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Post by Busted Knuckle Racing on Jul 20, 2006 9:59:52 GMT -5
Cool, Rob. I knew y'all had one there but that you aren't doing the same job that you were. Craig, let me know if you want to go in halves. I will be glad to.
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Post by broncocraigellis on Jul 20, 2006 13:24:05 GMT -5
man that can't be beat. RC Cola and Moon Pies-I can handle it. Thanks Rob! Brad, let's get some steel.
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Post by jeepchipjones on Jul 20, 2006 13:27:03 GMT -5
what size are you getting done craig? you doing 15", 16" or 16.5" id like to get some, but dont know what size to go with... if im going to do a 60/14 or 60/60 setup, what do you think? i dont want to have to do extra work like shaving calipers if i can avoid it.
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Post by broncocraigellis on Jul 20, 2006 15:54:05 GMT -5
i'm getting 15" for the flattie.
the tires made for 16" wheels are usually more expensive, and 16.5" is just oddball unless you have some hummer wheels. then you wouldn't need the weld ons.
you'd have to grind a lot of the caliper with 15" wheels on a 60, especially a Ford 60 b/c they have dual piston calipers. chevy has single pistons which makes it a bit easier. still you have to have a wheel with like 2.5" of backspacing, so you have a jeep or truck that is SUPER WIDE. 16s would help the issue a bit though.
since i'm just running D44s front and rear in the flattie i don't have to worry about wheel size.
oh, brad, will these weld-on locks make the wheel wider? it would be nice if they did, because i need to make my 8" wide steel wheels into 10" wide wheels. i know the ones from rockstomper do that.
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Post by JWP on Jul 21, 2006 10:08:45 GMT -5
you'd have to grind a lot of the caliper with 15" wheels on a 60, especially a Ford 60 b/c they have dual piston calipers. chevy has single pistons which makes it a bit easier. still you have to have a wheel with like 2.5" of backspacing, so you have a jeep or truck that is SUPER WIDE. 16s would help the issue a bit though. oh, brad, will these weld-on locks make the wheel wider? it would be nice if they did, because i need to make my 8" wide steel wheels into 10" wide wheels. i know the ones from rockstomper do that. I have ground two sets of Chevy calipers and am going to buy the brake plates to adapt to run 3/4 ton brakes next time. You will save 60 pounds on the front end and have a braking system that is better sized of a jeep size application. One ton brakes on a jeep is very hard to balance. I have made 6 beadlock wheels. Four were rockstompers. They weld on the outside of the wheel. These wheels are 9.5 inches wide from a stock 8 inch wheel. The other two that I have were from some company off pirate that sells on ebay. I think that it was greatlakes offroad, but I don't remember. They were a good bit cheaper than rockstomper but still had the same quality. The only difference was that these fit inside the lip of the wheel and welded differently. I don't like these as much as the rockstompers for that reason. Opinions is cheap and everyone has one, but if you want mine, it is going to be diffcult to get these made right the first time. Most CNC plasma machines create kerf that will make the precision of these difficult. I would highly recommend drilling the bolt holes if you try them yourselves, which will mean 32 x 8 = 256 - 3/8 holes to drill. I'm not trying to be negative, but I do think it would be good to run a sample piece before buying a bunch of steel. |
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Post by rsmith on Jul 21, 2006 10:40:12 GMT -5
I agree with Jason about the kerf issue. Whenever I cut holes with the Plasma I make sure that it is not an area where criticle tolerances are needed. I usually end up having to cut the hole a bit larger do to the shape of the kerf. In perfect conditions the cut path will have a slight triangular shape. However, most of the time a piece of slag will hop up into the end of the torch. When this happens it will create an irregular flow of the air that will effect the cut. It is rather discouraging sometimes when you are doing tight, small cuts. I would not think twice about cutting the large rings , but the small holes are questionable. I have in the past put a small dot to burn through to make a hole that I would line my drill bit up with.
BTW, I checked out the plasma machine yesterday since it had been sitting up over the summer. The air regulator on the plasma cutter is not working. I will have to pull it and clean it out or replace it.
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Post by Busted Knuckle Racing on Jul 22, 2006 10:56:18 GMT -5
That's not a bad idea, Rob. I was wondering about the bolt holes. If we could just do a small dot just to know where the holes go like a pilot hole, then it wouldn't really be that bad to drill them out with a press. I can get some really good bits from work and pretty cheap too.
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Post by dan99tj1 on Jul 23, 2006 12:24:48 GMT -5
i'd go in on a set of those just tell me when and where.
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Post by jeepchipjones on Nov 6, 2006 15:58:02 GMT -5
hmmmm.... its been almost 4 months now, something had to have happened to this build by now, what you been doing to it?
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Post by Busted Knuckle Racing on Nov 7, 2006 16:16:50 GMT -5
yeah, and Rob, did you get the regulator fixed on the plasma?
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Post by rsmith on Nov 7, 2006 16:18:44 GMT -5
To my knowledge the plasma cam is fixed.
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Post by Busted Knuckle Racing on Nov 7, 2006 16:26:13 GMT -5
anybody have an idea what a sheet of 1/4" steel costs?
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Post by jeepchipjones on Nov 7, 2006 17:42:45 GMT -5
brad, just searching online, looks like a 3' x 4' sheet is gonna cost $157...
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Post by Busted Knuckle Racing on Nov 7, 2006 17:47:01 GMT -5
brad, just searching online, looks like a 3' x 4' sheet is gonna cost $157... where did you find that? got a link? |
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Post by jeepchipjones on Nov 7, 2006 17:59:40 GMT -5
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