railmans build thread....

[Bray D]

You and me both Bray! Are you camping with the rest of the bunch?

I assume so. I plan to stay at Wishbone Friday and Sat night. I won't get there till pretty late Friday though. Hoping to get there before dark.

There will be lots of boats at Wishbone next weekend

C'mon Greg, we used to be on the same team a couple months ago! haha

 

[Josh40601]

boss lady confirmed she is coming, so we are not allowed to camp. So now i am looking for cheap ass motels close by so i can party with you guys all night, then have her transport me to the motel, pass out, wake up meet back at camp in the morning.

I won't be leaving my town until around 6 eastern, so i won't be there until right there at 8

 

[railman]

boss lady confirmed she is coming, so we are not allowed to camp. So now i am looking for cheap ass motels close by so i can party with you guys all night, then have her transport me to the motel, pass out, wake up meet back at camp in the morning.

I won't be leaving my town until around 6 eastern, so i won't be there until right there at 8

Motel 6 isn't too far away....may be some cheaper....but I dunno

we will of course have a blast....can't wait

l8r, John

 

[Josh40601]

oh hell yes we will. This will be Kristy, SGT Ex, and I's last time out in a while, so we have to have a good time.

 

[Josh40601]

So little updates...

 

[railman]

So little updates...

ehhh....not too much to really say...will post up some updates here in a little bit

l8r, John

 

[railman]

ok....here goes...

after shortening the wheelbase I didn't have time or new perches to correct the pinion angle before the Crawl Mag ride....so needless to say I munched through 2 sets of U-joint U-bolts on Friday alone....and 1 broke U-joint...

so, since the ride I have had installed new spring perches that I bought off Bray...new rear shock mounts that are now mounted outboard...and replaced the rear yoke with another one since one of the "ears" that holds the cap was broke off....and got a different powersteering pump since mine was getting really weak...

went wheeling with Greg ( 97DDtrailrig ) yesterday ( 9-9-12 ) to Interlake to try all the little mods...and ended up shearing 3 of the 4 bolts that mount my Hi-Steer arm to my knuckle...turns out they were grade 5....shoulda been grade 8...got them removed this morning and remounted my arm with new grade 8 hardware....

don't think there is much else to say...other than working on some mods to get a Hydro-Assist set-up together using the stock PS pump....so stay tuned for that....

l8r, John

 

[RangerSVT]

You forgot to mention you upgraded the yoke from the 1310/1330 conversion joint to 1330 on both ends, as well as went with a yoke that uses a wider ubolt for the ujoint which makes it stronger since there is more material around the joint. And also shortened the wheelbase (again) by another inch. Man, you sure are lacking the details lately

SVT

 

[railman]

picky...picky...picky

what he said.....

l8r, John

 

[Josh40601]

And no pics. Not even of the ride at interlake!

 

[RangerSVT]

He wouldn't have pics of the repairs or what else was done, only the finished product. But then again, you know how forgetful those ole fogees are

SVT

 

[RangerSVT]

Here's a couple pics of John's truck flexin on SVT so I can measure for shock length..

SVT

 

[Andres629]

Good grief man! I leave TRS for like... I dunno, a while, and now you're flexin out on (what look to be) 46" Michies! Loving the truck, buddy! Got some serious rear steer in dem leaves.

 

[RangerSVT]

They're actually 47" xml's, but whose counting

SVT

 

[railman]

I'm not much of a shutterbug....so I generally don't have many to post...so here are a few of the ones I did take...

we wheeled with some guys from East TN....here are some pics with them...

getting ready to go up "Deb's Hill"....

getting ready to attempt "Commitment Hill".....

once night fell they decided to try out a new sport....forget rock crawling....try tree climbing :lol: :lol: ........of course this was done with the park owner's approval...

and some of Phil ( Lugnut ) the next morning...

was alot of fun....and this barely scratches the surface.... like I said, I am no shutterbug....

can't wait til the 6th...

l8r, John