4x4 North

pointsnorth wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:22 am were you running the spacers with the drums as well or are you trying to get more track width now

was running the spacers before, not a fan of them but need them when running the 44s to clear the bypasses as they are so damn big

Is the sterling like the 14 bolt in that their wider if they came from a van ?


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pointsnorth wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:50 am Is the sterling like the 14 bolt in that their wider if they came from a van ?


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the older 8x6.5 ones are all the same. the ones from a superduty are wider and have factory disc brakes but then i would have to redrill and rear gear ect.

Got both the donor trans and my original pulled apart


Modifying the breather on the case, drilled this out


then tapped it so I can use a proper fitting and not just the factory plastic line that breaks off


I also cleaned up all the scaling on the case a dropped it off to be washed in a parts cleaner.



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whoa things are getting serious you cleaned off all the tables

or is there just an enormous pile of cans to the left of the first picture.

pointsnorth wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:35 am whoa things are getting serious you cleaned off all the tables

or is there just an enormous pile of cans to the left of the first picture.

haha, yeah. Only to fill them back up with parts

I drinking sparkling waters now. Deep orange

finished up the disc brake swap with adding a proportioning valve inline at the master.
then went full ghetto fab. my rear shackles are meant for a newer F150 and i made them work on my OBS ford hangers but they just did not fit right. cause of this they moved around and messed up the bushings. so bought the correct shackles to fit my hangers but need them to be like 6 inches longer. so just cut the old ones and opened the new ones up a bit and welded them together very ghetto but should hold up for a few more runs and not destroy the bushings after one run

Snowracer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:30 amso just cut the old ones and opened the new ones up a bit and welded them together very ghetto but should hold up for a few more runs and not destroy the bushings after one run

Probably last a long time given that they're tension shackles.

Got this garbage put back together. Unfortunately the parts washer couldn’t wash off the last owners over zealous Bedliner spray job




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so putting a cage on a truck after flopping it kinda sucks as cant cut copy and paste left to right ect

I like that cowl tie in with the cage.

With the cab already bent people can't nit pick you on the gaps though, you can just say the cage is straight and the cab isn't.

Are any cabs actually square on frames tho? When hmf made me my bumper he revealed how not square that body is anymore lol

got any pics from the back ?

pointsnorth wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:20 am got any pics from the back ?

still have lots of cross bracing ect to do

Here's where my failure was on my steering mount. All 3 of my TMR tube clamps bent up



Got it all pulled apart and will get them straitened out and look at something to beef it up a bit


Also got a some new dip sticks, One for the motor as well as my trans. Lokar Anchortite, great quality but still too much for a damn dipstick



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