redneck thug
Newbie
I have a old creeper that's beat to hell ...u just give a idea what to do with it now.......LOL
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Veeper Custom Scaler Build
- Thread starter Rubiclod
- Start date
I experimented today with brazing rod instead of silver wire, and I am sold!!!! Not only is it WAY less expensive, I prefer the flow of the rod, its more forgiving of contaminated material, and it has double the psi strength. So this afternoon I brazed on the front shock mounts
Also worked on the rear section of the cage
Also worked on the rear section of the cage
I'm using a small Oxy/MAP Gas torch setup made by Bernzomatic
Aww, familiar with that rig. Used it for my first two builds and hated how much oxygen I had to use. 4 to 5 bottle to a single bottle of gas. I was considering going with silver solder on the next one.
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Made some more progress on the cage. Added X-bracing, fabbed a rear bumper and spare tire mount, added a front section and tied into the front shock hoops, extended the rock sliders to fit the body better. Still debating on tube fender flares....
jado6006
Quarry Creeper
Diggin the build dude! But don't hesitate to drop in an axial tranny when that venom goes belly up. My tranny lasted thru 2+yrs of sportsman comps & a yr of scaling before she let go. I would have rebuilt it, but when i pulled the little rubber flapper off to check it out, my dog fell in, & it took a crew of 14 & a chopper to locate him in that bitch! They're big clunky effers.:mrgreen:
:lmao: you crack me up!!! With parts getting harder to find I will be upgrading some day, probably to a R2 to a t-case.
Junfac carbon drivelines got backordered on me and possibly discontinued so I guess Traxxas drivelines are gonna have to do. Also the front axle was positioned 1/4" too far forward for my liking so i made some shorter lower links and determined if I swap out the upper rod ends for shorter bent rod ends I will avoid having to make new upper links. Now the problems is I have stopped at two LHS and none of them know where to get plastic bent 3mm rod ends. Anyone have any suggestions?
jado6006
Quarry Creeper
Nothin on the rod ends clod. but that is maybe the sickest cage job on a cherokee i've seen! Sick as hell."thumbsup"
Thanx for the compliment Jado, I ordered a pack of plastic bent rod ends from RC4WD, and was able to get the front axle dialed!!! Gotta make a package tray for the electronics and then Ican test drive to further tune and tweak. And then maybe interior.
