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Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:12 pm
by standfast
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:29 pm
by ChaseTruck754
Looks like a fun project. Can't wait to see more! We love the EB's here!
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:50 pm
by Rmc
Lookin good, nice dash work. Can't wait to see progress pics.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:53 pm
by Nick
It's so cool to see a frame upbuild! Everythings all shiny and new...
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:17 pm
by standfast
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:07 pm
by cdnbronco
GLAD TO SEE AN OTHER SOLID AXLE BRONCO BUILT! KEEP THE INFO COMMING....
WILL YOU BE RACING THE RIG?
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:35 am
by toddz69
Welcome aboard! I'm a fan of not running the drag link all the way over to the pass side steering knuckle for geometry reasons, among others.
Todd Z.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:02 am
by Broncodawg
Welcome aboard x2. Plenty of love for EBs here even if they aren't TTB (haha), so keep the updates coming. Great build!
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:05 pm
by standfast
Thanks for the warm welcome! I am not going to be racing. More of just a play/prerun/chase rig to enjoy with the family. We have friends that race class 1, class 10, class 8, and 1450 so we can chase them around and prerun etc. along with whatever else comes up. We like just going out and exploring/camping.
Todd, I agree with you. I am going to go with the Y-link setup to get better geometry. I just have to figure out how I am going to tie the 3/4" heim with hi-mis spacers in. I am thinking I will sleeve over the 1-1/4" tie rod with some 1-1/2" .120W for about 8-10" or so to strengthen it and help get my spacing for the heim setup. Then make a horse shoe shaped bracket to make the intersection double shear.
I wanted to make the track bar out of 1-1/2" .120W DOM and I couldn't find a tube adapter to go from that to the 3/4" heim I wanted to use. I am trying to use 3/4" heims for all the steering and tracking stuff to minimize the amount of spare parts I want to carry. Anyway I just decided to machine a tube adapter on the lathe out of some cold round last night after work. I could have had one of my machinists make it on the CNC lathe but I really enjoy making parts on the manual lathe when I have time. A little over an hour later I had just what the doctor ordered! If I can just keep making a little bit of progress on a daily basis...
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:02 pm
by BDKW1
Nice work! Glad to see you made it over hear.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:52 pm
by SteveG
It's good to see another nice early Bronco in here. Looking good!
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:45 am
by standfast
BDKW1 wrote:Nice work! Glad to see you made it over hear.
Took me long enough! Slight detour.
Thanks Steve. Great forum. Matches my project better than the rock crawling based stuff.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:41 pm
by BDKW1
standfast wrote:I just have to figure out how I am going to tie the 3/4" heim with hi-mis spacers in.
Just tab off the cross link. I would also run the cross link on top of the steering arms. Also, all this should be check at full bump before anything is welded permanently. I think you track bar may need a bend in it to clear the pumpkin.........
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:38 am
by ChaseTruck754
Sorry for the side track but...
BDKW1 wrote:I would also run the cross link on top of the steering arms.
Reason for this?
I did mine on top for the slight chance that a nut comes off the bolt holding the heim to the knuckle the "cross link" or tie rod would have more of a chance of staying in place for longer = it couldn't just fall off the bottom. That was about it though. Do you have another good/better reason that I don't know about?
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:45 am
by ESHALLBETTER
Clearance. The stock steering on my early bronco gets bent on rocks and stumps all the time.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:57 am
by ChaseTruck754
That was my other slight thought with my setup. Although my setup is a 1.25" x .120 wall tube sleeved inside a 1.5" x .120 wall tube so I don't think I'll have many bending issues.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:33 pm
by standfast
Yeah, now that I know I am nut running the drag link to the top of the knuckle I will move the tie rod up on top. Will cycle to check track bar clearance and bump steer for sure.
Brian, by just a tab you me something like this to the right? I was thinking of doing it like the one on the left. Overkill? Tie rod is 1-1/4 x .120w DOM.
Anyone have a reccomendation on a good rubber bump stop. I was told that pathfinder rear bumps were nice and progressive. Not sure about dropping $600-800 on air bumps right now.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:38 pm
by standfast
HUGE PIC MISTAKE! No edit button. Sorry guys.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:57 pm
by ESHALLBETTER
I would make 2 plates off the side of the tube to double shear the heim. This will also put the steering force down the tube centerline and help prevent rotating forces.
Re: Standfast's EB Build
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:23 pm
by BDKW1
ESHALLBETTER wrote:I would make 2 plates off the side of the tube to double shear the heim. This will also put the steering force down the tube centerline and help prevent rotating forces.
2 tabs yes, it will want to rotate a little anyway being that it is above centerline. Some urethane washers on either side of the hiem will prevent this and still let it articulate. Double shear the steering arms and urethane washer them, also.