Landsharks 69er Bought not built project

Post by **Entourage** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:19 pm

I got first dibs on your Red Bronco when you get ready to sell. I hate reading this thread becuase I wish it was in my driveway. One of my favorite Broncos ever.

Post by **ZOSO** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:48 am

Entourage wrote:I got first dibs on your Red Bronco when you get ready to sell. I hate reading this thread becuase I wish it was in my driveway. One of my favorite Broncos ever.

Shouldn't have sold your's..... spank

Post by **landshark** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:24 am

Entourage wrote:I got first dibs on your Red Bronco when you get ready to sell. I hate reading this thread becuase I wish it was in my driveway. One of my favorite Broncos ever.

ha well.. not selling the red one.. but i do have the green/yellow one.. easy to put in A/C ;)

Post by **Colorado75bronc** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:07 am

I didn't know Chad sold his

Post by **Entourage** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:42 am

Sold mine to buy a house just before Christmas. It was very sad day but took less than 48 hours and got full asking price and went to a great home. I sold everything with it knowing that I will do it again. Plus, it really worked out good for my family as the housing market really took-off and low interest rates. I thought I built my "Dream Bronco" but that changed - I really want something that I can take offroad like Bought not Built. Love this Bronco and I am on the hunt for it's twin.

Post by **Justin** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:09 am

So who do we mock now for having a Costco crawler?

Post by **landshark** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:42 pm

Entourage wrote:Sold mine to buy a house just before Christmas. It was very sad day but took less than 48 hours and got full asking price and went to a great home. I sold everything with it knowing that I will do it again. Plus, it really worked out good for my family as the housing market really took-off and low interest rates. I thought I built my "Dream Bronco" but that changed - I really want something that I can take offroad like Bought not Built. Love this Bronco and I am on the hunt for it's twin.

they are out there.. i see one on craigslist every now and then, good thing is you know people in a few states that can go look at one :)

If i come across any I will shoot it over to you.

Post by **landshark** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:26 am

So after some investigation i think Viper and Zoso are onto something with that wrap trap.. i think its really the cause of my pin shearing problems as most of the threads I have read make sense in that the 2 point wrap bars use the leaf springs as the lower bar in a wrap prevention setup.

When the rear suspension tries to wrap the upper bar puts pressure on the spring mounts which in turn shear the weakest link.. in my case the little centering pin.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:47 am

So what's the plan? I know some guys in TX used one that was based off the pumpkin. I could find out a bit more about that, or I know of another design that uses some simple parts and is easy to fab.

Post by **landshark** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:47 am

Jesus_man wrote:So what's the plan? I know some guys in TX used one that was based off the pumpkin. I could find out a bit more about that, or I know of another design that uses some simple parts and is easy to fab.

well iam going to eliminate the shims, weld on some newer longer perches.. then get new ubolts.. again and see how it goes..

I did post up on cb.com as I know dirtdonk will see it and I wanted input from the others who have been down this road ;)

Post by **Jesus_man** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:07 am

This is the simple design I was talking about. I couldn't find any diagrams last time, but this one popped right up, from Pirate.

From:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/suzuki/9 ... nions.html

Anyway, I'd use bushings at the axle ends, and a Johnny Joint at the frame end so it does not bind on flex. You can use a heim where the upper link meets the lower link if you ever think you'll change the lift, or just make it solid if you don't. And no slip joint there either. This particular design, while very well done, is over-thought. Can be much more simple with way less moving parts. Post #23 has a similar design to what I would do.

Ah-ha, found the exact design I'd use:

Post by **kchaser** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:46 am

Here is a crappy pic of what I built. Bushings on the rear to a heim on the from with a shackle.

