Colinb17's kinda sorta build thread - now with 4-link and long travel

Jonathan's is strong, but he will see play in it while open. bushed sleeves are intended to be pushed and pulled on, pirpendicular to the the bolt. not designed to be twisted. imagine a UCA that was jsut a straight bar with a bushing on one end and a uniball on the other, vs the u-shape with two bushings.

 

That spindle sucks! I've had nothing but problems with my ATO rear bumper/swing out.

 

http://www.atozfabrication.com/store/product.php?productid=16138&cat=274&page=1

 

Here's a quick run down... He's basically said he won't consider fixing it until I amend the things I've said in his thread.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/ar...high-clearance-rear-bumper-7.html#post8174082

 

Chris, do you have a cloe-up of the spindle? i'm curious what style it is.

 

Same exact one that Jetlander used in his swing out.

 

Thats what I have and it has been trouble free for 5 years. Spindle has held up great even though the bumper has not.

I have yet to see a good swing gate latch better than mine and Coil did mine himself. Pretty sad when a young man working in a garage does a better job than huge fab companies like CBI & 4x.

 

I'll grab one this afternoon, need anything in particular?

 

I agree! Pure frustration that he won't fix his product either after multiple suggestions from myself and others.

 

oo0o0o0o0o0oh.... i thougth yours had a a real spindle on it, not a bushing. that explains it then.

So kase, i don't know if your recall the truck, but a former member named Anthony (northeast guy with a speedway blue truck) has a dual bushing swing out, with about a foot of separation between the two sleeves. that will work. otherwise, go with a trailer hub style spinde with bearings, similar to the ones that Mark and I linked.

 

some gussetting shots if you're looking for ideas.

Chris mentioned not having anywhere for safety chains..... i just ordered the 1/4'' guessetts with holes in them and hook my chains through there.

 

Yeah, I'm gonna have to change it out. Hopefully it's not too difficult and maybe reuse the same mount on the bumper.

 

This is 4" square tubing.

 

ah, gotcha. not sure what the ATO is, but the primary cross bar on mine is 2''x3''x3/16'' box.

 

wait till i get over there and we'll set you up real nice and solid

 

Will do

 

I'll grab a pic, it uses a standard hitch but it's a complete pain in the ass to access the pin.

 

http://youtu.be/vP0ukD-kJaU

 

lol, must have been a woman at the helm.

 

This round goes to stadium trucks, in the stadium truck vs trophy truck battle