General Tech What did you work on Today?

anderson750

I'm working on it Rose
Location
Price, Utah
Last night in 3 hours, I turned this

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Into this

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zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
Last night in 3 hours, I turned this

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Into this

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IE98.jpg

Looks like a fun project. I had an XR600 a few years back that I bought from the original owner and tore it down to the frame for a complete rebuild and one place I noticed some issues were right at the bottom of the frame where the downtube and the front of the swingarm pivot join there were several small cracks in the tubes and welds. Upon research I discovered that this was a common place for cracks on the CR and XR chassis so you may want to inspect that area very thoroughly for any cracks. I TIG welded mine up before sandblasting and paint and never had any further issues for the 8 or so years I had the bike.

Just thought it worth mentioning while you have it down this far. Keep the pics of the project coming.

Mike
 

anderson750

I'm working on it Rose
Location
Price, Utah
Looks like a fun project. I had an XR600 a few years back that I bought from the original owner and tore it down to the frame for a complete rebuild and one place I noticed some issues were right at the bottom of the frame where the downtube and the front of the swingarm pivot join there were several small cracks in the tubes and welds. Upon research I discovered that this was a common place for cracks on the CR and XR chassis so you may want to inspect that area very thoroughly for any cracks. I TIG welded mine up before sandblasting and paint and never had any further issues for the 8 or so years I had the bike.

Just thought it worth mentioning while you have it down this far. Keep the pics of the project coming.

Mike
Thanks for the heads up. I will be cleaning and blasting the frame today.



UPDATE
Frame looks good.

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zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
@zmotorsports that bumper looks great!

Thank you. This was hands down the most intricate bumper I have built to date. That WJ has such a big ass it was hard to make it look nice. Took me a couple of attempts out of cardboard to get some lines I was happy with. Even then I cut the first piece of steel and tacked it in place and had to remove it and start over for the third attempt. It looked too Mad Max~ish and not in a good way.

Mike
 

The_Lobbster

Well-Known Member
Built a new drag link setup for my samurai. Previously had 3/4" heim setup with 9/16 misalignment spacers, but I wanted to match my tie rod, so I reamed my Mercedes arm on top for FJ80 TRE's, installed a drop pitman on my new power steering box and reamed that too, reinstalled front drive shaft then pulled it out of the carport.


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zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
I finished metal finishing the main body of my son's WJ bumper tonight as well as did a major cleaning of my shop. I had soooo much grinding dust on the floor it was disgusting. Grinding is definitely NOT something I do very often and it hands down my least favorite thing to do.:mad:
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Next up is to fabricate the swing away tire carrier then it's off to powder coating.

Thanks for looking.

Mike
 

zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
Beautiful bumper.

Thanks Bart. I have to admit last night after installing the blended/metal finished bumper and standing back to look at it I wasn't upset. It's not as hard on the eyes as I was originally thinking it would be when I started building the behemoth of a bumper.

Mike
 

zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
It's certainly not an easy or simple bumper build.

You've got that right. There were a lot of small cuts, bends and pieces to fill to make it look decent, which is probably why the mass produced ones don't look as refined with large gaps and open sections. I don't think it would be a beneficial bumper to mass produce from a cost perspective and not a lot of sales potential.

Mike
 
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