P1000 Todd's 2018 Build

[ToddACimer]

Back together up front with 1/8" more preload in the front shocks. Maybe I'll keep the tires off the grill/headlights. Rear is going up a bit when I get there next week.

I guess @RB3offroad has a discount code they haven't shared yet but clearly I'm sponsored now.

All joking aside. I had SuperATV bushings in my front arms for less than 1000 miles and they were junk. The uppers with especially sloppy and the upper a-arm tubes were torn. Then I got Garage Products bushings. They had 2500 miles and the lowers showed about .2mm of wear which is like 1/4" at the ball joint. Laying the parts side by side the SuperATV bushings have the smallest pinin the upper bushing with very noticeable machining grooves in the plastic. Overall they feel cheap. The garage products bushingss are an oil embedded UHMW and with 2500 miles they have really no visible wear but the steel is worn and in my opinion they are worn out. If I wasn't tear the rest apart they likely have more miles in them. The RB3 bushings have really nice machined grooves for lubrication, they have the biggest steel insert and they feel really nice. They definitely are a bit thicker on the machines flange than both the SuperATV and GP bushing so they are a tight fit in the frame.

RB3 left SuperATV right

GP left (used) RB right note the lube grooves

We'll see how they hold up

 

[P1K5Dave]

I didn't know RB3 made arm bushings. Cool.

What floor lift do you have?

 

[ToddACimer]

I didn't know RB3 made arm bushings. Cool.

What floor lift do you have?

Snap-on Wheeltronics 6k mid rise hoist. It's really cool. I love that I can put it anywhere in my garage and lift anything I drive.

 

[P1K5Dave]

Wow, that looks pretty light and compact for that kind of capacity. Nice.

 

[ToddACimer]

Wow, that looks pretty light and compact for that kind of capacity. Nice.

It's about 900lbs but I put it on my car dollys and it rolls nice.

I found 2 more recently and bought them and sold them to friends. Was interested in keeping a second one for my detached garage but they wanted them more than me.

 

[ToddACimer]

The rear winch saved us today. Kinda. Got caught up in some deep sand. Attempted to winch forward and broke both right axles at the same time.


Picked up some sand in the process but still drove back to the trailer. Whoops.

 

[P1K5Dave]

Ouch. I don't get how you broke two axles winching...

 

[ToddACimer]

Ouch. I don't get how you broke two axles winching...

Both right side tires were under the sand and we were winching to a tree. I preloaded the winch line to pull us up and out of the hole. When I put it in gear both inner CVs broke. Likely the tires were at full droop and it bound the shafts. I had never broke an inner CV before.

 

[P1K5Dave]

Maybe time to replace those stockers with Rhino 2s? IIRC, you can't buy an inner CV alone - or was that the outer...

 

[ToddACimer]

Maybe time to replace those stockers with Rhino 2s? IIRC, you can't buy an inner CV alone - or was that the outer...

I have another whole set of stock axles. They made it 4000 miles.

 

[ToddACimer]

There's always a better way to do it but I was really curious how 3m VHB table would hold up on tube gussets. 3/16" tube gusset bonded to 0.090 stock inner slider. 3m tape was 1" wide and held with clamps for 12 hours . It now has 4000 miles on it and clearly it hit something. No fasteners, no welding just doubled sided tape.

 

[ToddACimer]

Found the glitch.

 

[ranchdad]

How did you know a CV broke? Was it making a noise or did you notice power wasnt getting to the wheel?

 

[ToddACimer]

How did you know a CV broke? Was it making a noise or did you notice power wasnt getting to the wheel?

The really loud bang and no right side tires turning

 

[P1K5Dave]

You will never have a broken CV that is quiet. At best they're intermittently noisy.

 

[ranchdad]

that's great info I was concerned mine was broke after reinstall. Had a few loud pops in 4wd and the boot was twisted but the problem seemed to work itself out

 

[P1K5Dave]

that's great info I was concerned mine was broke after reinstall. Had a few loud pops in 4wd and the boot was twisted but the problem seemed to work itself out

Eek, that doesn't sound right...

 

[ToddACimer]

Got the plow mounted and windshield reinstalled for winter.

Also installed a 27" Boss audio sound bar

 

[ToddACimer]

Made some snow plow upgrades today. Steel wear bar was showing some wear and is really loud on my concrete driveway. I picked up a 3x72" piece of 1/2" UHMW and made a new one.

Since it will probably come up, overlay the original wearbar and drill the holes to 2 size larger than the original carriage bolts but still smaller enough to fit in the square holes. Mine are 3/8 bolts and I used a 25/64 bit. I put all the bolts in place and heated the heads with a torch. I put blocks on bothe sides of the bolt and tapped the hot bolts into the plastic. The piece dropped right on the plow and the carriage bolts stayed tight as I tightened them by hand. They tighten down with the flange flush to the surface with light compression on the UHMW. Overall it feels really solid and only cost $25

 

[Cely1932]

Made some snow plow upgrades today. Steel wear bar was showing some wear and is really loud on my concrete driveway. I picked up a 3x72" piece of 1/2" UHMW and made a new one

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Thats a great idea! I've been wanting to do that to my snowblower for the wear bar as well as the skids.