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Squeaky SAS thread

SuperBuickGuy

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Impressive, but... well... pictures dammit! it's like this kid just doesn't have his priorities straight :shifty:
someone once said patience is a virtue... I have neither and miss them not at all.
 
06 H3

06 H3

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Thanks guys! Everyone has been very cool about this. The dad's around the neighborhood all have stopped by to check it out they all think I'm crazy.

Sorry about pics. It's a daily driver and school starts Monday. Between work and school I am gone all day. The first week is all BS so I will have plenty of time to upload pics and stuff. On the rancho install and spring over I gave detailed instructions while I went along but due to time issues I haven't been able to do that as much
 
Zach

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06 H3 said:
Yea, I am trying to stay low also. My goal is 27 hub to fender (about 4.5in of lift) getting it there is the easy part. Set it up to that height and call it good but getting the uptravel while low is tough. You know so cal. They have every type of terrain and I do like to get airborne from time to time and want about 4in of uptravel staying low.
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Uh yeah! Heard about the getting airborne ****!
 
Neo

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cbetts said:
You really have to see his place in person. Chris has taken over WAY more than just the driveway and garage. There are parts on the sidewalk and in the guesthouse/storage room.
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If they ever kick Shorty out of the house he has a place to stay in Moab rent free just a little fab work here and there :wink:
 
06 H3

06 H3

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squeaky can fly but cant swim! I have proven it flies maybe one day ill take a video. I dont take it 5 feet airbone but just a couple inches off the ground every now and then.

Thanks Neo! I can help out any other way too. Need new ball joints? brakes? Oil change? lol I can learn how to use that new machine you got too! I havent had the boot yet.
 
cbetts

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06 H3 said:
squeaky can fly but cant swim! I have proven it flies maybe one day ill take a video. I dont take it 5 feet airbone but just a couple inches off the ground every now and then.

Thanks Neo! I can help out any other way too. Need new ball joints? brakes? Oil change? lol I can learn how to use that new machine you got too! I havent had the boot yet.
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He can even show you how to use a grease gun!
 
Neo

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not yet, too busy with all the new customers. might get it together in Sept. but if not i'll be doing the musical truck thing in Oct. we are pumping out about 400 bundles a week and can't keep inventory in stock, I'm not complaining :)
 
06 H3

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I havent updated this yet but the goal of having it done by monday the 25th was not achieved :roll:

That would of put me at 2 1/2 weeks. I had a chance to have it done but things got in the way. First off, I wasted an entire day on saturday running to part stores to find brake line nuts that would work and drilling out my pitman arm. The brakeline nuts on mine were stripped. I cut em off then was going to reflare them and call it a day. Easy right? Nope...GM uses this thick rubber on the hard brakelines so the little nuts wouldnt fit on the brakeline. I had to grind off the rubber and still it would barely fit. So I went back to the store to get the next size up. They fit the hardline but the nut was too big to fit the soft line. After wasting hours I ended up going to oreilly and getting brand new hardlines and rerouted them. GM has so much extra slack in their hardlines with random bends. After I got the new hardlines I was ready to hook em up to the softlines. problem #2 supposedly there is a crazy shortage on 7/8in drill bits where I live. I searched store after store and couldnt find em. I ended up finding a friend with one and got half way until the bit was toast. I ended up dropping it off at a machine shop this morning and they drilled it out. Then on sunday, (my last day to get it done due to school starting monday) I worked all day. Then I got home and was going to bleed the brakes and and hook up the PS pump to the box. Instead I get a phone call that a friend of a friend lost control of his raptor and almost rolled off a hill. I couldnt go due to squeaky not being ready but they needed a winch so my brother ended up going but his jeep wasnt ready so I ended up helping him get the jeep ready. By that point it was late and I had an unhappy girlfriend because all my attention has been on squeaky for the past 2 1/2 weeks, I do feel bad only time I have seen her is for 5 min here 5 min there. So i ended up taking the night off. I was figuring out how to get to school and work on monday but luckily my dad has a business trip and is gone till thursday so I have his car. It must be done by thursday but all I have left is putting on the shocks and rebleeding the brakes and PS pump. Its basically drivable now. Today is my long day, between school and work its a 15 hour day so depending on how late I get home I might get started on the other crap. If not I will do it tomorrow night.

Here are some pics.

No lights! The computer is fooled!



I am gonna have to cut and redo the lines on the steering but here is a front shot



27.5 hub to fender (I had my rancho at 26.5-27) It may lower half an inch when its off the angled driveway. So I am near rancho height



The Draglink and tie rod will hit at 4in of uptravel! Which really surprises me but in a good way! I went over the knuckle instead of under. CJ and I talked about this its an experiment.



Instead of a metal coil retainer I used a stock JK rubber insert, I didnt like the idea of metal on metal. I also added a little 3in pipe in between the rubber so keep it centered. The lower one has a metal coil insert that CJ provided.

 
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