Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build March 2nd 2020, 12:20 am
Nice AK! I'm not sure what was in place of the bushing, but the bronze one should work out fine! Can't wait to see the old ford rollin' again!
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build March 2nd 2020, 12:34 am
Thanks, I'm looking forward to it!
Originally there was a *gulp* steel bushing for the pinion shaft, which is why they lock up with increased input speed. On the rat rod I used a needle bearing which has held up great, but I'm thinking a bronze bushing will work good too.
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build April 9th 2020, 8:58 am
the bronze bushing should stay lubricated better than the steel it bronze tends to hold oil a little better than steel does (if my metallurgy memory serves) and it will have more loading surface than the needles would have probably wont be as affected by impurities and the needle bearings were either since it's a single piece.
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build April 9th 2020, 2:22 pm
Those fronts are so narrow. Good look with the shocks. What they come off of?
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build April 9th 2020, 6:55 pm
tinkering bob wrote:
the bronze bushing should stay lubricated better than the steel it bronze tends to hold oil a little better than steel does (if my metallurgy memory serves) and it will have more loading surface than the needles would have probably wont be as affected by impurities and the needle bearings were either since it's a single piece.
Hey nice to hear from you again Bob! Been a minute or two, haha.
You're right about the oiling with bronze bushings, that's definitely a plus of using the bushing versus a needle bearing.
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Those fronts are so narrow. Good look with the shocks. What they come off of?
Thanks, I'm not exactly sure what the coilovers are off of, I pretty much just found them and eventually painted them up, haha.
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build April 11th 2020, 11:26 pm
I agree with Mighty on this one. Btw what size tires are those?
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build April 11th 2020, 11:46 pm
Hey allis, do you see any slopping out of suspension joints after a while? And if you do, does it make the steering weird if the axle can wobble back and forth a bit? Kinda curious.
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build April 12th 2020, 11:02 am
Thanks fellas, the fronts are 4.80 - 8's, should be about 16" tall I believe.
As far as having suspension link joints wearing out and causing play, I haven't had it happen on any of my builds so far. Same with the joints I use for steering components.
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build April 13th 2020, 8:42 pm
The skinny front look neat, but Ive wondered, if turned one way full lock would they be more likely to buckle if they hit something?
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build July 5th 2020, 10:38 pm
Well as I posted in the GT thread, things are to the point where I can go play with all my tractors again. Today's task was to get the little Ford up and running for the first time in probably four months, so I threw a battery in 'er and, with a little cheat in the carb, she was purring away!
Gave 'er some fresh gas and let it run for a bit, then went for a little ride.
Been a while since I've driven it so I just went slow for a minute or two, haha. I didn't really hit any good spots because it was later in the day, but I did a little screwing around and ripped around a dirt circle in the pasture.
Tried to get a picture while the dust was still in the air but it didn't work out too well, haha. But anyways she still works great, forgot how much fun the little thing is actually.
Glad to have 'er going again!
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build July 9th 2020, 7:00 pm
No. The crossover steering setup I did a long time ago cured that problem, the pivot point in the middle allows for full travel without any change in wheel toe.
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build February 28th 2021, 10:47 pm
Quick little update on the ol' Ford here, she's still running and driving great, and gets out and about quite regularly. Nothing really new I guess, no problems other than a limit chain I recently snapped. Still need to fix that, haha. But here's a couple off-road pictures in the meantime:
You can see the ol' limit chain just hanging there, talk about your poor maintenance.
So anyways, she's still here. Just been slow on the updates.
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build March 1st 2021, 11:24 am
Thanks Mighty! She's a real fun machine for sure. I should really spend some time on it and get maybe a rear bumper going and stuff like that. Maybe that'll be the next update!
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Subject: Re: Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build January 8th 2022, 8:09 pm
Well I guess I lied about not having an issue with Twin I-Beam. Got a little rowdy trying to drift through the icy forest and smacked into one too many trees:
Turns out I actually broke the axle beam itself:
Instead of just bensing it back and welding up I figured I'd put patch of 3/16" steel over it to brace it up:
Welded up, and painted even!
All back together and everything looks good:
So not too bad of a break really. Luckily the radius arms are solid enough to hold up to hitting trees and things, never thought about the actual axle breaking though, haha.
Anyhow, I'm gonna check everything else out and see what needs fixing or reinforcing while I'm at it, then it's back to the trails!
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