Rice's Creek Offroad Park Pictures and Post Ride Discussion

[DOUG]

We can have a Dana 30 melt, lol. I think I still have an LP30 housing I can chip in.

Well, according to engineering materials text book, steels start turning into liquid at 1147*C (2097*F) depending on the carbon content of the steel. Anyone have a REALLY REALLY hot furnace?

Mark has them at Delta that go over 3000 F if I remember correctly.  He's gonna heat treat the XJ!

[Jimmy]

Heat treat at 3000 F = big hot pile of nothing.

[mdo817]

Mark, what is broke on yours? Still got a hell of a deal on that thing as it was. ;D Good luck on all the repairs guys!

Mark ripped off the steering box.

The steering box ripped off again due to fatigue in the unibody at the steering box mount. I will be doing a weld/doubler repair to the area. Deleting the steering box so the only stress will be the bumper/spring mounts which are attached to the bumper. I'm ordering a cylinder tonight so while we are doing the frame repair we can start mocking up the hydro steering. This mod is mandatory anyway, for those who have ridden with me know I can't turn in a ball field anyway. I was really hoping to get by for a little longer without doing the mod, but here it comes. {toast}

[Jimmy]

SWEEEEEET. What ram and orbital valve did you go with?

You might as well truss the axle now since you have to build a mount for the ram anyway ;D

If you hold on to your drag link and tierod, I might take them off your hands this summer if the price is right.

[Rowingfish87]

Kyle, dont you have some pics to post?

i do, but my internet at the house has been messin up so i havent been able to. sorry. i'll get them up soon.

[mdo817]

SWEEEEEET. What ram and orbital valve did you go with?

You might as well truss the axle now since you have to build a mount for the ram anyway ;D

If you hold on to your drag link and tierod, I might take them off your hands this summer if the price is right.

I ordered this cylinder tonight http://surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2008102120071676&item=9-6688&catname=

I'm going to call a hydraulic co. in Greenville SC about the orbital, Jason and his buddy at Silver Streak told me about this co. I'm not sure how I would truss the front with the leaf perch built into the housing. If I don't wind up using the drag link and/or tie rod tubing for anything I'll get the price right for ya.

[Will]

We can have a Dana 30 melt, lol. I think I still have an LP30 housing I can chip in.

Well, according to engineering materials text book, steels start turning into liquid at 1147*C (2097*F) depending on the carbon content of the steel. Anyone have a REALLY REALLY hot furnace?

A torch will turn all our dana 30s into a big ole pile of molten crap  ;D

[Rowingfish87]

Kyle, dont you have some pics to post?

still uploading but here is a start:

http://rowingfish87.shutterfly.com/700

[Krawler00]

Man, that was carnage central! So is it worth going back?

[Matt]

Yes. It is one of the closest parks to you Ben. Worth it. There are some radical climbs out there that would challenge any buggie. I will be back up there this year. I didnt get to see enough. But they claim there is about 8-10 hours of trail.

[Matt]

BTW is this part name Rices Creek or Racing Streak? Maybe I had a hard time hearing jason on the phone ;D

[Rowingfish87]

i thought it was rices creek b/c its on rices creek rd...idk tho.