Squeaky Penguin's (Trip Reports) Build Thread

Just got done with a little test drive. Will get a completed pic tomorrow.

 

It's staying on the truck.

 

Look at you taking the time to box in the bed support again. I just cut mine and sent it. Or does that come in the kit?

Also is that trans mount a universal crossmember kit or do you have a bender in the garage too?

 

Not quite a flat belly, but about as close as you could get.

That piece came with the kit.

I bent the tubing. The ends/brackets came from TMR.

 

Dude so much more clearance. Great work!

 

Drive line looks right or is it just the photo? You check with the axle at full droop?

Edit: ha nevermind that's for front drive line

 

It's pretty tight, ended up closer than I planned. Probably about 1/2" of clearance. I am a bit worried of bending it into the driveshaft.

Edit, I might just flip the driveshaft around, and then will have plenty of clearance.

 

Going with a solid trans mount I see.
Worried about vibes at all?

 

I have less vibes now than I did with the 4x innovations mount on the factory crossmember setup I had before.

Keep in mind I've had 'solid' engine and trans mounts for years, and there's bushing on the end of the crossmember I built.

 

Oh didn't realize there's bushings between the xmember and frame. Gotcha.

 

ooh - that's tighter than I would've expected - I might need to make that plate a little wider moving forward..?

- oh wait; you have an additional plate welded to that side, right? previous repair?

 

Yeah, don't trust my bed for that. I had to rebuild those front mounts and tied them into the rest of the support, which made using your cut template and welding the plate in more difficult than normal. It also looks like I could shift the tank toward the inside a bit if I loosened it and re-positioned.

 

Truck performed awesome in Moab. Having proper gearing is an absolute game-changer. Ran metal masher, Pritchett, behind the rocks, and moab rim.



Also managed to destroy my driveshaft, but that was the only issue.



Hoping some pics come through of the truck on Pritchett. Needed the winch twice, but overall stoked on how it did.

Also, huge thanks to @Zizzle for the loaner poop pipe driveshaft to keep me wheeling and get me home in the snow.

 

time to get the smushed one re-tubed thicker so it doesn't happen again

 

If only your retubed shaft wasn't sitting on another shitbox somewhere. I'll make sure to remove it before I light said shitbox on fire.

 

It'll get retubed, and then I'm going to figure out a solution to mount a spare to the truck somewhere.

Would be cool to get it and a couple CVs under the bed.

No worries bud! Bummed you couldn't make it down.

 

This spot worked great for me. Might have to get custom on yours since you just redid your rear end.

 

Man someone on here had a great storage solution for a spare drive shaft...gonna drive me nuts

 

I feel like it should be @Reh5108

 

I thought it could be @cynicalrider or maybe it was Silas.