front suspension geometry, I'd like to keep the factory geometry at my ride height that way my roll center and such is still set correctly so it will handle like a mean machine. Plus I was going to back half the other frame if I kept it to run wider rims, 20x15 so I figured I'd go all out.

 

20x15? Dayum... is that for sure the size you plan on running?

 

yea that's my plan with 7.5" BS I know I could run more but that's what I want to run. I plan to run the MT sportsman tires on them the 29" tall ones. Thats a huge purchase and won't be for a couple months, but I got enough to work on till then.

 

That's some nice rubber

 

any more updates man?

 

Ttt......

 

sorry man, no updates, besides head work... I don't have the cash right now to get some of the things I need to tie this frame together.

 

So a month has been gone by and I have been working on it here and there, been a little buys but got a decent amount done.

So I needed to make the rear of the frame mate with the front, I did an overlap design and bent them inwards to produce the design
Marked them

Cut them

Beveled the edges for good penetration

Then welded them up

Marked and cut the angles, clamped them up

All hidden gussets

Veiw from above

Tight area to get welded

Now since the gussets plug welds, and seam weld are inside that tight area I ground them smooth before I welded the two sides

Also my rear frame height I wanted to alter, to a lower height

Did the same thing, hidden gussets

Ground smooth

 

Next day started the next side and squaring everything up

Here is how I did the gussets
Marked them out

My second set of hands while I drilled

Drilled

Did this to all of the parts for that side at once


Needed to make some gussets, everything is 3/16"


Plug welded, edges beveled 45*

Slide them together tacked the corners and clamped the **** out of them




All plugged

Pulled the rail down and laid it flat and clamped it tight, welded the seam


Let it cool, ground it smooth



Back up and done for the weekend

 

It's getting there, next weekend it will all be one piece, need to get a set of 2" Drop spindles asap so I can do my front suspension and order my brackets for that.