Slodgetto's Green Dragon 4x4 Conversion Build

You never know with you..haha

 

Hahahahahahaha no..I know you too well not to let just that slip buy..

 

Just saw this on Live:


EDIT:Thought it was his 1st gen. Looked into it some more and it turns out the guy owns an '82 and that is his front driveline.

 

That is a pretty interesting setup. He made it himself and it is just one end slid right over top of the other. You just grease the shit out of it before you take it out. I imagine it is pretty noisy as it slides up and down. If they don't overlap enough you can actually pull them apart when drooping the rear.

 

We were discussing square driveshafts like 2 pages ago in here. haha

 

Yup! Not diggin the shackle angle or pinion angle.. but that drive shaft is vereh nice! I would most definately build one like that if I went with a SFA and manual hubs. Those things smash rocks!

Wat? Where'd it snap? And by any chance, do you happen to know what type of steel/wall thickness he used?

 

Yeah he said he was going to work on fixing those angles next. haha

 

lol nice.

 

Um... It looks like the u-joint blew apart...

 

Yea..agreed. Bad u joint..not drive shaft. Probably in part to how huge that thing is haha

 

Was the part that came off still relatively straight and such? It looks to me like the u-joint came apart which would cause the 2 ends of the drive shaft to just slide apart.

 

I see. haha Wonder if he didn't weld it good enough or something.

 

its awesome to see all the work youve put into this thing. its lookin sick

 

Thanks, dude. You've got yourself quite a sick truck as well!

 

^^^

though i troll this thread often, i don't think ive subbed to it till now. i do see silas' reasons for selling it however. an addiction to a material possession is rarely a good thing, not to mention one that's a money pit.

... but dang, i love this truck

 

Thanks, man.

+1!!!!

 

Alomost finished up with the bumper..... It's welded on the frame, I just have to get a few more of the support pieces on there and then the tail-light/bed-side guards welded on. And then painted of course! Of to Lowes for more fluxcore right now........

Will hopefully be done by tonight, so here's a crappy teaser pic until then

 

How much do your 4.5" bumps compress? Trying to set mine up soon just curious