H.F.A.W.H.A. meeting

[JTW]

Add your cross bracing between the 1st and 2nd.. about where the coolant lines turn up. Smaller spaces mean less chance of skid flex getting to the important stuff!

All of these.. even the stock locations were replaced with 1/4x20 nutserts

 

[Admin]

 

[mjn]

Holy s***! You mean there are no supports between the trans all the way forward to where your front skid ends??

 

[ToddACimer]

Okay... two things;

1.) I am an idiot. I put in 50 some jack nuts in the bed of my 1K by hand.. why the hell didn't I buy one of those installers??? Holy s***. That was a major pain in the azz!

2.) @JTW and @joeymt33, I'm asking this because I haven't rolled underneath my machine to look for myself.. but are there no boss's under there to mount skid plates? I would imagine mine has some in the middle, since it has the LE skid down the center, but what about the side pieces I need to put on? Do most people put them on with self tapping sheet metal type screws? If so, then I'm gonna need to invest in one of those dam things too.

Get the tool!

 

[ToddACimer]

Holy s***! You mean there are no supports between the trans all the way forward to where your front skid ends??

Nope. There's nothing by the sub transmission shifter. If you ever get hung up and can't shift H,L,R you're probably hung up on the shifter

 

[mjn]

Nope. There's nothing by the sub transmission shifter. If you ever get hung up and can't shift H,L,R you're probably hung up on the shifter

yea, that's a design flaw for certain.

 

[mjn]

So who can show me how you built the additional cross member? Anyone write down dimensions? Weld in or bolt in?

 

[JTW]

So who can show me how you built the additional cross member? Anyone write down dimensions? Weld in or bolt in?

I think most have welded.. this is on my to do list as well, next time I have the skid off.

 

[joeymt33]

So who can show me how you built the additional cross member? Anyone write down dimensions? Weld in or bolt in?

I may have some more. This shows pieces added to reinforce the OEM crossmembers. I did add another one by the sub transmission.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Where’s CP? I guess he’s still out there beating bushes.
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But I mean that literally. He loves the sound of breaking trees and branches.

Man I’m barely living. Been putting a ton of miles in this weekend. Between that and the beer...
We did plenty of bushwhacking. One trail really stood out it was sever side angle and we all struggled a little,scary sometimes bouncing down I big hill not knowing if there’s a way out but we made one.
Beat! No riding today just chilling

 

[joeymt33]

So who can show me how you built the additional cross member? Anyone write down dimensions? Weld in or bolt in?

Here’s another angle from the front.....

 

[ToddACimer]

So who can show me how you built the additional cross member? Anyone write down dimensions? Weld in or bolt in?

This is mine. About to put it in the new machine

 

[CumminsPusher]

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I'm sitting by the fire, CPs out on a night ride. Lord help us!

Don’t think I’ll be riding with the Polaris group much anymore. They just like speed and nothing technical. It was ridiculous trying to get them around, we stayed on the easy blue trail and it took nearly twice the time it did for us. Next time I’ll let Sammy drive and I’ll nap.
Did do this last night sliding a bit into a corner pretty hard. First tie rod in years. Wasn’t bad it drove home

 

[BWAF]

Cheers

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[100Acre]

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I may have some more. This shows pieces added to reinforce the OEM crossmembers. I did add another one by the sub transmission.

Do I need to install a cross member before installing my UHMW skids? Where does one find crossmembers?

 

[Russ989]

Get the tool!

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Sure is clean under there!

 

[ToddACimer]

Do I need to install a cross member before installing my UHMW skids? Where does one find crossmembers?

I made mine. Today is frame stiffener day

 

[joeymt33]

Do I need to install a cross member before installing my UHMW skids? Where does one find crossmembers?

I’m not real sure how to answer that. I went a couple years without doing this and there are many people that have not done it. There’s always a chance that you will hit a rock in the right spot just hard enough and cause problems. It’s up to you whether not you want to attempt to prevent that from happening.

I say “attempt” because I have still bent the middle section up even after adding these four bars. It has not caused a problem yet and I have pulled them back down.

 

[ToddACimer]

Welder time

 

[Smitty335]

I prefer this one because it's not so tall

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Astro off Amazon. I buy them by the 100 pack

Astro Pneumatic Tool RN6M M6 6mm... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J7X4DKS?tag=sxsweb24-20

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Being short has it's advantages, I know! HA!

 

[Smitty335]

Welder time

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I'm just a plumber, but couldn't you just beef up the original cross members and run longatungul supports in critical areas to carry the loads, in my little mind, thats what I would do! HA!