You are an evil man! Gotta get mine done.Another rig nearing completion! Headed to CO soon. 7.3, 6" lift with the new BFG KO2's, XD 18" addict wheels, Stage 2 front axle w/RSC upgrade, ARB rear air locker, UJ Onboard Air, UJ rear skid with underfloor storage, Fox 2.0 all the way around with duals up front. Aluminess front & rear bumpers and a UJ fuel tank. Awesome van, awesome van!
UJOR Build Thread
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Boy I hope somebodies awake that can help a brother out. I'm out in my garage working on the rear suspension for my ambo and I cant quite figure out which springs go where. Two springs have a pretty serious arch to them with bushing eyes that look more or less like the eyes on the factory rear springs. The bushing eyes appear to be the same size on each end of the springs, both factory and ujor.
The other two ujor springs have much less arch to them and the eyes at each end are much bigger than the other two springs. One end of these two springs also have a military wrap. I'm at a bit of a loss.
The other two ujor springs have much less arch to them and the eyes at each end are much bigger than the other two springs. One end of these two springs also have a military wrap. I'm at a bit of a loss.
naterry
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Boy I hope somebodies awake that can help a brother out. I'm out in my garage working on the rear suspension for my ambo and I cant quite figure out which springs go where. Two springs have a pretty serious arch to them with bushing eyes that look more or less like the eyes on the factory rear springs. The bushing eyes appear to be the same size on each end of the springs, both factory and ujor.
The other two ujor springs have much less arch to them and the eyes at each end are much bigger than the other two springs. One end of these two springs also have a military wrap. I'm at a bit of a loss.
The military wrapped end is the front of the front springs.
There's various stickers on them but nothing that says "front. There's a piece of blue tape on each of them that has a number on it (cant remember as I type) but it's the same number on each. I do remember that you can determine orientation by reading the stensiled Atlas Suspension on each, or at least I seem to remember that from the instructions somewhere.
ujoint
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Gotcha. There should be a sticker on the spring eye that has the part #, something like UJOR6F. Either way, like Nate said the military wrap goes forward on the front springs and you should be able to rear the lettering from the wheel well when the spring is installed. (not upside down) The rear springs have more arch because of the stock shackle placement.
ujoint
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Here's our new & improved rear underfloor storage for the EB vans. Aluminum, 25.5 x 11 x 12 dims, hinged lid.
We prototyped this lower unbolt plate for the Quigley axles that had been modified. With this you can run the stock style sway bar and our normal upper u-bolt plates.
We prototyped this lower unbolt plate for the Quigley axles that had been modified. With this you can run the stock style sway bar and our normal upper u-bolt plates.
ujoint
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We've been doing some work on a local GMC truck, front/rear gears and a locker out back (ARB) Full Cognito steering upgrade and some wiring too. Should be back on the ground tomorrow. The red van stopped by for some pre wiring for the future UJ roof rack, trying to get caught up on regular production so we can get them finished up. The DeQuig van is almost done, off to alignment tomorrow and delivery Tuesday! Spent a lot of time cleaning up the frame and a few other pieces that were rusty. The Q suspension pieces were basically flaking away from serious rust damage. Have to stay on top of that stuff if you live in a heavy snow/salt state! Tears these things up.
flightcancled
Explorer
I keep thinking about how sweet those are as a platform. Well done!
Wait- Beer switch!?
Wait- Beer switch!?
onemanarmy
Explorer
what does that beer switch do? and where can I get one?
CodyY
Explorer
CodyY
Explorer
Thanks. Your boys at Atlas really hooked it up for me. He likes to load 3000 lbs of feed on it and haul azz on ranch roads. Took 2 tries but they nailed the springs. Seriously it rides better than a Raptor.
It's build is pretty well documented in my local thread: http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123275