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current as of Feb 13 got the third in yesterday and front axle back together. And finished the jack handle mount. Any ultra4 guys in here have a recommendation of who to go to get this thing banded? Preferably close to Vegas

Monday I called gearworks to make sure they have the bearings and seal needed to fix the pinion so my dad could take it home with him and fix it. Gearworks asked what happened and despite us setting the gears up etc they said bring it by and they’ll get us setup. This morning we stopped and they...

We left koh Saturday night to avoid the chaos of leaving Sunday. My dad was staying till Tuesday so we could get some more things done. Sunday we got up and worked on the truck some. I got the front end apart and diff pulled. It ate the pinion bearing for some reason. We made a new list of...

Got the springs on day before we left for koh. During a test drive though front end locked up and I had to pry the drive slugs out and take the driveshaft out to get it home. Fronts about an inch low and rears about an inch high. But plan was to take the rzr anyway since we were going to just...

Welded the body to the cage. Only have one more to do between the upper a pillar but waiting to pull the windshield. Made a quick mount for the air tank. Got the lower springs already and hopefully upper springs show up tomorrow. Chased down an issue where on startup the truck would go straight...

Only a little bit of time today. Got it weighed. Tuner let me borrow his scales so I didn’t have to haul the car around. It’s way more balanced than I thought and I’m pretty happy. I put weight where I thought it was needed to mimick what I’ll carry. And then got the bungs welded on the air...

It lives. My dad shaped the front fenders and will take them home to add some more fiberglass. My mom and I finished some heat shielding which proved to be very effective. The panels barely get warm now. We bled the brakes again. Some templates to mount the body to the cage. Hooked up the...

Parents back for another couple days to help. My dad took the exhaust and wrapped them. My mom and wife wrapped the headers and helped put some more heat shield stuff on panels. With both making koh to race my dad went to town redoing the rear. Looks good with the tire and hoop to finish it...

Few more of the exhaust. I feel my tig is getting better.

All the link and shock bolts are shanked and installed with loctite and shanks anti siezed. Made the front links for the sway bar turned them down to 7/8 vs the 1.25 for the rear. Driveshafts are installed minus a few bolts as I got the wrong lengths. Axles centered and jam nuts tight. I’m...

This is starting from January 12th for updates. Well I hate to admit it but it’s not going to be done for koh 2026. Shifting to focus on making the ultra4 moab race on April rather there’s just to much to do in a short amount of time and with the extremely high entry fee for koh 2026, it’s not...

I did not after a huge thrash it just wasn’t in the cards. Day before we left the front end locked up and solidified it. I have a bunch of updates to post. I decided pretty early January we weren’t going to race but still tried to take it to cruise around which also didn’t happen.

Driveshafts done. Got the rear run out down to .010 which I think is pretty good. Still have to check the front but it’s welded as it went together a little better I feel. Threw some paint on them. Rear is 2.5x.25 wall with 1350 joints and front is 2”x.25 with 1350 joints. I machined the...

Got the atlas shifters done. Rear shifter is in the driver side of the intake and front is on the passenger side. I can comfortably ready both without reaching so that’s nice. That was the final thing to finish for the center panel so i pulled that out and bead rolled it and painted it. I then...

And back in the garage. Tidied up some more hoses. Zip tied more wires and think I’m at the point of ready to move on and finish the brake lines then onto driveshafts.