Post by **kchaser** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:48 am

Post by **landshark** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:29 am

Finally got around to installing the new perches, ubolts, centering bolts and spring plates. Loaded the back end with about 200lbs then worked on the pinon angle and set it at 1-2 degree down. no vibrations and as a bonus lowered the rear end a bit so sits pretty level ;)

In the Wildhorses directions it says toque the ubolts to 120 ft lbs, that seems a bit low. The local spring and suspension shop that I got the previous 5/8 ubolts from told me 177 ft lbs. I went ahead and torqued down the WH ubolts down to 150 ft lbs... i would assume with 5/8 bolts I should be good as long as I keep tabs on them.

Guess its time for some burnouts ;)

Post by **ZOSO** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:22 pm

now you really gotta rework the rear shocks.

Post by **landshark** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:30 pm

Ya I'm going to pick up some risers. It's on my list :)

Post by **landshark** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:50 pm

Just a few pics of the rack Kinder and I made a few weeks ago, unfortunately didn't bag any elk this year but there's always next!

Post by **ZOSO** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:32 pm

Glad to know Im not the only one that got skunked on their elk hunt this year. It took a week but we finally saw some and both my dad and myself missed our shots. They were 300+ yards tho.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:15 am

That's why the call it huntin'!

The rack looks like it'll work great. Do you think the po-po will give you trouble for covering your license plate?

Post by **landshark** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:15 am

Jesus_man wrote:That's why the call it huntin'!

The rack looks like it'll work great. Do you think the po-po will give you trouble for covering your license plate?

i had one follow me through Silverthrone and didn't do anything, so i doubt it.. i dont run it very often and if they do give me grief I can just wire it to the rack or something..

Post by **landshark** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:55 pm

I should probably change the title of this thread but I guess I haven't touched the engine yet :)

Anyway, forgot to update the build thread with the ZF-5 Conversion and all the other things I have been fixing and upgrading - but I will do that here soon.

Meanwhile have started to try and fab(ulous) my way through a tunnel cover....

Not sure this will work but I think i have a game plan.. anyway, my welds aren't that great and honestly I should have ran a little backing plate behind the seam but oh well live and learn...

anyway things to Kinder I have fused two tunnel covers into one and cut out for the dual sticks... fits but will need to hammer the edges to match the angles a bit then I will spray line it and hopefully I can deal with the looks :)

Anyway more to come!

Post by **ZOSO** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:45 am

Just watch it it thats out of a 78-79 bronco. They galvanized everything. If you weld galvanized it produces a toxic gas. Just be careful. Make sure you grind it all off and its really clean.

Post by **landshark** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:40 am

oh great.. well hopefully i won't go into seizures at work today..

the more i get into this tunnel the more i'm thinking of just having a piece of aluminum or flat metal bent up... really my tunnel isn' too bad and I dont have allot of holes to cover... it would give me more space inside and be a cleaner install.

Post by **Justin** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:22 am

If you're not looking at anything too complex you're welcome to use my press brake. Not sure how big a part you're looking at. The max it'll handle is about 19", but it can probably bend 3/16" across the entire width.

Post by **landshark** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:35 am

thanks, i will see what i can dig up. I just want somethign simple and un-obtrusive..

Post by **landshark** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:42 pm

I finally got tired of the harnesses and ordered some 2" bungs to weld into the cage for my H1 belts. Got around to installing them today, my welds aren't pretty as I am still working on my skills. Bottoms where the toughest not much room and being new to welding I had to work on em a bit...

here is what the belts look like...

Belts are mounted up - hard to see.. was nice and sunny :)

still have to bolt in the latch end should be able to do that tomorrow.

Post by **landshark** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:37 pm

Post by **landshark** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:27 pm

Getting there, going to plumb bob the spring plates and then measure the radius arm mounts and bolt em in. Next is to fix my dope steering and see if I can get the York mounted ;)

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:40 pm

Damn. Am I going to be the only one in Moab without any major mods since last year? I feel like I'll be hanging out on the bunny slopes with Shawn.

Post by **landshark** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:21 pm

Nah. I have been wanting to do this from day 1.

I'm not doing anything that hard in Moab. I'm just going it for looks :)

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