Quadrotrac

[Steinbruchsoldat]

We've been together in Canada a few years ago. Really enjoyed that, hoping to do that again and eventually move over to Canada in a few years. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/63891-Tour-de-Canada

I'm cutting the toolsteel on my power hacksaw, but it really eats up the saw blades. Took me a brand new one just to cut the four blanks.
I'm turning it with carbide inserts, but hispeed also works with a slow cutting speed and lots of coolant, especially while drilling.

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Fabricated some gussets today:

Made a sparetire mount:

And started with the driveshaft: Bought one from a Jeep because i was told it would have enought angle:

Well, that`s by far not enought:

Didn`t want to scrap it again, so i thought of something:

Had a new boot for it. Unfortunately the cv joint fell apart when i was trying to install it. Took me the better part of the afternoon to get it back together:

Then i started cutting some (high strenght) steel:

And turned the connector:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Spent the better part of the day finishing that jeep driveshaft thing:

At this point i realized that it`s not going to work. Piece of **** Jeep driveshaft cost me 2 days of work, i was about to lit everything.
Then i decided to do it like i originally wanted and hope it`ll hold up. So i used a cv-joint from a fwd car:

That`s the carrier bearing on the joint nut:

Test fit of the rear part :

And made the front part:

Finished:

Let`s hope it`ll hold up...

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Started welding it today. To get some airflow going i took a blower motor and hooked it up to a battery charger:

Started with the joint:

Still regaining control on my right hand, so no welding porn this time:

Made some gussets:

And welded them in:

Had some help to remove the cage. My mounts worked out like crap, need to change that:

Removed the body frame:

Pulled the engine:

Everything apart:

Started welding:

 

[Wainiha]

Does Germany have more hours in a day than the rest of the world? You really move quick.

 

[krl81]

Wainiha, excellent question! His speed makes me jealous.

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

We have a saying in german (hopefully translated right): The day has 24hours and there`s the night too. :ylsmoke:

Made a diff cover first:

And welded a few hours:

Nice to have a welder with 100% duty cycle at 200amps...

Going to build a tranny cover tomorrow and probably give it a shot of paint...

 

[chilliwak]

Steinez I am glad to see you still at it.

I remeber this pic of you doing bodywork on my old Chev...



nice work greatly appreciated....

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Those were awesome times back then. Hopefully we can do that again... :wings:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Made a transfercase and brake drum protector today:

Got everything out of my way:

Made some gussets for the axles:

Finished welding the axles and put the gussets on:

Got everthing ready for paint:

After shooting some paint:

Got some nice led strobes to go on the rear car:

 

[chilliwak]

Wow:Wow1:some serious looking progress there Steinez. Cool to see you getting the rig painted. I can see a test drive coming soon....

 

[VanIsle_Greg]

You know when it goes to paint... stuff is getting serious.

Looking awesome, love your builds. What part of Canada were you guys in, somewhere in BC if I recall?

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Yeah, well, first plan was to complete the rear car so it is up and running and then start on the front one. But now i decided to just weld up all the stuff on the rear one, put it back together and set it in (outside )storage. I think i need to have the whole thing together before i can start running the wiring and hydro hoses and stuff. Same for the brakes and cables and stuff.

So it`ll probably be finished somewhere this week and i can start on the front car, i`m really excited about that. Need to finish welding and leak test the gas and hydraulic tank, weld up the hydraulic pump mount and i`m basically done with it for now.

We`ve been traveling from Vancouver up to Arrow Lake/Nakusp, then Sandon and Nelson, back to Chilliwack and Vancouver.

 

[VanIsle_Greg]

We`ve been traveling from Vancouver up to Arrow Lake/Nakusp, then Sandon and Nelson, back to Chilliwack and Vancouver.

Beautiful area, I love it up there.

 

[HotrodSmurf]

That looked an awful lot like a wj driveshaft, and I'm sorry you had to have any contact with that waste of time.