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no i aint afriad of the buzz box, but im use to welding on real nice millers, and that thing shocks me sometimes when i stick the electrodes in, and the worst part is it makes a mess in a hurry. just wanna upgrade to a nice mig.
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I like building stuff on my own but i look at it this way. At work they charge $35 hr for our fabrication time. Figure your material cost plus the hours to make things. More that not its cheaper to buy somethin mass produced that to build it
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ya true but i got the metal for free so it only cost me a couple of cutting wheels. and about 4 hours in time. i didnt really wanna build it this way. my orgianl plan was to cut out the cover of the flange, but the flange would be super thin still, so i came up with this design. failed
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taller than stock?
Rather than use up your metal fabbin' a slap chop for your diff cover how about build some shackles.
1/2x1.5" flat bar works good.
Remember....
a 2" longer shackle will give 1" of lift BUT will start to fubar your pinion angle. In addition redonkulously long shackles bring teh ghey. Think Richard Simmons and Prozon in a butt*****-o-thon.
Rather than use up your metal fabbin' a slap chop for your diff cover how about build some shackles.
1/2x1.5" flat bar works good.
Remember....
a 2" longer shackle will give 1" of lift BUT will start to fubar your pinion angle. In addition redonkulously long shackles bring teh ghey. Think Richard Simmons and Prozon in a butt*****-o-thon.
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ok sounds good, thats what ill do that, ya i dont want stupid tall ones. i am going to cut the perches off my sterling and rotate the axle up some, 13 inchs of lift, i wanna makes my pinions angles not so steep. you mean 1/2" thick? that just seems ridicously stought?