Long Travel BS Thread

just replaced mine last week, discovered they were toast during a re gear. mine however were 10+ years old and i had no clue they were toast until the axles were pulled

 

Yup. I just pull mine every year now. It’s really the only way to check them. It’s funny how much quieter the truck gets too.

But with that said, I can’t wait to get away from them and go to a 9” with some big bearings.

 

First piece done. Sometimes doing too much research and trying to learn by literature and videos will overload you. Used a tape measure and an angle finder and it's close enough for me

 

I thought you were going 16”?

 

I am. These are about to be taken off and sold. Got some side work coming up that will fund a dmz setup. Building the bedcage at bed height and will be able to tweak the lower shock mounts to work correctly with 16s

 

What are these current ones?

 

And I have seen the light, notching with a grinder is way easier. After I burned through the first hole saw I tried with the grinder and it's almost as clean.

 

14x2.5

 

Interested pending price, PM me when you have em off if they're not already spoken for

 

Will do. I will have them off this weekend and cleaned for pics.

 

Boom! Before long you’ll be doing better than any hole saw ever could!

 

Good luck recreating that on the other side said me.

 

Done for the day. Time for beer.

 

Spent all this time worrying about the bender and I used it 4 times lol.

 

It falls into the category of "don't need it much, but when you do, there's no substitute.

Sound like you were spinning too fast, no lube, or using a cheap hole saw. I got 4 regular hole saws and two deep cuts, prepping for the back-half. Haven't taken 5 of the 6 out of their boxes.

A 90 degree notch on 1.75x0.120 should take about 30 seconds and be fairly effortless.

 

Hahah i was using a harbor freight notcher with a hammer drill that was smoking, and benoil 2 stroke oil as lube. After I burned up the 2nd one I used the grinder, which the notching stand came in clutch for holding the tube at least.

 

And I've still got less in my entire setup including the 500$ for tube than if I bought a pre-made cage from the big 3.

 

Omg