Cruzer's Re-Build for the Rubicon

He said they were warrantied, I'd assume they just rebuilt any messed up parts and didn't swap out the housing, so that's just rust from when Cruzer sent them in.

I'm not aware of CV axles being balanced. Considering they're full of grease I think that'd be pretty futile too.

 

Those came off my truck and I sent it back to RCV to replace the damaged components.

Are they balanced like a driveshaft is balanced? I have no idea but probably wouldn’t be too concerned as the RPM is very low for its rotating mass.

 

Thanks for giving a bike a little extra space!

Pretty sure I passed you on 680 earlier this evening. Caught your plate at the last second, and took me a minute to realize where I knew it from.

 

Past Fremont yeah?

 

Hopefully the magnet was still on

 

Lol saving it for the next event

 

I know a guy who can send more………
I’m the guy





















but not THE guy, just a guy who has some

 

Yep, that’s the area.

 

Went to swap the driver side CV axle and saw this crack on the front LCA mount where my drop bracket is mounted to.





@snivilous how would you repair and reinforce this? Butt weld the crack and maybe gusset it to the crossmember?

 

Definitely drill a hole at the end of the crack to keep it from spreading

 

I've always put them in a ziplock and dropped them in the tire.

 

I wonder if these would fit with the drop bracket

https://www.marlincrawler.com/armor/axles/hd-lca-frame-brace-2007-tundra

 

Maybe

 

After further review it won’t but it gives me some ideas though.

 

Was that the same side your wheel said goodbye?

 

I knew this question would come up Nope it’s not the launcher.

I have been hearing funny noises from this side so maybe this is why.

 

They've been in "pre-production" forever

 

that’s where I accessed my tank, I jammed a metal clothes hanger in there, never had an issue since.

 

Well that sucks.

 

So I partially dropped the drop bracket, drilled a hole and trying to chamfer the crack.

Does anyone else see a dolphin with a rhino horn and goatee?

 

I would just cut it open with an angle grinder, chamfering it would be nice but it you just slot the crack you'll get full penetration and might be easier than chamfering. Then plate over it with a diamond or something. And inspect the other spots. That's what I would do, but I'm not a welder

 

Yea

Yeah I could agree with a dolphin

 

Open it up with a carbide burr bit like this and fill it back in. Open it back up a little from the other side and fill it in again and call it good.
https://benchmarkabrasives.com/products/sf-5-tree-shape-radius-premium-tungsten-carbide-burr

 

I opened it up alright, maybe too much. Good idea with filling up the backside.

 

Fill it, grind smooth and plate both sides.

 

Little bit, lol

I don't think I'd plate that, you'd have a hard time welding all four sides with a mig anyway. Unless you can plate it from the backside and weld all 4 sides ?

 

Balance beads, quick air down, bead grips, and Mickeys.




They don’t look that big until I look at this picture where I had to take multiple trips to the shop - could only fit 2 in my little Scion Xb

 

So, how many sets of wheels ya got now?

 

I should have 3 but currently have my 39s for street and these 40s for wheeling - need to get another wheel for the spare 40.

 

Had to wait for my extension cord to finally finish this. The first pass actually went on pretty well, definitely penetrated and didn’t even need to do the back side.

Can’t really fish plate this cuz it butts up against the drop bracket so I decided to add a glob of extra metal on top don’t know if that does anything. I just need it to survive this wheeling season.