 ounces of .25g airsoft pellets .

The 1.5" thick 4.5-5.5 adapters came in the mail today . The 4.25" hole in the center of the wheel left a lot of the adapter showing but some black paint took care of that .

Going to start pulling the 35 out today .

 

[disciplerocks]

If I wasn't in the middle of trying to get the B2 driveable, I'd come help you out.

 

[97TrailRigDD]

No problem . I know ur glad you have a garage now .

 

[PORTnPOLISH]

1st off I need to see some better pics of your flat bed because I have been looking for some inspiration for my 94. Any info or pics you could provide me I would greatly appreciate it.

But your doing some awesome work on this project, I cant wait to see the outcome.
At work we buy 3/4 bits from an industrial supplier but we converted to carbide tipped bits because we use them to drill out solid 2.5" steel rods and we dont pre drill to save time now. Yesterday I drilled 150 pieces before the bit needed to be re sharpened. We use an automatic drill press with the rpms set at 280.

 

[97TrailRigDD]

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90696 Here is a link to the bed . There are a few pics
Isn't there a formula for drill bit speed ? Like a number x the size of the bit = rpm ?