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Project...Kahuna 66 cj6

Discussion in 'Builds and Fabricators Forum' started by bkd, May 11, 2007.

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  1. bkd

    bkd Moderator Supreme Staff Member 2022 Sponsor

    Yup.... Not anymore
     
    bkd, Oct 26, 2011
    #801
  2. bkap

    bkap Gone, but not long gone.

    What was wrong with using U-bolts over the axle to a flat plate below the springs? Am I missing something here? That would eliminate the hardware you just created.
     
    bkap, Oct 27, 2011
    #802
  3. Posimoto

    Posimoto Hopeless JEEP Addict

    Well done on the fix, Jim.
     
    Posimoto, Oct 27, 2011
    #803
  4. bkd

    bkd Moderator Supreme Staff Member 2022 Sponsor

    Bruce at the time I re did the suspension it was to avoid beating the bolts up on the rocks (had some real damage on the Rubicon) and to gain the extra clearance....................thanks John
     
    bkd, Oct 27, 2011
    #804
  5. willys59cj5

    willys59cj5 Sponsor

    Fix looks great Jim! I wonder if all the tire chirping your son did had anything to do with it? :)
     
    willys59cj5, Oct 27, 2011
    #805
  6. mpc

    mpc Member

    I used something similar, a plate from a '79 Dodge pickup, for the top of my axles:

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    I cut the shock mount and nub off. They would've been too high.

    There's also a pre-made craddle available for the bottom of the axle that holds the square u-bolts in the right place, with a hole for the centering pin, but I can't remember where I got them right now. Christian (Dummy) probably knows off the top of his head if anyone needs them. He's the one that pointed it out to me that I needed them.
     
    mpc, Oct 27, 2011
    #806
  7. bkd

    bkd Moderator Supreme Staff Member 2022 Sponsor

    Mike.....I made retainers for the bottom of the springs that work really well......you can kinda see them in the last pic I posted.......I like the Dodge units, probably woulda/shoulda gone that route back when I first did the mod. I'm liking how this turned out so will just keep them and move onto the next project.........Hope to be out wheeling again in a couple weeks
     
    bkd, Oct 27, 2011
    #807
  8. mpc

    mpc Member

    Cool man. Yeah, it all works. Just throwing out another option for people that may be leary of building their own. It's nice to have that little bit of extra clearance.
    Hope to catch up with you on the trail this season. Temp is getting about perfect in the desert.
     
    mpc, Oct 27, 2011
    #808
  9. bkd

    bkd Moderator Supreme Staff Member 2022 Sponsor

    come up and we can do Hungrey Valley..........you guys can home base here if you'd like
     
    bkd, Oct 27, 2011
    #809
  10. bkap

    bkap Gone, but not long gone.

    Good idea. I didn't think of that.
     
    bkap, Oct 27, 2011
    #810
  11. jpflat2a

    jpflat2a what's that noise?

    do we have additional stress/forces in play with the front-to-back arrangement of the U bolts vs the side-to-side normal placement of the U bolts ?
    me no engineer
     
    jpflat2a, Oct 27, 2011
    #811
  12. cj6/442

    cj6/442 Sponsor

    I'm sure mine does!!!!
     
    cj6/442, Oct 27, 2011
    #812
  13. Warloch

    Warloch Did you say Flattie??? Staff Member

    They had good sections of stich welding on them. Sorry if I'm late on responding.
     
    Warloch, Oct 27, 2011
    #813
  14. SKT

    SKT I Like CJ's...

    Last edited: Dec 23, 2011
    SKT, Dec 23, 2011
    #814
  15. bkd

    bkd Moderator Supreme Staff Member 2022 Sponsor

    Fixed the ubolt issues, need to fab/weld new shock mounts on the rear axle. In my spare time I've been buttoning up odds n ends so when spring hits I can make a concerted effort to sell it. In the event it doesn't sell I won't be heart broken, it is what it is
     
    bkd, Dec 23, 2011
    #815
  16. willys59cj5

    willys59cj5 Sponsor

    Why are you selling Jim?
     
    willys59cj5, Dec 24, 2011
    #816
  17. bkd

    bkd Moderator Supreme Staff Member 2022 Sponsor

    Out of full time work for two years now....... Family needs above Kahuna, figure I can pick up another stock rig for wheeling in the future
     
    bkd, Dec 24, 2011
    #817
  18. SKT

    SKT I Like CJ's...

    .

    Bringing another old thread and old timer to the top.

    Anything new @bkd or @bkd jr.

    .
     
    SKT, Jan 31, 2019
    #818
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  19. SKT

    SKT I Like CJ's...

    Anyone have alternate means of communication?

    Another previously active member/admin that went AWOL...
     
    SKT, Mar 30, 2020
    #819
  20. bkd jr.

    bkd jr. Back From Beyond

    Been a long time. The 6 was sold after our move to east TN. I found it again roughly 2 years ago in the ozarks. Sadly that owner decided to sell and I have since lost it again.

    Dad bought an early bronco in 2013 or so but it was rusted beyond repair. He is currently building a 66 beetle with a Subaru 2.5 engine.
    I have a 78 second gen bronco and wound up working at James Duff as the engineer for a couple years. If anyone would like contact information for dad, please reach out. I’ll try to get him logged in for an update but he’s even more of a computer curmudgeon in his old age…
     
    bkd jr., Nov 4, 2022
    #820
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