after watching the vid again, I think we need to teach you to aim better I thought u slid into the wash out not drove into it. LOL

 

sad but true ..............my wife tells me the same thing :sonicjay:

 

Got it torn apart today to inspect the damage. The spindle seems to be unharmed. Have to check it tomorrow after I clean it up better.

 

Wow, after looking at that break, it looks like it has been cracked for a little awhile. Knowing you though, it wont do it again.:teehee:

One of the reason's why I don't like to put bed liner on suspension components. It hides the cracks.

 

my guess is it was the paint... oke:

 

 

I :sonicjay: when the ass lifts up and stuff pops :rock:

 

and for some perspective, it was a very steep hill

 

Almost hard to walk up and down.

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Took the radius arm pieces off the truggy and it appears that the DOM must have been cracked prior to the break. The bottom half of the DOM was discolored and dark compared to the fresh breaks from saturday. Thought I had a piece of my 1.25" .250 wall here at the house but turns out it must be in my tool box at work. Gonna sleeve the inside of the radius arm, weld it up, reattach the broken section weld that, then sleeve the outside and weld that. Then per Collins conversation with me I will get a piece of 90 and weld that the length of the arms with the point (corner) facing down. Run that until I can gather up the goods to build a 3 link or something.

 

were is some video of the hard stuff??:sonicjay: you gotta go up on the right side of that tree??? damn you john, i didnt hook you up with that axle to be babying it.:chauncy: get those 35 outers in there and 3 link that front.i broke 3 stock outers and 2 inners before mine was tuff.cromo 35 spline stuff can handle some good beatdowns. looking good keep it up!!

 

Oh trust me I haven't been nice to it.......just ask around lol

 

Ill keep running stockers until i cant buy them anymore. I got 2 spares right now and i could not be happier.

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Well cleaned up both sides of the break.....the tube itself was def cracked prior to the failure. Still are hard to believe it broke the way it did and not bent or broke the mount on the frame. But got a piece of .250" wall dom and sleeved the inside of the radius arm and the tube about 6"s on either side of the break. Plug welded the inner piece on both sides and welded everything all up.. Later this week try and get down to the steel shop and pic up some 90 to weld to the bottom of the tube the full length of the arm. Hopefully it will hold up for awhile atleast, or longer then it did before.

 

Let me know what size angle iron you're looking for. I'll see what I can come up with :thumb:

 

I would think that 1.5x1.5 or 2x2 would be good. Maybe .25 thick or slightly thicker.

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I have no idea, was just gonna go to central steel and see what fit best.....but if ya gots somethin that would save a way outa the way trip for me.

 

I'm positive I have something, just not sure if it's what you need or not.

 

school me. why the angle iron ?

 

I wanna run the angle along the bottom of my radius arms, that way when I slide,skid, or impact an object on the arm the point of the angle iron takes the abuse and not the roundness of the tube. That and it will help keep the tube from bending. Both my arms are now have a slight curve to them.

 

Obviously the impact in Attica finished off the left arm......but clearly it was on its way because I crawled underneath today and inspected the right arm...

Heres what they did look like

Heres what they look like now (this is the one that broke).

I lost about an inch of ground clearance under the arm, but whatev if it keeps me wheeling. Its 2x2 angle 3/8ths thick

 

The new arms held up really good, thoroughly beat them up at Rocks/Valleys offroad park yesterday.

 

nice rig build was workin and had notthing to do so i fired up my laptop and read whole thing

 

Picked up a set of spare shafts.

Been trying to sell rims and tires or just tires so I can upgrade to some 40" LTB's.

 

saw them in action at the last comp....shawn has them. very impressed!! they walked stuff that everyone else was spinning on. good choice but you better put those 35 outers in....

 

Just for the clearance under the pigs?

 

sure :teehee:

 

haha

just wondering because I happened to run across a deal on a kingpin 60 up here