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Varg In Jeep's Clothing

Discussion in 'Builds and Fabricators Forum' started by ITLKSEZ, Aug 20, 2015.

  1. Aug 31, 2020
    ITLKSEZ

    ITLKSEZ Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

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    Longer than cow mat? :sneak:

    That might work on the 240 versions that are of a design with gaps between the inner and outer sections, but the 740/940 versions don’t have voids. And they aren’t interchangeable because the later models used a bigger driveshaft and bearing.
     
  2. Aug 31, 2020
    ITLKSEZ

    ITLKSEZ Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

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    I found the first major problem with this yesterday. I took the whole family for a ride, and with the full weight of everyone in it, I get a driveshaft vibration in first gear when hard on the gas going uphill. My initial pinion angle estimate was a little overzealous. It could be fixed with a set of shims to turn the pinion angle down a few degrees, but I despise shims, and I don’t want the little extra lift they’d contribute. This winter some time I’ll pull it apart and cut off/rotate the spring perches. Yay.
     
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  3. Aug 31, 2020
    73 cj5

    73 cj5 Not ready for the junkyard yet

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    I just realized I might have made an error myself.
     
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  4. Sep 1, 2020
    colojeepguy

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    You could have Mcruff make you some steel ones, they should hold up just fine. A far as the height change you'd just be talking a fraction of an inch.
     
  5. Sep 1, 2020
    ITLKSEZ

    ITLKSEZ Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

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    No thanks.
    It’s an afternoon’s worth of work to do it right. Not a huge deal.
     
  6. Sep 1, 2020
    ITLKSEZ

    ITLKSEZ Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

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    I put way too much time into these clips. They each took like 73 bends.

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    They’re the clips to make the license plate removable. I’ll make another set to put on the (eventual) tire carrier.

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    No, it’s not legal yet, just an old plate for mockup...

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  7. Sep 1, 2020
    tomasinator

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    Beautiful! Did you have to heat treat (and/or quench) the steel somehow to make it springy to hold its shape?

    "...to make the license plate removable". That sounds like Bonnie and Clyde.
     
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  8. Sep 1, 2020
    ITLKSEZ

    ITLKSEZ Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

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    No, the two halves only have to separate < 1/16”, so it’s well within the spring-back limits of mild steel. I made the two tips press against each other when I tacked them, so they have a little tension. As long as nothing ever pulls outward on the plate, it should be fine.
     
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  9. Sep 1, 2020
    Admiral Cray

    Admiral Cray I want to do this again.. Staff Member

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    You should at least cover your old plate with your thumb. It's a tradition...
     
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    ITLKSEZ

    ITLKSEZ Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

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    :oops: Sorry, I forgot. How’s this?

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  11. Sep 1, 2020
    baldjosh

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    I know I feel better...
     
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    Admiral Cray

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    Focus...
     
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    Focker

    Focker That's a terrible idea...What time? Staff Member

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    Please no.
     
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    Oldriginal86

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    A Craigslist natural.
     
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  15. Sep 2, 2020
    ITLKSEZ

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    Front plate mount is done.

    I don’t see any reasonable real estate on the front of this thing to stick the front plate besides the winch fairlead. I’m not a huge fan of that look, with the plate sticking out 3” from the bumper and all asymmetrical-like, but it is what it is.

    I tried buying one a few weeks back, but 4WP didn’t have the one I wanted, so I left.

    I stopped by Ace yesterday and picked up a pair of Maglite clips. These work perfectly for this. I cut a piece of aluminum out of an old boat gas tank I had in my scrap pile, and mounted the plate mount, the clips, and a made a safety cable out of 1/8” cable that will keep the plate from disappearing if it gets ripped off on trail trash.

    I made these little clips and soldered the cable into them. One end is bolted to the plate mount, the other is hair-pinned to a fairlead mounting bolt for easy removal. If I’m on a bad trail, I can just pull it off and chuck it in the console.

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    An attempt was made. :p

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    Admiral Cray

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    Much better... (y)
     
  17. Sep 2, 2020
    Muzikp

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    That's fantastic. I can't believe how bad the roads to your mall are up there that you would need a device like this :D
     
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    ITLKSEZ

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    Ice cream.

    The roads to the mall are paved. ;)
     
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    Fireball

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    Now you need a tidy place to clip the plate while winching your way to ice cream.
     
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    FinoCJ

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    At least its centered on the off-center fairlead....



    looks good....
     
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