Looks like a life size hotwheel. JRob got mad skillz.
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Looks like a life size hotwheel. JRob got mad skillz.
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That he does.
Badass!
Thanks fellows!, couldn't do it without the help from JT, Bodean, CT and Pat.
Here are a few more pics
Here are a few more pics
And a few more
How much "up" travel do you have on those sliders with the full weight on the tires? Doesn't look like much from the pics. Not that I know a thing about setting this up... Just trying to learn. As said before it looks awesome!
Bodean
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Nope. What you see is what you get. The spring slides in the slot as it flexes.
Bodean
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I asked the same question and I'll let JT reply since he has a grasp of how these things are supposed to work. There is a little movement left at the end of the slide btw. The springs are almost flat now so it doesn't need much.
@jasonbraswell both sides. Kind of hard to make sure they were exactly the same due to angle of the pictures, but overall shape and location is pretty close.
Drivers Side (top line is a little out of level)
Passenger Side
Drivers Side (top line is a little out of level)
Passenger Side
Bodean
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Saw it on Dominic's rig from CA. Somebody is making them so no we didn't build.
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We set them up with the same theory used to set proper shackle angle.
In general, the thunder talkers suggest that the shackle be at 45 degrees with the spring is perfectly flat. So you measure the eye to eye distance of the spring along the spring itself...for FJ-60 rear springs, this figure is 47.5". On the shackle setup, you pretty much know where you want your shackle hanger to be, so you hang a shackle from there, hold it at 45 degrees and then measure 47.5" towards the frame from that position. That's where your fixed end spring hanger needs to go. At that point you have a setup that will extend the shackle to a 45 degree angle when the spring goes perfectly flat. Any axle droop (spring arching) or axle compression beyond the spring being flat (spring inversion) will pull the shackle back from this maximum 45 degree position.
The same logic was used in this setup, with the upper end of the slider box correlating to the magical 45 degree shackle angle in the example above. When the spring is perfectly flat, the non-fixed end in the box should slide to the furthest position. Any arching or inverting should pull that end down in the box.
As @Bodean mentioned, the springs are damn near flat now...that's why they're real close to the end of the box as it sits.
I see no evidence of a fusible link on my 40, not off the battery or on the other side or anywhere else. And what's crazy is the first thing I did when I got home was try to crank it and I actually got a brief attempt from the motor trying to turn over before everything went dead again. What the hell is going on?
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That's the 'start' wire from the ignition switch.
Check for loose/broken connections on the big white wire with a blue stripe. It goes up the column to the ignition and also to the fuse block to power the 'always on' circuits.
You may have bumped something when replacing the turn switch or messing with the fuse block.
Check for loose/broken connections on the big white wire with a blue stripe. It goes up the column to the ignition and also to the fuse block to power the 'always on' circuits.
You may have bumped something when replacing the turn switch or messing with the fuse block.