Long Travel BS Thread

what are you doing to beef up the frame rail where you are mounting the steering box ?

 

It’s fully plated in on all sides with 1” .280 sleeves.

 

do you have any concern about the stress / flex transferring down past your plated section ? I ran into that issue a couple of times with my 3 link ie: would plate a spot but the stress would then move just past the plated area so i learned to 2x everything ie: plate and brace

 

It’s all of concern. Prototype stuff is freaky. But, I did overkill a large majority of it. Time will tell how it will be. I don’t doubt there may be some changes along the way.

 

anyone have a pic of of the 2013-2015 version?

 

the engine cage and cross bracing helps mitigate a lot of that compared to a none caged truck as well.

 

No doubt. The final revision on frame plates are far different for a non caged truck. One of my bolt sleeves actually goes directly through the engine cage as well. Then we have the ram, which takes 40-60% of the stress away from the box. So it all compiles to not much load being applied to any single point.

 

https://arb.parts/Executive-Order/D-425-50

 

Maybe the J-arm will have to be gold as well. Hmmmmm…..

 

Just saw this right after looking at these posts on the steering box



https://www.instagram.com/reel/C64jRKgyqPj/

 

Do you plan on mounting the P/S cooler like pictured. I had asked Howe about that and If remember correctly they stated that the outlet needed to above the inlet. My concern is of air possibly getting trapped. I would also try to get the reservoir higher so the outlet to the pump is all downhill.

 

Absolutely. I’m definitely not the only one running horizontal. My system bled perfectly fine this evening and first start/run was flawless. It was the best location I had available to me for most optimal cooling.

FWIW, these coolers are basically straight through. There really isn’t a place to trap air.

And as far as line positioning goes, as long as your reservoir fluid level is higher than your hoses, you won’t have issues. No joke, 4 turns lock to lock and I was 100% bled. Zero pump noise on startup. So definitely no aeration.

 

funny enough I saw the same and was thinking of sending it to him…lmao

 

My cooler is also horizontal and never had a air issue… there is pressure pushing thru so the chances of air actually sticking is slim to none.

 

Good to know as I may need to relocate my cooler in the future for mounting a winch.

 

Something I wanted to put out there for the JD pivot guys.

I believe the new version of the pivots is different, however the early version had rings to reduce hole size down to 9/16 for the 2nd gen.

With those rings removed, the slots are actually .754”. So instead of running a 5/8” bolt it really should be a 3/4.

I had my uniball spacers opened up and a flat cut in a 3/4 bolt and simply moved my front cams to the rear as my fronts are different now.

May be worth a call to JD to see if Jesse would work with you to up the rear cam/bolt/spacers to 3/4.

 

my big ass power steering cooler

 

I have wondered what JDs process is for MIG welding all of their 4130 parts. It has been my understanding that TIG is the better process but maybe it's just the pre heat/post heat that matters more in creating a sound weld. @906taco I think it would have been best if those LCA uniball cups were welded THEN post machined to ensure roundness and a perfect press fit for the uniball, but this is the off-road industry after all, not aerospace lol.

 

That new shackle angle at ride height is baller! Going to be such a plush ride now.