What about Bob? (10 Viewers)

[Land Speeder]

I follered that thing all weekend........til I broke my rear pinion..............

No pics?
I find, the more i wheel the less pics i have. I wheeled the piss out of Lorena at GSMTR and virtually no one has pics of it.
Can't wait to actually wheel up there at Superlift in October.

 

[terryjmatthew]

Just buy mine and then you'll have plenty of spares!

 

[Land Speeder]

Just buy mine and then you'll have plenty of spares!

FOR SALE: His and Hers 80-series crawlers! make offer on the pair!

 

[Carp]

My vote is to give her the tube and the bobby longs. She's just to cool to get rid of at this point. Not to mention that she would probably hunt you down and severe your parts. She is Lorena Bobbit, after all.

 

[lenross1]

Sucks that u broke a ring and pinion, butch. You have a few months before the crawl to get it ready ; )

Sleaking of which when i start breaking R&p thats when i start looking at getting bigger axles.

Eric is starting to chip teeth and he aint even a blonde with a dildo..

 

[Texican]

Sucks that u broke a ring and pinion, butch. You have a few months before the crawl to get it ready ; )

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I gotta have a better traction bar, been running some for 3 years that are marginal, they are a rod with heims on the top of each spring pack, running to a bolt above the front spring mount, Jeff Old has a big one I just did for him and he walked the same rock........

 

[lenross1]

I gotta have a better traction bar, been running some for 3 years that are marginal, they are a rod with heims on the top of each spring pack, running to a bolt above the front spring mount, Jeff Old has a big one I just did for him and he walked the same rock........

I was wondering what happened . Hard to
Break that rear end.
Jeff just bust beads anyway ; )

 

[UWdave]

She's a heavy heifer.
And the body structure isn't truly secure for a hard roll-over. Plus, she's a filthy girl who hates birfs.
If I was to remove the sheetmetal, I'd leave the firewall, remove the top padded dash, narrow the engine bay, then tube. I'd also go to coil-overs or air shocks and 3-link the front.

It is interesting that you would call your rig heavy. Do you know how much it weighs now?

I met a guy who wanted a light rig and bought a old 4runner. One ton axles, cage, bumpers, GM v6 & driveline swap... in the end his rig wasn't really that light.

Compared to the rig mentioned above, I bet the only thing much heavier on your rig is the engine/trans. TBI 350 & 700r4 would save a few pounds wouldn't it?

 

[Texican]

No pics?
I find, the more i wheel the less pics i have. I wheeled the piss out of Lorena at GSMTR and virtually no one has pics of it.
Can't wait to actually wheel up there at Superlift in October.

Darrell, me and Jeff wheeled together all weekend and I never saw a camera........too busy havin' fun.
Butch

 

[Land Speeder]

It is interesting that you would call your rig heavy. Do you know how much it weighs now?

I met a guy who wanted a light rig and bought a old 4runner. One ton axles, cage, bumpers, GM v6 & driveline swap... in the end his rig wasn't really that light.

Compared to the rig mentioned above, I bet the only thing much heavier on your rig is the engine/trans. TBI 350 & 700r4 would save a few pounds wouldn't it?

Yep. The 3FE/tranny/xfer and frame are all heavy pieces... over 2K lbs right there.

 

[Land Speeder]

a few pics from this past weekend:

then i had to do this obstacle again... and broke the birf!

 

[Land Speeder]

hahahaha, look at the last pic and focus on the D shackles on the rear. I wasn't going slow.... Southern Rock Bouncing.

 

[lenross1]

is that a dead goat in the bed ?!

 

[lenross1]

Darrell, me and Jeff wheeled together all weekend and I never saw a camera........too busy havin' fun.
Butch

good stuff there! we would have been there if it wasnt for Moab looming. you gonna make a cameo, Butch?

 

[Land Speeder]

So, here's what happens... the friggin stub shaft of the birf broke! really?

I need either Longs or D60/14bolt

 

[Land Speeder]

pulled the rest of it today...
somebody could convince me that this birf broke because of the bushings in the spindles being too worn... It killed the bushing and spindle. Luckily I had a spare spindle that had threads that needed cleaning...

 

[Texican]

good stuff there! we would have been there if it wasnt for Moab looming. you gonna make a cameo, Butch?

2 f'n hot when u guys r going for me.....been there once in June........enuff.

 

[lenross1]

Great thing about moab is shade works and so does my AC ; )

Bossman has your axles waitin for ya E

 

[Land Speeder]

Bossman has your axles waitin for ya E

I know! Dang. Like I told him. The easiest thing to try right now is Longs. I think I'll start with one. If it doesn't break, I'll buy another. Then see what happens. I'm going to send that R&P to him and let him cryo it.
If I can keep these birfs from breaking, then I want to keep the yota axles...
But trying a Long is cheaper than fabbing those axles for an 80... right now anyway.
Either way, I wouldn't be able to fab them axles for a few months anyway, so I'm in no rush.

 

[PKP80]

I know! Dang. Like I told him. The easiest thing to try right now is Longs. I think I'll start with one. If it doesn't break, I'll buy another. Then see what happens. I'm going to send that R&P to him and let him cryo it.
If I can keep these birfs from breaking, then I want to keep the yota axles...
But trying a Long is cheaper than fabbing those axles for an 80... right now anyway.
Either way, I wouldn't be able to fab them axles for a few months anyway, so I'm in no rush.

I'd like to keep my TOY axles and hope that all the cutting and chopping will allow me to do so. Next step for me is going to be trussing them and, gusseting the knucles, and MORE cutting