Jeep Cheap Cherokee Build

[RockMonkey]

There is no worse job than wire-wheeling a dirty axle.

I pulled my front axle out yesterday. Today I cleaned it all up for paint, welded the tubes to the housing, and built a little truss to keep the long side tube from bending if (when) I jump this thing.

Does anyone have an opinion on whether I should weld the truss the rest of the way to the axle tube, to make it stronger, or leave it "stitched" to minimize heat warping?

The back side of the truss is welded the same way currently.

 

[zukijames]

What if you just ran like a 1 inch bead between the welds you have offering more strength with minimal warpage?

Truss looks good am I invited to the first jump?

There is a jump out at bfe that Robby jumped with his ifs runner .. I think I hear it calling your name!

 

[Caleb]

If you're confident in your welding, I don't think you'll gain much more strength by welding more. You could actually make it worse by making it more brittle (relative) from the heat.

 

[jmaxj]

i say leave it, i haven't seen much difference in strength between a fully welded truss and a stitch welded truss.

 

[thenag]

I say leave it so that dumb f*ck's will say "are you going to finish welding your axle?!"

nathan

 

[RockMonkey]

It sounds like he consensus is to leave it, so that's what I'll do. I'll paint it next weekend.

 

[RockMonkey]

Painted and re-installed. Now I'm not really sure what the next priority is... I guess I need to hit some trails, and find out!

 

[zukijames]

JUMP IT!

Are yours c's gusseted yet?

 

[RockMonkey]

JUMP IT!

Are yours c's gusseted yet?

No gusseting on the inner knuckles.

 

[zukijames]

Are you plannin on it or not planning on beating it that bad

 

[RockMonkey]

Are you plannin on it or not planning on beating it that bad

I wasn't planning on gusseting them. I don't think that's the weakest point in the axle. If I hit hard enoughto bend those I'll probably do lots of other damage.

 

[zukijames]

Lol yeah that's true I forget not everything is like yota axles where the ends bend if you look at them wrong

 

[Hickey]

The older D44 style inner C's are no where near as prone to to bending as the Rubicon 44.

 

[XJEEPER]

Half a truss is better than no truss.....shiney!

 

[jeepfreak21]

It turns out when I wired up the winch, I must have cranked too hard on one of the nuts on the top of the motor. It spun the post a little bit, which broke the solder-joint inside the motor.

Been there!! The post is a similar size and thread pitch to another nut that was included in my package, so I tried to thread it on, crossthreaded it, and spun the post! I can't remember what the nut actually went to, but I know it came in the winch box. I also remounted all my solenoids though, so maybe it came from under the plastic cover.

Anyway, LOVE this build!!
Billy

 

[RockMonkey]

Been there!! The post is a similar size and thread pitch to another nut that was included in my package, so I tried to thread it on, crossthreaded it, and spun the post! I can't remember what the nut actually went to, but I know it came in the winch box. I also remounted all my solenoids though, so maybe it came from under the plastic cover.

Anyway, LOVE this build!!
Billy

Thanks! I relocated my solenoid box as well, so maybe the same thing happened to mine.

 

[xj2]

any updates ??

 

[RockMonkey]

any updates ??

Nope, nothing has changed on it since the last update. It's pretty much done-ish, for now. The next step will be to try to get it street legal.

 

[zukijames]

Nope, nothing has changed on it since the last update. It's pretty much done-ish, for now. The next step will be to try to get it street legal.

This thing will be even more sweet once it's street legal

 

[Bart]

Good luck with that. Even though it still needs a few tweaks, I love driving my TJ around town.