Build The LF40 Wheeler Build - Twin Turbo & 8 Speed Auto FJ40

[DangerNoodle]

I wish I was cool! .. So you’re “pulsing” with the foot pedal? I have an ESAB multi-process just starting to play with tig (lift start), need to buy a pedal.

Yep, pretty much. Lots of control with heat input and you can get a pretty consistent cap pass. Check out Kingston welding or Morgan Clarke Design for some insane examples.

 

[DangerNoodle]

Lovn' Chris's bumper in the background.

Stressing on time for that one lol.
Have the bed designed, and then sliders, plus finishing everuthing. Before may lol.

 

[Ditcherman]

I wish I was cool! .. So you’re “pulsing” with the foot pedal? I have an ESAB multi-process just starting to play with tig (lift start), need to buy a pedal.

You can be cool!
Get a pedal, and a TigButton.

tigbutton temp

I have the same questions about the manual pulse though. Using an ancient miller syncrowave 250, from when pulse was just a gleam in someone’s eye.

 

[DangerNoodle]

You can be cool!
Get a pedal, and a TigButton.

tigbutton temp

I have the same questions about the manual pulse though. Using an ancient miller syncrowave 250, from when pulse was just a gleam in someone’s eye.

I wish I was cool! .. So you’re “pulsing” with the foot pedal? I have an ESAB multi-process just starting to play with tig (lift start), need to buy a pedal.

Heres a bit better of an explanation.

I'm really only running the dual pass on open corners or wide fillets. I can dime well enough I'm happy with most of my fillets, but its stupid hard to control thr heat input enough and get a complete fill on the open corners in one pass IMO.

Running my root at 135A on 3/16-3/16.

Get most of the filling done and leave a smide of room to cap, and then prep again.

Then come back and manual pulse @ 180A with filler to cap and round out the corners.

Its definietly a tricky thing to do, I'm not the most pleased with the look, but it's acceptable. The really good guys can stack it in super tight. Its a nice look in the end if its run well. I guess I just gotta practice more, like everything.

 

[sogncab]

Yeah, that's pretty impressive

 

[DangerNoodle]

More axle stuffs.

 

[DangerNoodle]

Been crazy busy with some other money making things, but I had Dan Dan spin me an alignment mandrel for the spindles. Did you know that 80 spindles are tapered? Neither did we lol. It ended up in 3 sections with a solid fit to the center section and two tapered inserts from the outside.

Anyways, been bombing away on the axle a little at a time at night to keep the heat input to a minimum. Also got bump stop pads up and on there as well.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

The interior of the spindle is tapered? That's interesting.

 

[DangerNoodle]

The interior of the spindle is tapered? That's interesting.

Yep, enough that it mattered at least, so i'm guessing 5-10 thou. I'll have to ask Dan and see.

 

[DangerNoodle]

Several more hours of welding later...

Folded up some small gussets.

Tapped the fill and inspection plug.

And popped out the alignment rod.

 

[DangerNoodle]

The dog was ready to go. 40 not so much.

Tore the old axle apart.

And started reassembly.

Brake lines.

Everything will eventually be coming back apart for powdercoat. Changed the outer ARB seals but its the main center seal that's leaking like a sieve. That's going to suck.

 

[thatcabledude]

Just clear coat it. Kidding, but kinda not.

 

[Broski]

The dog was ready to god. 40 not so much.

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Tore the old axle apart.

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And started reassembly.

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Brake lines.

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Everything will eventually be coming back apart for powdercoat. Changed the outer ARB seals but it’s the main center seal that's leaking like a sieve. That's going to suck.

Purely ART WORK. Nice DJ

 

[sogncab]

This poor animal. Looks like she's mastered the art of being pathetic for attention.

I'm hoping she and Tinker get along well.

 

[DangerNoodle]

 

[DangerNoodle]

Ended up pulling the diff again to rework seals from the outer spindle to the ruff stuff housing inner seal.

Dan Dan whipped up a second seal housing cause my other one still hasn't been shipped.

And I goobered it up and pressed in cam sensor seal as a secondary, and then one of the correct ruff stuff seals they normally double up.

It went back together like a champ, and I have no worries that it's ever going to leak.

Stuffed the new axle back under. More of dan did the stuffing, I ran the skid to align everything. Dog supervised.

Took it for a test drive, and this thing runs like a scalded ape. It happily wants to cruise 80+ now there is no driveline vibration. Very glad this axle fixed it.

Anyhow, I need to get parking brake fully attached and adjusted with the changes, clean everything and do a quick inspection, and then load for a tuesday departure to moab.

 

[DangerNoodle]

And clean the shop. A pair of idiots exploded it.

 

[DangerNoodle]

This poor animal. Looks like she's mastered the art of being pathetic for attention.

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I'm hoping she and Tinker get along well.

She's stupid good at looking pathetic, that's for sure. Abused 100% of the time in the shop. And probably at home.

 

[sogncab]

It happily wants to cruise 80+

That's awesome. Always nice when a plan actually works

 

[DangerNoodle]

That's awesome. Always nice when a plan actually works

I'm definitely happy. Now just to fix my running hot issues on the big hills lol.