Project: GOOBER, 1971 GMC

[jgammill]

Here's the only picture I have of what we got done the first day on my cage. Went over to a friends place that had the bend software to make the complicated bends.



Made a little more progress last night.

[johnnyclack]

Side & rear view ?

Does this mean the paint won't get scratched now ?

[jgammill]

Originally Posted by johnnyclack

Side & rear view ?

Does this mean the paint won't get scratched now ?

This is the only side pic I've got. It was before I got the bars on the top.



I was never worried about the paint! lol.

[johnnyclack]

looking goood !

[jgammill]

Just picked up some new MasterCraft suspenstion seats last night.



Should work well. And this will give me enough room to put a kids racing seat in the middle for my daughter.

[johnnyclack]

Don't be falling a' sleep behind the wheel now,

Like those seats

[jgammill]

Originally Posted by johnnyclack

Don't be falling a' sleep behind the wheel now,

Like those seats

Haha, thanks.

[jgammill]

Got some more cage work done.









Hope to get back on it Friday night.

[johnnyclack]

Looking bullet proof

[johnnyclack]

just caught it.....

I have footprints all over my hood also, but there are from my daughters cats

[jgammill]

Originally Posted by johnnyclack

just caught it.....

I have footprints all over my hood also, but there are from my daughters cats

Haha, yup. At least this old iron can handle walking aroung on it, unlike the new stuff.

[obijuan]

i have developed a large respect for people who can bend up some tube. thats a *****in a pillar and windshield hoops. one aint bad, but getting the second a pillar to be equally opposite lol. my cage came out allright but i had help on the main hoop and a pillars.

i like the center of the roof. i did something similar but its interior.

[jgammill]

Originally Posted by obijuan

i have developed a large respect for people who can bend up some tube. thats a *****in a pillar and windshield hoops. one aint bad, but getting the second a pillar to be equally opposite lol. my cage came out allright but i had help on the main hoop and a pillars.

i like the center of the roof. i did something similar but its interior.

Looks good man. I am not a fan of doing cage work myself.

[jgammill]

Got my seat mounts finished and the rust cut out of my floor.



Added a center console out of a 1994 chevy. Interior is done.



Got the cage painted.







Then we had to test fit me and my buddies rigs to make sure they would fit my trailer after I added the dove tail.



We are fully loaded and ready to head to Clayton after work today. Should be there about midnight tonight. Should have some action pics next monday.

[jgammill]

Finally got some pictures from a friend. I didn't get any of my own. But here is what I got.
There was quit a bit a water still flowing in the creek.

[jgammill]

Picked up a new tire for a spare. Got it as a blemished tire for $300 from interco. Only thing wrong is it doesn't have any lettering on one side.



On my last outing I thought I might have a front wheel bearing going out so I put it on the lift and found out my kingpins were worn out. So I tore it apart. While I'm in there I will gusset my knuckles, new wheel bearings, protectors for lower kingpin grease zerk, stage 8 locking spindle nuts, and outer axle tube seals. I'm also going to convert to high steer. I've had everything to do the high steer for about 2 years but I just never have done it. After ruining a cylinder last time at Clayton I said I would have it done before I went back, so I figured this was the time to do it. Just waiting on parts now.

[jgammill]

Lower kingpin grease zerk protection.



Knuckle gussets welded on and highsteer arms in place. Still waiting on my kingpin rebuild kits.

[johnnyclack]

Looking Good

[jgammill]

All painted.

[jgammill]

I thought I would try something to keep my wheel bearings from rusting up on me every time I end up in some water. I always try to stay away from the mud and water but it seems like we end up in it anyways. I drilled and tapped the hub for a grease zerk that is in between the inner and outer bearings and am using marine grease.



Here you can the grease coming through the outer bearing and spindle nut.



Then I installed the locking hub and pumped more grease in until it came around it.



Now the hub is 100% full of marine grease and there should not be any voids for water to get into the bearings. I will pull the grease zerk out and put a plug in there so the wheel will fit back on. There was no sign of grease coming out the inner hub seal either.



All I have left now is to put the other hub on and fill it full of grease and then I will be ready to start on remounting my steering ram for the highsteer.

[johnnyclack]

Hey' you may be on to something, you might want to patten that idea


Never can tell where end it up
http://www.boatersland.com/bea1980.h...FU5xQgodLwoApQ

[ERASER5]

Won't the grease expand and get thinner and ooze out while driving? I guess you are usually driving kind of slow, so heat may not be a problem. Still, it's worth a try.

[jgammill]

Originally Posted by ERASER5

Won't the grease expand and get thinner and ooze out while driving? I guess you are usually driving kind of slow, so heat may not be a problem. Still, it's worth a try.

I don't see why it would. The hubs are made to have grease in them from the factory. All I'm doing is filling it completely full of grease. Seals hold it in there and it should never get that warm if the preload on the bearings is set right. And I don't ever drive to fast.

[jgammill]

Finally got it finished up last night. It's pretty tight but everything clears.



These next 2 pics are with the suspension compressed on each side.





Front shot. No more bent steering cylinders at Clayton for me!!

[johnnyclack]

Looks great !

Close tolerance / clearance; if it becomes an issue later on ya’ might want to consider placing bump stops between spring perch(s) and frame rail.

I had a similar problem with a 28,000 GVW boom truck which we installed Hy-rail gear on so it could operate on RR tracks. Because of reduced suspension travel we extended the mounts on bump stops thus eliminating the hitting/rubbing issues.