railmans build thread....

[Josh40601]

but I have access to a larger trailer now....the one I brought Fordzilla home on for RangerSVT and Jay....

l8r, John

oh ok. When are you going to start cuttin' shit out?

The guy with the Punisher Jeep doing all the fab, or you taking care of it?

 

[railman]

we will be working on it together...he doesn't weld...I do

if I had to I would do it in my driveway...but I don't have a welder at home...and he has a 2 post lift

l8r, John

 

[86 slo-vo]

If ya had said something about last Saturday...you coulda had a one or two

l8r, John

hell i didnt even know i was going, set the grinder down and walked to the truck and drove to evansville lol

 

[disciplerocks]

Great, so no wheeling for me anytime soon. Everyone had to tear their rigs apart about the same time. JK.

Hope you and Kenny get her together quick! I have a feeling I'm not going to be the one with trail problems for awhile. Its gonna be you 3 until the bugs are worked out.

 

[railman]

well...I have really been spending time working on others vehicles.....so my truck still sits the same as the last time I went to TB....up on the trailer

but I will be wheeling her this Saturday at the Hi-Lift Jack Day up at Redbird OHV Park.....really looking forward to it...

I knew it would take awhile to amass all the parts to rebuild the front axle....not to mention EXPEN$IVE....

anyways....here are some pics of what I have been up to....

up on the table getting rebuilt

new Kingpins and Hi-steer arm

4:88's on my Detroit Tru-Trac along with the new SKF bearings

2 of my used 39.5x13.50x17 Irok Bias tires

my 17" Allied Rock-A-Thon beadlocks

and here of some shots of some of what I have been helping out on.....

Donnie's Jeep:

install drop down tire carrier

some of my welds

shaved 14 bolt

Dynatrac Pro-Rock 60

soon to install LS1 ( notice we upped the horsepower and reliability )

and his new Atlas transfer case

as well as Skipper's 5.0 swap

hopefully after Labor Day I will start the teardown and swap of my axles

l8r, John

 

[Josh40601]

hawt

 

[97TrailRigDD]

Updates we need updates. I'm ready to see that thing on 40s

 

[RangerSVT]

He's too busy wheelin to take it down, plus, he don't have the axles ready yet...
SVT

 

[railman]

Updates we need updates. I'm ready to see that thing on 40s

He's too busy wheelin to take it down, plus, he don't have the axles ready yet...
SVT

Greg, you already know that I have to swap in the axles now.....no more spare hubs

Rick, as Greg already knows, I blew my last spare hub for the D35 this past Saturday at Interlake....

also, Donnie's Jeep is finally done being on the lift.....so my truck now has the lift starting this weekend

plans are to have it in by Thanksgiving weekend and test it at Smokey Ridge before the Toys for Tots ride at Badlands

l8r, John

 

[RangerSVT]

Updates, we want to hear updates
SVT

 

[disciplerocks]

^this

 

[railman]

Updates, we want to hear updates
SVT

^this

well....here ya go

finally started on my axle swap last Sunday....got her on all fours today

still like hooking up brakes, shocks, drive shafts, and a few other odds-n-ends.....but hope to have it finished by next weekend.....

anyways...here are some pics.....

l8r, John

 

[n_bannerman]

full widths? what axles and how much suspension lift did you end up with?

 

[railman]

full widths? what axles and how much suspension lift did you end up with?

Yup, full widths....

Kingpin D60 up front, full float D60 rear....

no mod to the rear, had roughly 4" over stock....so maybe 5" up front....still have to re-mount my winch up front....so may come down a tad....

l8r, John

 

[Grunizzle]

Nice work! Did I miss any steering mods or is it still stock ranger pump? What's the wheelbase did you stretch it much? Looking good