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<blockquote data-quote="Nuzzy" data-source="post: 1266440" data-attributes="member: 15952"><p>Wanted to get the jeep out of the shop and back home, so Friday after work I set in for the night. Was just me, so unfortunately there was no </p><p>"pretty" fab accomplished. Just good ol' Nuzzy style redneckery :redneck:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Started off finishing my frame tie-ins for the cage in the front. No pics, but just took 2"ish long sections of tube from the floor plate and extend to my slider legs.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Then I took my new cross member out to finish the welds. While putting it back in, I got into a fight... It was being a pain to line up and on top of that, I hated the access to the bolts (from using the preexisting mounts, the bolts were so close to the tube that a socket wouldn't fit). As has been my rule from day one with this shitbox, anything hard to access gets changed/moved or it's surrounding area cut out so I don't have to wrestle with stuff. Thus, out came the plasma and off came the old mounts.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00839-20090911-2007Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>New mounts welded to frame, bolts have more than enough room to fit an impact, and I left enough space to easily line things up, relying on the bolts/nuts to pull everything in snug.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00842-20090911-2103Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00844-20090911-2104Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then turned up the juice and burned on D ring tabs (2 front, 2 back) since until this point I had no real recovery points. (Yes the shackles are like that because the rig is in the hoist)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00845-20090911-2211Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00849-20090911-2212Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>I sat thinking about my anti-wrap bar for a bit. Goal was to use parts I already had, and that included a heim with weld in bung as a shackle. I wanted to mount in double shear, but my pressing desire to finish the damn thing quickly took over. So scrounging through the scrap, I found stuff I thought I could make work. A piece of old steering stock drilled out to 5/8ths ID with a nut welded on the end and a piece of thicker wall tube drilled through so I could add plug welds seemed to do the trick for the time being.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00853-20090911-2236Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00855-20090912-0001Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a little crooked in spots, but I think that goes for everything on my rig <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I did originally want more separation on the axle end, but for ease I just ended up using some brackets I had from A&A Fab and that's what I got for holes.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00858-20090912-0236Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00860-20090912-0237Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>After remounting my skid, cleaning up the tools, taking the wood sides off my trailer, and loading the jeep, it was 4am. After 19 hours in the shop, an MGD dinner and dessert, and no less than 8 Codeine filled Canadian issue pain killers (my back is pissed at me), I was finally bringing my baby home. I was simply overjoyed.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00864-20090912-0443Medium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Prolly take it off the trailer and start painting the cage tomorrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nuzzy, post: 1266440, member: 15952"] Wanted to get the jeep out of the shop and back home, so Friday after work I set in for the night. Was just me, so unfortunately there was no "pretty" fab accomplished. Just good ol' Nuzzy style redneckery :redneck: Started off finishing my frame tie-ins for the cage in the front. No pics, but just took 2"ish long sections of tube from the floor plate and extend to my slider legs. Then I took my new cross member out to finish the welds. While putting it back in, I got into a fight... It was being a pain to line up and on top of that, I hated the access to the bolts (from using the preexisting mounts, the bolts were so close to the tube that a socket wouldn't fit). As has been my rule from day one with this shitbox, anything hard to access gets changed/moved or it's surrounding area cut out so I don't have to wrestle with stuff. Thus, out came the plasma and off came the old mounts. [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00839-20090911-2007Medium.jpg[/IMG] New mounts welded to frame, bolts have more than enough room to fit an impact, and I left enough space to easily line things up, relying on the bolts/nuts to pull everything in snug. [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00842-20090911-2103Medium.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00844-20090911-2104Medium.jpg[/IMG] Then turned up the juice and burned on D ring tabs (2 front, 2 back) since until this point I had no real recovery points. (Yes the shackles are like that because the rig is in the hoist) [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00845-20090911-2211Medium.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00849-20090911-2212Medium.jpg[/IMG] I sat thinking about my anti-wrap bar for a bit. Goal was to use parts I already had, and that included a heim with weld in bung as a shackle. I wanted to mount in double shear, but my pressing desire to finish the damn thing quickly took over. So scrounging through the scrap, I found stuff I thought I could make work. A piece of old steering stock drilled out to 5/8ths ID with a nut welded on the end and a piece of thicker wall tube drilled through so I could add plug welds seemed to do the trick for the time being. [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00853-20090911-2236Medium.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00855-20090912-0001Medium.jpg[/IMG] It's a little crooked in spots, but I think that goes for everything on my rig :D I did originally want more separation on the axle end, but for ease I just ended up using some brackets I had from A&A Fab and that's what I got for holes. [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00858-20090912-0236Medium.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00860-20090912-0237Medium.jpg[/IMG] After remounting my skid, cleaning up the tools, taking the wood sides off my trailer, and loading the jeep, it was 4am. After 19 hours in the shop, an MGD dinner and dessert, and no less than 8 Codeine filled Canadian issue pain killers (my back is pissed at me), I was finally bringing my baby home. I was simply overjoyed. [IMG]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/yzzun/IMG00864-20090912-0443Medium.jpg[/IMG] Prolly take it off the trailer and start painting the cage tomorrow. [/QUOTE]
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