Ghetto fab / Hack fab

[M92PV4U]

Just pull it out, it's a 10inch one, had enough leverage to force the jack to bypass internally.

Well now if I ever get my own personal bottle jack it's getting a ½" x 3" extension with the male end cut off welded into the jack handle location. The male end will get welded to the release screw.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Heat the shaft with a torch and melt candle wax onto it where it goes into the hub. I use the old time candle wax trick almost weekly at work on heavy equipment and it has not failed me yet. Plain white stick candles are a stocked item on my service truck.

 

[rockyota83]

Heat the shaft with a torch and melt candle wax onto it where it goes into the hub. I use the old time candle wax trick almost weekly at work on heavy equipment and it has not failed me yet. Plain white stick candles are a stocked item on my service truck.

i do the same but replace wax with pb blaster

 

[Yotota]

i do the same but replace wax with pb blaster

As soon as I read this I had an instinctive reaction and smelled burning PB Blaster.

 

[What?]

 

[[486]]

tx and ca
"this dang rustbucket is so hard to work on"
posts a picture of a '76 with no absent cab mounts or corners

oh you fucking autoformatting making me look like a faggot, using italics instead of asterisks... Fuck.

 

[Aisin]

I have no idea what the Fuck you're talking about.

Drunken postI grew up in Northeastern Ohio. Literally 1.5 miles from Lake Erie. Everything was rusted to fuck due to the amount of salt used on the roads in the winter. Brand new vehicles would be destroyed in 5 years. I worked in a shop before I joined the Navy. 1995 to 1998, before I graduated high school. Anytime I worked on cars I went straight for the hot wrench. Pneumatics were a waste of time.

 

[arse_sidewards]

I'm sure it works but it's not nice enough to justify that price.

 

[rattlewagon]

shoot him an email. see if it comes with the nuts from the u bolt.

 

[YotaAtieToo]

I would never think to even try to sell that, much less for $125

Guess we're the idiots if someone buys it though.

 

[MoparMoe]

Sorry for the picture of a picture...
Extensive (shows called Texas Metal) on Motortrend the other day, Bill the flat brimmer built this bagged Grumman type truck.
I just cant believe this shit people pay for.

 

[pennsylvaniaboy]

^^^^ what are we even looking at there? Is that even needed?

 

[M92PV4U]

^^^^ what are we even looking at there? Is that even needed?

I think the tie rod will contact the frame at full stuff.
But I don't even know the correct terminology for what I'm trying to explain to you
Maybe I mean at full bump.

 

[total newb]

Street bagger so it will still turn aired out

 

[Clb]

So is the show...
I could only stomach 2 episodes before I realized "bags are my jam" bullshitt!
Nice fab work albeit stupid end results!

 

[MoparMoe]

^^^^ what are we even looking at there? Is that even needed?

they put the 5" (estimated) extension on the tie rod to steering arm to get rid of the bump steer, the leverage on that is bullshit insanity and unsafe.
yes, through bolted but still not cool. no fawking way Id let anyone drive that.

 

[arse_sidewards]

they put the 5" (estimated) extension on the tie rod to steering arm to get rid of the bump steer, the leverage on that is bullshit insanity and unsafe.
yes, through bolted but still not cool. no fawking way Id let anyone drive that.

This is what happens when you let dumbass road car builders touch truck stuff. They're too used to getting away with all sorts of terrible shit like that because it works fine for a lazily driven street car.

 

[gt1guy]

This is what happens when you let dumbass road car builders touch truck stuff. They're too used to getting away with all sorts of terrible shit like that because it works fine for a lazily driven street car.

Nowhere is that any kind of a good idea and not hack.

I'd say SEMA pile.

 

[TRINDU]

 

[Winchested]

Haha, autozone special.

 

[Yotota]

I bet for the cost of those clamps and pipe sections he could have bought a Hazard Fart welder...

 

[arse_sidewards]

I bet for the cost of those clamps and pipe sections he could have bought a Hazard Fart welder...

About $5ea for the clamps and maybe $10 for the pipes so no, not even close.

 

[rockyota83]

$99 on sale for fluxcore wire feeder 125

 

[Yotota]

About $5ea for the clamps and maybe $10 for the pipes so no, not even close.

I'm close dammit.

5 of each, so that's $75 in parts. Only $24 away from.....

$99 on sale for fluxcore wire feeder 125

 

[Dan]

I'm close dammit.

5 of each, so that's $75 in parts. Only $24 away from.....

Those clamps will hold better and look better than if he tries welding them.

 

[Yotota]

Those clamps will hold better and look better than if he tries welding them.

I can't argue with that.

 

[arse_sidewards]

I'm close dammit.

5 of each, so that's $75 in parts. Only $24 away from.....

You know it doesn't come with wire right?

 

[Yotota]

You know it doesn't come with wire right?

Nope, never bought one. Not even a little sample spool?

 

[Dan]

Nope, never bought one. Not even a little sample spool?

No!!!

Accessories sold separately. If you want a 2lb spool it's going to cost you 20% of what you paid for the welder.

 

[RunningProblem]

They’re $150

Nothing included but the welder itself. A 2 lb spool is $20. So for $200 he could flux core weld his exhaust.