Boss gets a “makeunder.”

Rustytruck · Jul 19, 2018

You sure you have enough ram travel turning left?

Boss Hugg · Jul 20, 2018

Rustytruck said:
You sure you have enough ram travel turning left?

I think that pic is all the way left. I tacked the brackets with it all the way right with ram all the way in.

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Yeller · Jul 20, 2018

No worries about more caster on the right, it will help combat road crown.

Boss Hugg · Jul 20, 2018

Yeller said:
No worries about more caster on the right, it will help combat road crown.

I’ve read it both ways. But we shall find out, hopefully tomorrow.

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svastano · Jul 20, 2018

Maybe just me but the arms look too long making the springs bow like that....

Boss Hugg · Jul 20, 2018

svastano said:
Maybe just me but the arms look too long making the springs bow like that....

A) the axle is pushed 1-1/4” out. That gets the cups out from under the towers.

B) the angle the cups were sitting at is because I had the arms welded at an angle probably much different than original. These two arms were not identical when I started. They points different directions when the front was sitting flat on the ground.

C) I’ve seen a lot of springs that look bowed when everything was how it was supposed to be.

Overall, I’m good with the final look. MUCH better than they first looked.

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Boss Hugg · Jul 21, 2018

Did a little flexing today. Here’s the left front at full tuck.

And the left front

I’ve got it out of the shop for a while. Gotta replace the ac compressor and condenser and all the other important stuff on my explorer so I’ll have AC in this 112 degree dfw heat next week. Then I’m headed to Comanche next weekend for my wife’s family reunion. Yay....

And when I get home I have to spend some time working on the mowers so I can catch up on the yard. It’s liable to be another month before I get back on the bronco. And OCBR is right around the corner.

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Boss Hugg · Aug 3, 2018

One shock mounted.

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svastano · Aug 3, 2018

Great work

Boss Hugg · Aug 3, 2018

Second shock mounted. Also something to watch for for anyone who goes this route in the future. The calipers get close to the bottom mount where I welded them on.

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Skiddy · Aug 3, 2018

that's about how high I mounted my shock mounts. add as much weld to it as you can

Boss Hugg · Aug 3, 2018

Right rear shock mounted.

These rear mounts are starting with a pair of 90s f250 rear mounts. Cheap on eBay. Free from my yard. (Thanks prizefighter!). Also used is 7” sch80 1” pipe and some 1/2x3/4 bar.

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Boss Hugg · Aug 3, 2018

Skiddy said:
that's about how high I mounted my shock mounts. add as much weld to it as you can

Are you some kind of welding inspector or something???

I might can get a little more, but’s glued on pretty well as it is now.

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Boss Hugg · Aug 3, 2018

I didn’t take and pics in the process of piecing them together because I was in a hurry to get some shocks on.

And one from the top to illustrate the bar I welded inside the pipe.

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Boss Hugg · Aug 4, 2018

Well, I think I’ve got it all put together finally. Here’s some pics of my steering box before and after drill/tap for the ram assist.

You might notice the bushing on the top adapter. I accidentally grabbed the wrong bit and started drilling. So that hole is now 1/4” npt and the bottom is 1/8”. The brass bushing (only one I had) is threaded all the way in and so is the adapter in the bushing. Hopefully there is minimal opportunity for the brass to give problems. I’ll grab the right adapter next time I’m in the hydro store.

Got the lines hooked up and I’m pretty sure they’re not backward, but the ram assist certainly isn’t what I thought it’d be. Hopefully I just need to keep working on bleeding air out. I hate bleeding power steering!

I drove 1/4 mile up the road, and for sure, it’s going to need a sway bar! 35mph and it was interesting to cut the wheel just a bit...

I’m done for the night!

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Skiddy · Aug 6, 2018

last thing I need to do before OCBR, tic toc tic toc sure hope it doesn't mess up my steering as it is sooo good right now.

Boss Hugg · Aug 6, 2018

Get it done or it may not be right all weekend.

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Boss Hugg · Aug 10, 2018

Would y’all believe my rear upper shock mounts stick out too far? With just a little flex, the tire gets against the shock. So I guess it’s time to cut a notch in the body and build some new mounts.

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Boss Hugg · Aug 10, 2018

So I’m working on swaybar stuff so I can get it out on the road. I’m using a 96 dodge 1500 swaybar to start with. For now I’ve drilled and tapped holes in the bottom of the frame to hold the bushings/mounts. Then I cut the ends off a couple times, and welded them back together so that the ends were roughly straight over the end of the radius arm C. I’ve got it turned up so that the tire clears when it turns, and I’m pretty sure they’ll never make contact because I only have 3.5 inches up travel before the spring coil binds. So I shouldnt have contact issues. I’ll pull it off and weld it solid tomorrow and add some sleeve to it to cover the splices. More later. (Btw, do you know how difficult it is to hold a ten pound piece at arms length in just the right place and focus on taking a good pic with decent lighting with the other hand?)

Here’s one to give you an idea of how it turns in closer to the frame.

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Skiddy · Aug 11, 2018

gettin there, hey boss you changed yer name

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