Builds The Warthog - 1977/73 combo (4 Viewers)

[wngrog]

Got the front Iron Man Pros on today.

They fit on the passenger side, no mods.

Driver side I had to grind down the plate that the bump stop rides on.

Length on the front are perfect. Plenty of up and down travel.

I’m going to have to outboard the top of the driver shock to make sure it clears the drag link. It hit at full droop but it was just touching. Not bound.

The ride compared to the OME is just too good to fairly compare. They are in a different weight class all together.

 

[onemanarmy]

looking forward to your center arm rebuild. I've got the kit on my shelf ready to install on mine.

 

[wngrog]

Picked up my front driveshaft yesterday but did not bother to install it before I went to set up camp

But I know my winch works .....

 

[RUSH55]

People get punched in the dick for that kind of thing

 

[wngrog]

People get punched in the dick for that kind of thing

See, there you go being all sensitive.

But, yes. I gave myself a pop.

All good now.

 

[onemanarmy]

Did you get your stock driveshafts modified or get new ones made after the H55 install?

 

[wngrog]

Did you get your stock driveshafts modified or get new ones made after the H55 install?

Yes. Shortened the rear lengthened the front.

About $250 total

 

[PabloCruise]

People get punched in the dick for that kind of thing

Mostly dudes I would imagine...

 

[Ol Yeller]

Mostly dudes I would imagine...

We were talking flywheels and Tranys...

 

[RUSH55]

We were talking flywheels and Tranys...

At one point, but it’s way skewed out of proportion now

 

[wngrog]

Absolute superb shakedown weekend in the Warthog.

Took it on a trouble free 100 mile off road trip complete with some Mississippi sand dune action.

It’s off to Shaw Fab now for the Power Steering bracket fab and some other items.

Can’t wait to get it back

 

[wngrog]

As with all videos, they don’t do this hill justice. I smashed it 5-6 times and finally hit it in the right gear and crested the summit in this heavy beast.

 

[RUSH55]

Git-er-dun!!

 

[dogfishlake]

You had a basically new lift on there so new-ish ome shocks for comparison, right? Bittersweet to hear the foam cells are that much better. Sweet for you, bitter for me since I just got my ome lift (with shocks) for my piggy.
Pretty cool though, thanks for the feedback. Great video too.

 

[wngrog]

Man, there is no way. Zero way I could have made that transition into that dune with the OME shocks. I was hammering that bumpstop on the shaft.

Anyone that rode in it and drove it this weekend commented about how unreal it rode.

The OME are fine shocks. I hate the ones for the 100 series they sell but for the 40/55/60 I like them.

These are in a different class though.

 

[dogfishlake]

Man, there is no way. Zero way I could have made that transition into that dune with the OME shocks. I was hammering that bumpstop on the shaft.

Anyone that rode in it and drove it this weekend commented about how unreal it rode.

The OME are fine shocks. I hate the ones for the 100 series they sell but for the 40/55/60 I like them.

These are in a different class though.

Haha! That is so cool I had to put my BT headphones on cranked up to get full effect. It does hammer that hill. Sweet

 

[wngrog]

 

[wngrog]

6 weeks later and the Warthog is back.

Justin welded up some things for me on the inside and out. The list was long and he does the stuff at night after work.

The major thing was the PS mount bracket.

I thought I had a 40/55 PS box that I had rebuilt but it turned out to be a mini truck.

Box specs are the same but the mounting position is different so instead of a bolt in PS he had to build a flat bracket.

Since the ps mount is part of the shock tower he also rebuilt that.

This is at full stuff on the front shock. Top of the shock was outboarded a bit to clear the OE draglink with the bigger shock body

 

[RUSH55]

Good to see the Warthog back in action

 

[wngrog]

On the power steering.

As those that have mini truck PS. It’s more of a power assist steering but that’s fine.

We also did a center arm rebuild.

Ujoints on the steering shaft have no slack in them.

All steering rod Ends are new.

After I did the rod ends and lift , I had the alignment done.

The steering does not feel right. Slow speeds it’s good and tight but when cruising at speed it takes a good bit of steering input to turn it. Kind of feels like it floats.

Realign? I’m trying to figure out the next step.

Not sure if the boxes have any adjustment in them. I have the center arm pretty tight.