Shocking!!!

[blkTJ]

BTW... thanks for the pics Erik.

[JeepGal]

Very cool mod Brian!

Cant wait to hear how they do in the rocks

Tam

[jmbrowning]

Just a few fabrication questions...


Cutting was done with oxyacetylene cutting torch? Cuts look nice and clean. Was the cutting guided with a piece of angle iron or just cut freehand?


That looks like at least a 1 cm gap between the bracket and aft cut in the frame Is that just a trick of the camera? If not, how did you fill in the gap? I like the cut in the back of the bracket that allows a tie-in weld to the medial aspect of the frame.


Nice looking welds. What exactly did you use (wire, gas, V/A)? Things look very tight near the front of the bracket by the rear track bar bracket. Was it tough getting a decent puddle in there? Welded bottom to top, no?

OK, thanks...just trying to learn a bit about fabrication
http://www.millerwelds.com/education/library.html

[Dukes69]

Nice work guys!

[rick]

Holy overspray batman! Clearly, Brian was not at the helm of the spray can... It's not masked well enough

Looks good, very cool to see how that's done. I'm thinking with all this raving about those fancy shocks I might need to incorporate them into this front axle swap...

[Darrell C]

Nice looking welds. What exactly did you use (wire, gas, V/A)? Things look very tight near the front of the bracket by the rear track bar bracket. Was it tough getting a decent puddle in there? Welded bottom to top, no?

OK, thanks...just trying to learn a bit about fabrication
http://www.millerwelds.com/education/library.html

My guess is, it was cut with a plasma, cleaned up with a small angle head, the bottom gap was filled by spreading the base of the bracket with a BFH, and it was MIG welded using 75/25 mix and spooling L56 SuperArc, welded vertical down.

That's just a guess since I wasn't there.

[mrblaine]

My guess is, it was cut with a plasma, cleaned up with a small angle head, the bottom gap was filled by spreading the base of the bracket with a BFH, and it was MIG welded using 75/25 mix and spooling L56 SuperArc, welded vertical down.

That's just a guess since I wasn't there.

That's pretty close Darrell. All but the part about vertical down. Most was VD, but the part by the trackbar mount I started on the frame and walked it over to the shock bracket. That part was overhead.

The cut in the back was zapped uphill in two passes. If you look at the cut, you'll notice it's wide enough to run a top pass to get the topside of the frame and then another to fill in the lower. Done that way purposefully.

You are also correct on the reason for the big gap, it's also tapered so the bottom part of the mount will be flared when it's smacked over with the hammer.

[blkTJ]

Holy overspray batman! Clearly, Brian was not at the helm of the spray can... It's not masked well enough

no rick... it was me. since I saw Tom's clean black Jeep I have kind of given up.

[blkTJ]

...just trying to learn a bit about fabrication

maybe if you'd like you can come down for the front shock mods, not sure when that is though. just a thought.

[Bachman]

What are the specs on the shocks? Extended length, compressed length, total length. You know all the good stuff.

Thanks

[blkTJ]

fox specs

I used 11" travel in the rear and will put some 12"ers in the front.

[aston]

What are the specs on the shocks? Extended length, compressed length, total length. You know all the good stuff.

Thanks

With Fox Shox you can change the internal valves to adjust the damping rate in both directions. However, you must bleed off the N2 and recharge after, which makes it kinda' hard for most of us.

The stock damping value is 40/60 that's compression/rebound.

Erik reports that 50/80 is the ticket for his Jeep.

I have just ordered 50/80 shocks from the factory so I don't have to pay extra to get the valves changed after

These are the shocks I have, I'm guessing Brian's are the same.

http://www.foxracingshox.com/website...bCategoryId=38

Chris L.

[blkTJ]

With Fox Shox you can change the internal valves to adjust the damping rate in both directions. However, you must bleed off the N2 and recharge after, which makes it kinda' hard for most of us.

The stock damping value is 40/60 that's compression/rebound.

Erik reports that 50/80 is the ticket for his Jeep.

I have just ordered 50/80 shocks from the factory so I don't have to pay extra to get the valves changed after

These are the shocks I have, I'm guessing Brian's are the same.

http://www.foxracingshox.com/website...bCategoryId=38

Chris L.

my link is better. :tongue:

anyway, my rears are set up 60/80. the fronts were sent to me 30/90, I may revalve if I don't like them that way.

I believe high end bike shops can help with N2 recharging as fox makes a line of stuff for mountain bikers.

[Bachman]

OK, I quess I was asking what model# the shocks are. I was just looking at Stu Olsons web site, Is this the same as what you did? Also last but not least, I would love a step by step. After I take a look at your rig at TDS, I would love to do this to my Junk! Also what are you doing up front, just fox shoks(part# please)?

[blkTJ]

The mod is the same as it is on stu's site. just differant shocks and suspension setup.

as for the part #s...

these are the rears

980-99-038-A
11.0 EMULSION
N/A (remote resevoir)
28.10 ext
17.10 comp
11.00 travel

these will go on the front eventually

980-99-027-A
12.0 EMULSION
N/A (remote resevoir)
31.10 ext
19.10 comp
12.00 travel

listen, I could try and give you a step by step... but it's kinda like giving directions to the airport after going there in a cab. I'd miss a turn and you'd never make the flight.