Long Arms install Party!

My long arms finally came in! So now I just need to get an install party date set. I'm available starting NOW so it's up to everyones schedule!
Ill definitely need all the help I can get.

I feel like a little kid on christmas...Im so STOKED

Cool! Hope I can help!

Only if you drive to the coast!

I'm in CC.. Close enough?

Damn I wish I lived closer to the group... U gonna test them new long arms out at pins on the July 2-3 run?

I'm hoping to! I think by then I should be fully set to take her wheelin.

Hope one of ya'll can weld. It's a good kit.

Raul said he can a bit. I'm looking forward to learning :-)

Kristi5683 wrote:

Raul said he can a bit. I'm looking forward to learning :-)

Yeah a bit! Do you know how much welding is involved?

potlickinpirate wrote:

Cool! Hope I can help!

You are welcome to come down and stay at my place for this or any other event or just to hang out

r_unda wrote:

Kristi5683 wrote:

Raul said he can a bit. I'm looking forward to learning :-)

Yeah a bit! Do you know how much welding is involved?

potlickinpirate wrote:

Cool! Hope I can help!

You are welcome to come down and stay at my place for this or any other event or just to hang out

There's a good deal of it from what I could see. I can send you the install info for it if you like.
Here's a link for a similar install on a zj. It should be about as much welding or a little less. http://www.mallcrawlin.com/forum/showthread.php?8165-Clayton-Off-Road-Hard-Arm-4-Link-Long-Arm-Suspension

when are you talking about doing this? My schedual is fairly flexible. Just have Raul let me know.

Tvernon wrote:

when are you talking about doing this? My schedual is fairly flexible. Just have Raul let me know.

It's up to everyone else really. Im free the majority of the time.

Raul, are we still ok to do the install at your place?

Kristi5683 wrote:

Tvernon wrote:

when are you talking about doing this? My schedual is fairly flexible. Just have Raul let me know.

It's up to everyone else really. Im free the majority of the time.

Raul, are we still ok to do the install at your place?

Yeah we can do it at my house. Let me finish working on my trailer. I should be done this weekend (BTW I am going to need some help).
The weekend of the 4th I am busy. Saturday the 11th I am free after 3pm so we can start then …or we can wait until the weekend of the 18 th or the 25th
Just let me know what works best for you and everyone else that it’s helping.

r_unda wrote:

Yeah we can do it at my house. Let me finish working on my trailer. I should be done this weekend (BTW I am going to need some help).
The weekend of the 4th I am busy. Saturday the 11th I am free after 3pm so we can start then …or we can wait until the weekend of the 18 th or the 25th
Just let me know what works best for you and everyone else that it’s helping.

The 11th is fine. And what ever help you need with anything just give me a call and I'll come help.

Everyone is ok with the 11th? The more help we get the better! It looks like this is not a simple bolt on. Anyone with more welding experience that wants to help is more then welcome!

No welding experience at all, but I can help on the 11th. Ill be there.

just got an email about this. if you want you can tack the stuff together with your little welder then bring it over to me to fully weld in. my welder doesn't travel very well the way i have my cart set up plus not really into lugging my argon bottle around. won't guarantee the welds will be beautiful but my welds don't break. if i had more room and my jeep not taking up the entire garage ya'll could do it here but until i get my new axles under the jeep and finish my motor i just don't have the room for an install party

shawn wrote:

just got an email about this. if you want you can tack the stuff together with your little welder then bring it over to me to fully weld in. my welder doesn't travel very well the way i have my cart set up plus not really into lugging my argon bottle around. won't guarantee the welds will be beautiful but my welds don't break. if i had more room and my jeep not taking up the entire garage ya'll could do it here but until i get my new axles under the jeep and finish my motor i just don't have the room for an install party

Thanks Shawn! That sounds like a great idea!

I think we should plan to finish everything on Saturday the 11th and head your way for full welds on Sunday the 12th? how that sounds to you?

sounds like a plan

just to be sure your just bringing me the parts to be welded correct? your not gonna try and drive it to my place are you?

I'm in Raul. I'll take my compressor over to your house, it should come in handy. by then my my xmsn oil cooler should be in so i might be inst that as well.

shawn wrote:

sounds like a plan

just to be sure your just bringing me the parts to be welded correct? your not gonna try and drive it to my place are you?

Well I was hopping to maybe tow it to your house but I still haven’t figured that out yet. I don’t want to drive it. Or maybe we can do the install at your driveway?

my place wouldn't be a good place for doing that kinda install. no flat lvl ground other then in the garage which my jeep is currently taking up completely and since it doesn't have any axles currently bolted to it it's not moving anywhere. once you get everything figured out and get the pieces tacked together just bring them over here, trying to tow or drive the jeep here with stuff tacked is a very bad idea plus i can't weld overhead to save my life.

if by chance i do manage to get my axles under it in time then my place might be a possibilty but i wouldn't hold my breathe

shawn wrote:

i can't weld overhead to save my life.

Thats my problem right there. I was looking at the instructions online about this isntall and it requires to weld overhead. I think most of them are overhead.

send me that link. i've noticed on alot of lifts they make you do stuff the hard way for no reason. and honestly it's not that i can't weld overhead it's just that it comes out ugly as sin afterwards but that's what they made grinders for. i just prefer to do it the easy way so it comes out clean and semi professional looking with alot less work

also it helps to have a good welder which i have now. before i had a piece of crap lincoln mig that was very limiting on heat and speed ranges