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Project 4x4 Commuter Mazda
- Thread starter legoms013
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everyone knows the second one is always easier to make lol
Its gonna cost yah!
In this case, only if there was a jig! Which I didn't make lol.
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Looks nice, forgot what it looked like. 
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Have you taken it for a drive since the mod?
Of course
definitely tightened up the steering a bit. I made sure to cut the inner bushing bolt sleeves slightly shorter than the overall width of the outer sleeves plus the bushing, so when I tightened the bolt down, it squashes everything nice and tight = less playOnly thing that bothers me, is that it drops about 1/16" lower than the old arm, so the centerlink doesn't sit exactly parallel with the frame rails, but functionality wise its no big deal. With a trained eye though, one can notice it....me being picky
Otherwise it came out really good, almost and exact replica of the old one, just beefier.Got the plates and u-bolts today. Hopefully I can find time this week to weld the perches in the evening. I have calc'ed out what I need to weld the pinion at so I'm gonna do it once I have the time. I might swap it in this weekend if all goes well, but I might also go wheelin with Dad to work the bugs out of his new axle swap. In that case the swap will have to wait until next weekend or possibly one week day evening.
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I would love to go wheeling. Just dont have the time or the money right now to finish everything that needs done to get it ready.
Have fun.
Have fun.
I feel yah, thats where I am at with my 4.88's, lots of work still left to do, and not enough time
K I'll keep that in mind
Not as many pics as I wanted, but that was because significantly more time was spent driving the trail this time around. The winter has really eroded out the trail and its getting pretty hairy in places. Much more technical now. There was tons of snow drifts close to the top, making the trail VERY challenging. Where my dad's jeep and his cousin's jeep did really well with their short wheelbases on the rocks, my long wheelbase worked wonders in the snow drifts. I was pulling my dad through some of the time because of it.
I aired down to 14 psi in the new KM2's. All I can say is holy wow. Major step up over the AT's. The sidewalls worked wonders, bit hard and never let me down. The tread deforms nice, and the lugs hook up consistantly. I got to use them on mud, snow, rocks (wet and dry), dirt, gravel and every kind of combination and shade between. Never once did they disappoint me
My newish radiator exploded right at the inlet on the plastic end tank at a very un-opportune place in the trail. So We pulled off, pulled it all apart, and put JB weld putty all on and around the break, tying it all off with bailing wire to keep it tight. I will get a pic later of it when I take it all back apart. Thanks for the JB Darrin!
Once we did that, we had lunch and let the JB set up. Then filled it with water, and kept a continual pile of snow in front of the radiator. I kept wheeling like this for the next 4 hrs, with not even a hint of overheating. I only added water once and the whole trip home and none was leaking. In fact it ran at normal temps for the rest of the trip on straight water. The key was to leave the radiator cap not all the way tightened down, so the pressure couldn't build up and blow out our JB-weld job.
Oh, and dad's new D44 is kick-butt. Solid, stable, and way beefier than before. D30's are boat anchors! His new highsteer setup performed flawlessly.
Fixed:
The view od Caples Lake:
I aired down to 14 psi in the new KM2's. All I can say is holy wow. Major step up over the AT's. The sidewalls worked wonders, bit hard and never let me down. The tread deforms nice, and the lugs hook up consistantly. I got to use them on mud, snow, rocks (wet and dry), dirt, gravel and every kind of combination and shade between. Never once did they disappoint me
My newish radiator exploded right at the inlet on the plastic end tank at a very un-opportune place in the trail. So We pulled off, pulled it all apart, and put JB weld putty all on and around the break, tying it all off with bailing wire to keep it tight. I will get a pic later of it when I take it all back apart. Thanks for the JB Darrin!
Once we did that, we had lunch and let the JB set up. Then filled it with water, and kept a continual pile of snow in front of the radiator. I kept wheeling like this for the next 4 hrs, with not even a hint of overheating. I only added water once and the whole trip home and none was leaking. In fact it ran at normal temps for the rest of the trip on straight water. The key was to leave the radiator cap not all the way tightened down, so the pressure couldn't build up and blow out our JB-weld job.
Oh, and dad's new D44 is kick-butt. Solid, stable, and way beefier than before. D30's are boat anchors! His new highsteer setup performed flawlessly.
Fixed:
The view od Caples Lake:
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Here is how we fixed my ruptured radiator on the trail. Putty JB weld is the BOMB DOT COM
Today I ground all the putty weld off to prep for the real JB weld, since nobody had a radiator in stock and I need a way to work in the morning:
Today I ground all the putty weld off to prep for the real JB weld, since nobody had a radiator in stock and I need a way to work in the morning:
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