"52 3600/3100"

[8man]

Amen to that. Nice guys and lots of help.

[joedoh]

nice work! happy to hear you have another cab, keep the old one and build it later!

[joedoh]

looking really good man!

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by joedoh

looking really good man!

Thanks im getting pretty excited for it to be on wheels.

[Mains52]

Got the front end sort of on wheels ha My 3yr old son and I spent some much needed time in the garage to clean this weekend. I finished greasing and putting the bearings in my rotors and threw them on the truck and put some temp wheels on. I also managed to sit the new cab onto the frame as well. Think it looks pretty good sitting on the frame it was manufactured on haha. Haven't really done much to the truck lately due to having a baby coming in 2 weeks, my motocross pre season prep, and my toy hauler interior updating. Now that I have the mx bike ready and the toy hauler ready I should be able to purchase some stuff for the truck like my coil overs. I still have to cut and weld in my c notch for the R&P and get my 4 link set up and welded in. All in due time right? Hope you guys are all killing it!! Happy Spring

[Mains52]

Well Just for S&G's I threw a couple bolts in a fender and I guess the axle center was pretty good. I used Heidts instructions on a non Heidts unit so I was worried but now that the fire is re-light under my ass I am getting this thing on the road within the next year..............I flippin hope.

[gigamanx]

Looks spot on to me

"getting on the road..." Is that minimum requirements for a running truck, or is that totally complete with paint and all?

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by gigamanx

Looks spot on to me

"getting on the road..." Is that minimum requirements for a running truck, or is that totally complete with paint and all?

Minimum requirement for the next 12 months is to have a truck that starts and drives. I'm going to purchase a giant dry erase board for my garage and make a priority list and just start marking stuff off. Exterior paint will be the last thing I do. Just acquired a free running 350 that I am going to throw in to run while I build my LS.

[Mains52]

Did some stance setting this weekend. One picture is ideal stance and one is after I installed the gas shocks and let it squat down. Holy cow I hope once I put the coil springs in there it'll help keep it up. I cant even get my jack out from under it. I also was able to cut down one long bed running board and start getting it lined up. Oddly enough since I started with a 52 3600 and have purchased a 53 3100 cab and frame the truck is a little bit of a franken truck.

[oldman3]

Mains52, springs are what holds the truck up, shocks only dampen the up and down movement...Jim

[gigamanx]

Truck stance looks sweet. Sounds like you need a lower jack

[joedoh]

rallies look so right on these trucks, nice work!

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by joedoh

rallies look so right on these trucks, nice work!

Thanks all, I've been contemplating just keeping these rallies since I got them for free.

[Mains52]

LONG WINDED UPDATE ALERT!!! Ok truck folks , unfortunately there isn't a truck update due to racing 10 weekends of the summer motocross series locally, hunting season and buying a new house. We are still in the process of moving, so stuff will definitely be on pause for another little while. The best part of this update is that with buying the new house, I have acquired a new place to build the truck in the form of a 42x45 cleary building. Now before we get to excited, it has a gravel floor currently so until I get cement poured this coming spring I wont be able to really do anything in there. Another unfortunate is that the lady we bought the house off of had rented it for two years to a demo derby family whom left me with a ton of trash to clean up. The only thing in the pics that is mine is the truck parts. They left me everything they didn't want. But I have a new shop that will be awesome eventually .

[8man]

Congrats on the shop.

[Mains52]

Originally Posted by 8man

Congrats on the shop.

Thank You!!

[dsraven]

Hey, its heated! Maybe you can burn some of that junk, lol.
Nice big area. Will you pour a floor in the entire space?

[oldman3]

Congrats on the new shop...Jim

[joedoh]

woooop nice space!

[Mains52]

Finally got some cement in my building and just purchased a new welder so I can get my truck project back on track. The building isn't set up at all yet but it will be over time . We seem to have a lot of home time right now so I am hoping to go hard on the truck this summer.

[8man]

Lots of room now! Nice building.

[joedoh]

haha always something that comes up, I know it well.

keep plugging!

[Mains52]

After a ton of measuring and remeasuring I got my 4 link tacked in this past weekend. Next time I get some time in the shop ill be working on my upper coilover mount. My new rearend cover came in the mail so ill be getting that put on as well.

[Mains52]

Ugh I hate posting with my phone sorry for the sideways photo.

[dsraven]

sometimes something like these calculators can be handy, if nothing else it makes you think about how the suspension reacts and plants the tires if done right.

https://www.crawlpedia.com/4_link_suspension.htm

http://www.jascoautomotive.com/4linkrearsuspension.htm