That's quite a wood shop you have there. Everything looks to be Delta grey. Explains the use of the small machinist square.
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How about some button head or low head socket cap screws in lieu of your current hardware? (and yes, I hate they are called screws even though they are bolts)
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You look like you USE your skid plates!! Did you add armor for rear shock or front control arms? I know I am going to be going out on rocks on mine. If so, are you finding them effective?
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I made a couple of rear shock skids, they haven’t taken any hits yet so I’m not sure how effective they are yet. I have a lot of hits on the gas tank skid and the rear control arm pivot points. Maybe that’s just my driving
Next Skid to beef up will be the engine skid, my biggest dilemma is oil changes. I have my oil changed at a shop and I don’t really trust the oil change monkeys so I need to make it fool proof.
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I’m a Building Contractor and the shop does get used professionally and that is a great excuse for my tool buying habit.
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Looking great. I've considered doing this. If I do, I think I'll have an excuse to get some dimple dies for drainage and strength.
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nice job on that! do you have a template with dimensions you can send to me?Well I’m cheap and I really needed a transmission skid. I figured that I could make my own cheaper than buying a skid, I have a Badlands so there are already the stock skids on the rig. I decided to start with the trans skid since there is not one and I plan on building the engine and transfer case skid next. My rig has the two cross bars so I decided to mount directly to those bars. I also have Icon coil overs and with the Icon kit they have you lower the Sway bar disconnect, Which makes the Disco skid plate the lowest point on the rig. This is another project for me to tackle in the future.
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I added bolt plates to the cross arms
I do still have exposed bolts, I think I might buy some domed rock washers, I don’t really have the tooling to turn those myself
DIY FTW. Nice work.
The problem with those are when the head gets mangled and you can't fit a bit in it, now you can't get a grip with an extractor or vise grips. Domed rock washers can also be problematic, smashing into the head and now you can't get any kind of socket or wrench on it. Best to just let those bolt heads raw dog it.
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