TomWood Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Nice little bonus touch to the H2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Nice little bonus touch to the H2 Thanks! Plus, with the fight I got in with a tree the other day, they might come in handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guymacdonald Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 you gotta watch tree's.................................................they're crafty little buggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWood Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 That they are, just jump out and get yah when you dont expect it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Wow, I have not updated this in awhile... I have done a few more things with the truck, but I'll have to go get some pics to update the post. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoastcam Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Pitter-patter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertMcC Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Pitter-patter... Its was needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWood Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Its was needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Developed a horrible noise on the last trail run; turned out my driveline skid was bent into my exhaust pipe and was vibrating whenever the chasis was loaded up (acceleration, flexing, etc.). I pulled the skids off and removed about 50lbs of mud / dirt, discovered a few more dents in the front plate. You can see on the driveline skid (below) where the impact was; seemed pretty minor. But that hit was enough to bend it up about 1/4" - see the gap between the rail and the floor? the other two pieces of pipe are flat to the floor... this one is up about 1/4". And this is the spot that was vibrating on the exhaust pipe. Next posts will be repairing my drive line skid and somehow beefing it up to avoid this happening again in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWood Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Mustve hit something pretty damn hard to cause that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertMcC Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Mustve hit something pretty damn hard to cause that! Its the shear weight of the vech. Doesn't take much when you got a 6000LB piece of metal on 1 hollowed tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Its the shear weight of the vech. Doesn't take much when you got a 6000LB piece of metal on 1 hollowed tube. higher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertMcC Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 higher... Okay sorry 6600lbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWood Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 That is a very valid point, lot of weight coming down on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoastcam Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Skid plate did it's job though, that's what counts. Better to fix that, than fix what it was protecting if it wasn't there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertMcC Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Skid plate did it's job though, that's what counts. Better to fix that, than fix what it was protecting if it wasn't there That they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4Mckay Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Today Scott x2 beefed up Scott [Autumwalkers] skid plate that was bent. And Scott [autumwalker] got to work on his welding skills..... Having two Scotts on one project is confusing ! and as you can tell, i have a huge passion/ addiction of welding photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 97cherokee and I persuaded my driveline skid plate back into position today and beefed it up substantially with 1/4" checker plate. The last picture shows three coats of paint on the top side of the skid - I'll flip it in the morning and put a few coats of bedliner the bottom side. Then comes the fun part of bolting it back on - it weighs a ******* ton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4Mckay Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 cannot wait to see it all painted on the other side !!! .. might as well use those techy skills and move the pictures from "rig today" into here.. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertMcC Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 was wondering were ya were going when I passed ya on the highway this afternoon... Looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 might as well use those techy skills and move the pictures from "rig today" into here.. haha lol - done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted October 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Refitted the skidplates tonight; took way longer than expected due to some clearance issues. Here's where I started: Then after it was 1/2 bolted up I realized it wasn't going to fit (the skids almost key together). So after 1 torched drill (trying to cut nice holes w/ hole saw) and 5 cutoff wheels this is what I ended up with: Then it took some wrestling with the plate (it weighs a good 80 lbs) and some liberal use of my 3.5 ton floor jack to press the thing back up to the cross members (apparently it was still a bit tweaked) I got er bolted on. The holes had to be cut out because this skidplate fits under the front differential plate and the clearance is basically zero. So these holes are actually still covered by the front plate when assembled. I think I will clean this up someday (when I get my own welder), but for now it'll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWood Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Sounds like fun, but looks like a hell of a lot better protection for the deuce now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autumnwalker Posted January 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Teaser photo for latest mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4Mckay Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 we not adding photos yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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