Building a Universal Modified

jpet wrote: .... Wadaya think Dylan?

Man, That is a lot of articulation! -Dylan

Looking good Jeff! Still looks stock from 10 ft...

What did go with in the ROCKEATER? I have a 4:86 "super 18" I picked up. It was built 10 years ago and never installed. 

More changes:

I painted the shock towers which makes them look better, but not good enough:



... I'm thinking something like this?



I made a limit strap but the exhaust is in the way:



.... so I went with a smaller muffler and re-arranged it:

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... I'll weld the saw-cut and paint it tomorrow.

Got my Rockeater TC and it's installed:



... at first I had some trouble till I remembered all the grinding I had to do on the old case to mount it to an SM465:



.... This transfer case is tougher to shift. I will have to change my twin stick a little to get more leverage, but I doubt it will be popping out of gear. ...anywho, the snow ball is slowing down. I have a few little things to do yet but I think I'l will be ready for Moab:

Since last year at EJS, I've made the following changes:

Raised under belly 1-5/8"
Tied roll-cage to the frame
re-cut tires
Changed differentials from 3.73 to 4.56
Detroit locker in rear
All new springs and 12" rear shocks
Stretched wheel base 5"
Rockeater transfer case.

Before:



..... after:



Edited by jpet - 18 Mar. 2018 at 9:14pm

You can change out or cut down the tension springs on the shift rails. Jack uses very heavy springs. It will shift a lot easier with lighter tension.

Y2GREY wrote: You can change out or cut down the tension springs on the shift rails. Jack uses very heavy springs. It will shift a lot easier with lighter tension.

The problem is that my shifters are too long on the shift rail side of the fulcrum.



..... not enough leverage. Today, I shortened the lever by about half and made some extension pieces to bolt to the shift rails. Now they have a firm and positive feel when shifting. I’ll get some pics tomorrow.

Jeff - Love the shock covers!!!

Oilleaker1 wrote: Hey Jeff, now you need to cut the tops off the gas and water cans, hinge and latch them, and have storage up top????

They do kinda take up a lot of your already skimpy interior space.