"The End's" 09 SAS re-build w/3-link and 1-tons

If you don't have them, you end up like that jackass that rolled his Chevy in the washout on trail 14.

Like I said though, if you're running an auto trans, it has a built in parking brake that will probably be fine. It's the E-brake factor I'd be worried about. If you're going down a steep hill on the trail and you step on the brake pedal and it goes to the floor, what do you do? If you have a mechanical E-brake back-up, you can pull that and maybe not end up going down the mountain the hard way. Maybe it's just me, but I like to have a little redundancy when it comes to brakes.

 

Go through the solid axle builds and link the ones with a parking brake

 

PM'd

 

I haven’t had an e-brake in years. Sometimes I hit the e-brake pedal just cause.

 

I prefer skinny tires.

I’ll most likely go with the 40x13.50r17 Coopers.

 

We arent?

 

Hey now, just working with the parts that were supplied to me

 

Wheel chocks.

 

Well, I prefer skinny girls to the wider ones, so I guess I can't call you out on that, lol. They have a 40x13.5-17 TSL SXII



Back in the day, I had a set of 31x13-15 SXs on a Ford Ranger and then my YJ. They rode pretty darn good, even compared to radials. Only issue I had with them was that on the YJ they worked so good that nothing was a challenge until I ran out of ground clearance, which with 31s was pretty quick.

 

You made this process look easy.

I really wish more people would take up CAD. Take measurements after mocking it up and have all plates cut and tacked then sell as a kit.

 

I've definitely been asked to do such, but more hassle than it is really worth for me, not to mention some liability issues. I've seen individuals release their CAD files to whoever wanted them, but the end user was responsible for finding someone to cut them for them and then the assembly was all up to them. I think that would be the way to go....

 

Started this bumper, but may end up selling it and building another for this truck....

 

Slow progress better than no progress.... Welded up the tubes to the pumpkin

 

Bumper progress...

 

Dam bro your work is top notch man.The guys that weld parts for airplanes dont even lay beads that nice

 

Haha, I appreciate that John!

 

Ready to swap these rear Axles out

 

What's left after that? Driveshafts, t-case, trans crossmember?

 

On my end.... rear shocks, bumpers, trans crossmember..... everything else that is non-fabricating is not really on my radar at the moment