Another Cruiser

[Land Speeder]

I can see you spent all the money on the trailer.

Dude... just wheel the 80. it's so much cheaper to get it to wheel than a 60.

 

[euclid]

rebuild knuckes - carquest parts
longfields
spring over - make your own kit
hi steer - dunno
2 lo mod
welded rear diff - free
locked front diff - aussie
wheels and tires -
cut the quarters
sliders and quarter sliders


I think you could do this list for more like $2500 if you are careful. A lot of the bobed 60's out there have this basic setup. Cutting everything available out of the wheel well and throwing some 34's on there sprun under is another option....

 

[tcb]

I have washed it twice and need to wash it again but it is starting to clean up nicely. The p.o. had it parked under a tree but the mildew is coming off. He also installed a heavier nap carpet that holds everything. I think he had a yeti locked in it for the past year.

I have a gear reduction starter and a fuisble link on the way from CDan. After that I will be looking to figure out the fuel issue.

I want to have the truck wheelable in time for the SCC.
I'm thinking:
rebuild knuckes
4.88's
spring over
hi steer
2 lo mod
NP203 doubler
welded rear diff
locked front diff
rear discs
sliders
wheels and tires

Anybody got 4grand I can borrow?

Pencil me in for the knuckle rebuild party...

 

[euclid]

Pencil me in for the knuckle rebuild party...

Yep, I'll help if Bull is gonna be there.

 

[tcb]

Yep, I'll help if Bull is gonna be there.

I'd hoped to get to mine before I start driving to jax and back every week, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen with everything else I have to get done before then...

They're just seeping at this point, so I think I can squeeze a while out of them before grenading something.

 

[jesterb]

how much is the adapter? do you have to lengthen the front driveshaft and shorten the rear one?

Don't know the cost but I would guess in the 6-700 dollar range. Driveshafts will need attention.

I can see you spent all the money on the trailer.

Dude... just wheel the 80. it's so much cheaper to get it to wheel than a 60.

Don't hate on Gramps' trailer.

80's are ghey. Very capable but ghey.

rebuild knuckes - carquest parts
longfields
spring over - make your own kit
hi steer - dunno
2 lo mod
welded rear diff - free
locked front diff - aussie
wheels and tires -
cut the quarters
sliders and quarter sliders


I think you could do this list for more like $2500 if you are careful. A lot of the bobed 60's out there have this basic setup. Cutting everything available out of the wheel well and throwing some 34's on there sprun under is another option....

Can I piece the knuckle kit together for less than $150 at Carquest? Thats what cruiser outfitters has it for now. Have you seen a good thread for a DIY SOA setup? Are you pleased with your slider setup?

Pencil me in for the knuckle rebuild party...

Thanks

Yep, I'll help if Bull is gonna be there.

Thanks

 

[Bomar]

Iron Pig is a $150 for knuckle rebuild also. I would 1000% get the marlin seals. My 62 is leaking just after a few years on OEM seals.

 

[jesterb]

IH8MUD.com SOA Technical Section

Any other good SOA links?

 

[wngrog]

I have a knuckle kit and some Marlin Seals I want to unload. Lemme know.

 

[jesterb]

I have a knuckle kit and some Marlin Seals I want to unload. Lemme know.

How much and does it include wheel bearings?

 

[wngrog]

How much and does it include wheel bearings?

Nope, just the seal kit and Marlin seals, just got it all from Kurt at Cruiseroutfitters when I thought I was going to change gears.. I have some kingpin bearings that are new if you want them too.

$100 and not a penny more.

I won't be there tomorrow night so I will have them stuff at my shop. Send Del to pick it up and I will toss in the kingpin bearings.

 

[Joe S.]

Don't be jealous of the front bumper.

screw the front bumper! im jealous of the trailer!

seriously tho, nice score on that 60 man! i was real impressed with Euclids in Katemcy!

 

[tcb]

Iron Pig is a $150 for knuckle rebuild also. I would 1000% get the marlin seals. My 62 is leaking just after a few years on OEM seals.

That's probably because I was on the build team..

 

[euclid]

Can I piece the knuckle kit together for less than $150 at Carquest? Thats what cruiser outfitters has it for now. Have you seen a good thread for a DIY SOA setup? Are you pleased with your slider setup?
Thanks

For your goals you could probably re-use the bearings. Throw some marlin inner seals, upgrade the birfs and maybe inners and a gasket kit in and call it good. If it were going to see a lot of highway miles I'd do bearings, but for a trail rig I'd just re-pack and re-torque.

I've not read all that much on SOA's. I think some dodge spring perchs like I used on my rear axle turn are cheap and easy for perches. The cut and turn looks simple enough. I did f250 shocks in front, so you can check out how that turned out. From the looks of the web it seems pretty strait forward, just a lot of work. Would you use the OEM springs? I didn't get that good a look. Are they too flat to use? W'd?

http://www.ih8mud.com/tech/soa60.php

For the money, I think Marlin's 68" sliders are the cheeze. I should have put a longer leg on the fronts of the sliders up into the back of the wheel well. The DOM is flexy enough that I bent the slider up into the rocker on my first trip out. Other than that, I'd do them over again in a sec. The only thing they have over the ones that I sold to barry is $250 and 100 lb's.

 

[euclid]

I can see you spent all the money on the trailer.

Your tow rig couldn't pull that trailer.

 

[euclid]

Still reading. Quarter eliptical in the rear shouldn't cost a lot more and hasn't been done on many (any?) 60's.

 

[wct49]

Jes let me know if you need a couple of Marlins seals I have got some spares.

 

[wngrog]

Quarter elliptical is way, way gay. If you are going for a cheap lift, SOA is the only way to go.

 

[jesterb]

Still reading. Quarter eliptical in the rear shouldn't cost a lot more and hasn't been done on many (any?) 60's.

Hmmm. That's what Woody is running on his 40, right?

Pretty flexy.

 

[wngrog]

Hmmm. That's what Woody is running on his 40, right?

Pretty flexy.

My opinion. Hate the way they work.