Bray's 96 Sleeper

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:42 pm

Got the new Carling switches into the console,

Just the necessities; compressors, ARBs, lights (all kinds haha), and a spot for the future winch

cs_drums · Post by **cs_drums** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:55 pm

Giving away the coveted spring race prep

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:42 am

cant keep my mouth shut B- sorry dude!

cs_drums · Post by **cs_drums** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:17 am

Haha I kid

robertcrav · Post by **robertcrav** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:49 pm

Bray were those Alcoa on Craigslist listed from the old duralast truck?

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:49 am

Oh damn. The love for this truck is up there! Well done.

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:52 am

hey Rob,

those are them, the seller said the finished the 1000 on that Duarlast truck- not sure if that mean good mojo, or lots of hard use haha.

they checked out and balanced just fine, although I did have to tape the lugholes to 45 degrees to make em work.
if only I had a 5th one, oh well,.

Hey T, thanks for the compliment- I think we know who's truck started all this lol.

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:54 am

now just playing the waiting game for all the pieces of the puzzle to arrive

housing, pinion guard, spring plates coming back from powdercoat

bumps back from Bilstein after they convert the aluminum strikepads with the newer Delrin design

spare wheel back from machinist for 4.25" center bore and 5/8" studs

shooting for final assembly next week!

robertcrav · Post by **robertcrav** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:56 am

DMbronco wrote:hey Rob,

those are them, the seller said the finished the 1000 on that Duarlast truck- not sure if that mean good mojo, or lots of hard use haha.

they checked out and balanced just fine, although I did have to tape the lugholes to 45 degrees to make em work.
if only I had a 5th one, oh well,.

Hey T, thanks for the compliment- I think we know who's truck started all this lol.

If he had the 5th I would have picked them up

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:02 am

damn, i snaked you again Rob? first the windows, now these alcoas- I think I owe you about a keg worth of brew by now!

they were pretty rough, took a few hrs of elbow grease w steel wool, scotchbrite and then some mother's mag to polish up, and still far from perfect, but then neither is the paint on the truck!

Hopefully to everyone but us GFB guys, the stock alcoa spare wont jump out as the oddball (yes, I have been searching all over the interwebs for another one)

robertcrav · Post by **robertcrav** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:32 am

lol...no I passed on those a couple of months ago, they've been for sale for a while...... but if we are keeping score, it was the sliding windows and the eddie bauer overhead console...lol

I always have an eye out, so if I see another or couple I will let you know.... They seemed perfect, little bit wider, still forged...

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:52 am

oh man, we're going waaaay back w the EB console!

Speaking of, gonna be mucking out a storage space this wknd- if it still exists in my possession, that's where it'll be cross your finger brother!

thanks for keeping an eye out for another Rob!

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:26 pm

goodies from powdercoat

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:24 pm

robertcrav · Post by **robertcrav** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:26 pm

Dude....that totally looks like it bent in the oven during powder coat... I'll take it from you so you don't have to store it

nubreed71 · Post by **nubreed71** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:06 pm

Look at those U-bolts!!!!

birdco85 · Post by **birdco85** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:30 pm

nubreed71 wrote:Look at those U-bolts!!!!

Haha

Any more shots of your 2 link setup? Is it just the one bar? If so I like that. I feel like mine really inhibits articulation.

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:09 pm

robertcrav wrote:Dude....that totally looks like it bent in the oven during powder coat... I'll take it from you so you don't have to store it

thought it looked off- good call Rob.

Come and get this POS!

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:10 pm

nubreed71 wrote:Look at those U-bolts!!!!

yeah, some guy with this squeaky clean street rig talked me into this eshiney hardware haha!

DMbronco · Post by **DMbronco** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:15 pm

birdco85 wrote:
nubreed71 wrote:Look at those U-bolts!!!!
Haha

Any more shots of your 2 link setup? Is it just the one bar? If so I like that. I feel like mine really inhibits articulation.

hey Bird,

there are a couple pics a page or so back of the 2 link- it's from Autofab.

As I understand it, there is no perfect solution to the axlewrap I was getting without traction bars, but I'll live with the limitations if I can get a nice launch.

I'll post up some pics when I get the truck back in hand

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