my mutt

[OldTrailFab]

i guess my rigs a mutt anyway, all toyota parts except the frame and stuff...i have it out at school at wyotech right now finishin some things so i can finally wheel it this year...heres what it looked like before wyotech

it had fj40 axles front and rear with minitruck rear springs out back and fj40 springs in the front, spring over...i changed to an fj80 FF rear axle, with i think ifs minitruck rear springs and a shackle reversal in the front with a widened(thanks to dave gore) fj60 housing.

heres a pic of the shackle reversal, and new lower ride height(i don't have a pic to compare how high it was before)

knuckle taken off and sleeve installed, ready to weld

fj80 rear installed with new rear springs, and no it's not bent

gussets and other odds and ends all sandblasted and pretty

front spring hangers

front shackle hanger inside of frame

and outside

 

[Wayneraintree]

Looks great Dom... .certainly a mutt but don't mutts make the best dogs?

 

[Mike at Rausch Creek]

i wish you guys would all finish your junk and wheel them.....instead of working on them for years.

 

[OldTrailFab]

i wish you guys would all finish your junk and wheel them.....instead of working on them for years.

you just be patient and get your front end locked up, i wouldn't wanna make the other black and red samurai look bad now would i?

 

[Mike at Rausch Creek]

lol i can hold my own....front lockers are for pu$$ies. so is power steering.


on a serious note...i plan on putting on Hydro steering, then a front locker. but in the meantime i am gonna wheel the snot out of it.

 

[zucruisers]

yeah im secretly insanely jealous right now lol

 

[OldTrailFab]

and when my brother says that he's secretly insanely jealous he actually means me...(2 screen names + 1 computer = confusion) i'm goin to work on jeffs truck

 

[Wayneraintree]

i'm goin to work on jeffs truck

I am insanely jealous now too

 

[zucruisers]

i wish you guys would all finish your junk and wheel them.....instead of working on them for years.

its not dom's fault that he's retarded...it'll be done soon, so i can drive it

 

[Mike at Rausch Creek]

 

[trikpony]

damn, can I get the Bronco in Wyotech? stretched, 60's, 4 linked...

 

[zucruisers]

damn, can I get the Bronco in Wyotech? stretched, 60's, 4 linked...

nope, but you can bring it to my shop if you want me to link, stretch, and one ton it

 

[Wayneraintree]

I have to admit, once a rig goes into John/Dom's shop.... it evolves dramatically :L ) a one ton pony would be sweet!

 

[zucruisers]

I have to admit, once a rig goes into John/Dom's shop.... it evolves dramatically :L ) a one ton pony would be sweet!

they usually end up getting more done to them than originally planned;p

 

[Lugboot]

uh oh, i'd better be careful...

 

[trikpony]

nope, but you can bring it to my shop if you want me to link, stretch, and one ton it

we should talk..... Hmmmmmm

 

[OldTrailFab]

got some more done today, upper and lower knuckle ball gussets/shock mounts welded, knuckles welded after cut and turn, center tube gussets just like jeffs front and rear(yes john i know i'll have to cut the rear to fit the antiwrap bracket, but i had helpers doing mindless work so i made a template for them to duplicate the front, i didn't feel like making a template for the antiwrap at the time). and i took pictures but i have to find a cable to connect the camera to the computer

 

[zucruisers]

sounds like you had quite a few helpers today...i know you didnt get that much done by yourself

 

[OldTrailFab]

the helpers repacked my rear wheel bearings and sandblasted, jake tried to build my trusses, but i measured and laid them out after watching him struggle for like a half hour, then i bent up the first one, he cut the mitered end and bent the second one, tried to make the first one fit for about ummmmmmmm 45 minutes or so, then i took over, got it good in about 5, and did the second one in about 10 minutes while he went to work cuttin the seat mounts...so other than a tiny bit of help on the trusses and of course all the sandblasting i did it all lol

 

[OldTrailFab]

oh yeah and I'M GETTIN RED LABELS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH SUCKAS