1993 Camburg ranger build.

[Thicks91]

This thing is bitchin!

Thanks man! Ballin on a budget haha

 

[Thicks91]

Here’s some progress from some Sunday!

 

[Thicks91]

Here’s a small update. Keeping the back bumper simple & I plan to tie it in with some plate work. Working out the spare height and some key ways for the cell so it doesn’t bounce around. I’ll post those in a lil bit

 

[Carlos_G]

Lookin good man!

 

[Thicks91]

Thanks! It’s been such a journey haha always more work then I expect but hey one thing at a time

 

[Thefuntruck]

Hey dude, where did you get your steering kit? Or did you make it? Thanks

 

[Thicks91]

Hey dude, where did you get your steering kit? Or did you make it? Thanks

Sorry for the slow reply! It’s a threat motorsports kit. Makes shit easier, I made my own tie rods but the amount of time it would take to draw up a swinger and pitman arm set up didn’t add up. So I paid the man.

 

[Thicks91]

 

[Thicks91]

jumping around a little bit. Made some paper templates for my beams to finish those up so I can start assembling the front end. I did some serious hunting cause I wanted the Og Camburg transmission mount, radius arm hanger and extended radius arms just cause I’m OCD like that and found a set. So gonna assemble the front of the truck to see what needs to be checked off the list.

 

[Thicks91]

 

[Thefuntruck]

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Sorry for the slow reply! It’s a threat motorsports kit. Makes shit easier, I made my own tie rods but the amount of time it would take to draw up a swinger and pitman arm set up didn’t add up. So I paid the man.

Thanks for info. I was looking at that kit. Since it was basically complete. How did you determine the bends in the tierods?
Thanks dude, progress looks rad.

 

[Thicks91]

Thanks for info. I was looking at that kit. Since it was basically complete. How did you determine the bends in the tierods?
Thanks dude, progress looks rad.

I started at ride height, I set the pit man arm to the swinger first and made sure that it was inline with the pivot. That’s your first step. So I put a piece of all thread in the pivot and through the swinger and that determined the where on the Frame I would tack for mock up. Has to be far enough forward that the link can be behind the swinger at full bump. Then I started with a piece of 1” EMT from Home Depot jacked up one beam and measures to the center of the frame to get the center of bend. started cycling the suspension at full bump and bending the tie rod as needed to clear the frame. Then I repeated that step on the passenger side and then once I got the bends down I checked the turning angle so that it doesn’t crash into the swinger and pitman arm at full lock. You might have to cut your tacks on the swinger and dial in how far forward it is. I’ll see if I have pics from when I was doing it.

 

[Thicks91]

I started at ride height, I set the pit man arm to the swinger first and made sure that it was inline with the pivot. That’s your first step. So I put a piece of all thread in the pivot and through the swinger and that determined the where on the Frame I would tack for mock up. Has to be far enough forward that the link can be behind the swinger at full bump. Then I started with a piece of 1” EMT from Home Depot and measured back from the tie rod 8” and started cycling the suspension at full bump and bending the tie rod as needed to clear the frame. Then I repeated that step on the passenger side and then once I got the bends down I checked the turning angle so that it doesn’t crash into the swinger and pitman arm at full lock. You might have to cut your tacks on the swinger and dial in how far forward it is. I’ll see if I have pics from when I was doing it.

 

[Thicks91]

if you look back at some older pics of when I was doing the steering you will see the piece of all thread holding the swinger

 

[Thefuntruck]

That is infinitely helpful man.
Much appreciated. I think I tackle that.
Trucks looking great.

if you look back at some older pics of when I was doing the steering you will see the piece of all thread holding the swinger

 

[Thicks91]

Some stuff from today. My tie rod was bent pretty sharp and my buddy Talon thought that putting a plate in it will help the bending and shear point. I’ll post a pic of it welded and polished. Can’t even tell it’s in there.

 

[Thicks91]

That is infinitely helpful man.
Much appreciated. I think I tackle that.
Trucks looking great.

Thanks man! I’m fortunate enough to have some good friends who show me the ropes. I’m no expert.

 

[Thicks91]

I managed to get the beams and radius arms mounted up and aligned. Waiting on hardware from McMaster but tomorrow I’ll throw the hubs and steering on there. The pitman arm is wrapped up in a blanket cooling down.

 

[Thicks91]

Well I moved the jack stands to the bumper and went to let the axel down and I noticed that it was gonna crash into the fuel cell cradle. I then thought well shit this is gonna get interesting. The cradle was a little too big by about 1” so I chopped and shortened that and moved the whole structure back about 1/2”. All in all it went pretty smooth and I’m actually way happier with how everything fits. I also went from a .95 1” 1/4 tube to a .120 1” tube on the cross tube.

 

[marcytech]

Lookin good dude!!