Recent content by the bodj

...but a b***h ain't one?

Brought my bike to ride after work yesterday. Drove to dos vientos and got geared up to find I forgot to switch my flats back to clips. No worries, I’ll just wear my flat shoes… nope. Took those out of the truck. Whatever, I’ll ride in my work tennis shoes. Went to check tire pressure and found...

s-15, actually.

Nice dude. There's a few of us from Simi

More messing around with Fusion. I have a whole list of things to do to the truck this Summer, one of which is redo the rear bumper section and add paneling/more storage. Here's the first rendition.

I had D44 hubs on my old Tundra, and I've had the toothed lock ring hop out of the keyway, messing with the spindle nut torque. I welded two lock rings together to make it thicker, and added weld material to the tooth and filed down to fit nicely in the keyway. I don't think this is a...

Morgan would win in a brawl. Roid rage is no joke, and that guy is definitely on the juice. I haven't seen those pictures. Post them up

And they're scanning the tube work. I'm curious how square/symmetric things can be kept when you make it all artsy fartsy. I had brought that up on another spare tire setup he made where you have to lift the spare up before taking it out. He said that these are bespoke trucks, not race...

OP, is this what you're needing? If you give me a couple of measurements (measure from center of one bolt to the center of another on the opposite side, specifying which bolts you used, and what the bolt hole size is) I can draw it in Fusion360 for you, send you the file, and you can have...

No, this is the other style I'm contemplating. There's just not much meat on off the shelf spindle nuts, so I have it modeled for a 1/4"-20 socket head cap screw. I'd have to turn down the screw head, as they're 3/8" dia and the spindle nuts are 3/8" thick. Going this route, I'd probably still...

Just a heads up, I haven't had a great time cutting/drilling polycarbonate (lexan). It wants to crack/chip. Not sure how to best do it without a laser. I use a zip disk on an angle grinder and that's the best I've been able to find so far.

Spindle nut system modeled up. Everything is parametric. I have no clue on any of the actual measurements, aside from spindle diameter that I found online. Snap ring imported from McMaster. I copied the design of Stage8, so there are 23 teeth, meaning the external teeth on the lock ring are...

They released a statement the other week saying they have been going through hard times with employees and life events. I believe the son is taking over and working to right ship.

This was an awesome trip, as usual. Unfortunately we didn't get to see quite as many sights as I had planned, but we made the most of it.

Well that’s super cool. 3d printing in sections could be an option as well