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King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:55 pm
by Ken
It's official.....I'm racing in it.

Scott M will be my co-pilot.....I paid the entry fee last week...and sent my forms and waivers into today.


1) Replaced all the ball joints (one was toast)
2) Replaced all the shock mount bolts
3) New UMHW guard for the trailing arm
4) A-Arm reinforcement bracket
5) Safety nets
6) New Lowrance 5M- Elite Baja GPS

Still to go
Amber and Blue desert racing light
Racing suit
Ear pieces for ham radio for communications (we'll talk on 70cm simplex inside and 2M to the crew at pit)
Possibly put King Shocks on
Frame reinforce install (I already have it)
I'm sure I'm forgetting something.


Angelo is the pre-run vehicle......anyone that wants to come.....First week in February. Johnson Valley.

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:05 am
by Kodiak
So stoked!!
to add to the list.
you need mechanically inclined people with at least a stock 4x4 truck for the remote pits ( i don't know how many pits the utv guys use)
i would recommend at least one spare tire at each remote pit and if you can afford it two the way you like to pop tires :twisted:
several gas cans at the remote pits. a fire extinguisher at each fueling station.

the main key to finishing from what i have read is.
"Every spot we flagged as dangerous while pre running had a broken or rolled rig sitting at it when we passed." a KOH finisher.

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:41 pm
by DAVE
Cool. I think it would be great to check out the race.................... =D>

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:52 pm
by GrizzlyGuy
:shock:
Two questions:

1) What are you leaving me in your will?
2) On the day after the race, who should I call so as to collect it?

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:45 am
by Ken
LOL.

3" Wide 5 point harness installed today! Bring it!! BTW..Scott tightened the bolts on the passenger side...so it's all on him!!! LOL.

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:31 pm
by EigerMike
Frame reinforce install (I already have it) is this a bolt on kit orweld on? i think its awesome that your doing it! dont know if i can make it down .it sucks being up here when i would love to help you guys out!

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:07 pm
by EigerMike
what class you going to run?

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:59 am
by Ken
The A-arm and shock kit are bolt on.

Maybe you can help me....Dave too.

My Zbros curved Radius Bars
http://www.zbrozracing.com/side-by-side ... us-rod-kit

If you look at the photo...One end is an adjustable HEIM joint. This weekend....the bolt of the heim broke..snapped. It would be a major improvement to upgrade the bolt size....just not sure how to do that. Any ideas?

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:31 pm
by Ken
So who is the metal engineers around here?? Dave? Mike?

I talked to ZBroz. They have 2 options. A new racing model with 5/8" heim joint over my current 1/2" which broke. OR....use their 1/2" joint that is Chromoly.

I'm not sure what's stronger....chromoly at 1/2" or non-chromoly at 5/8"? I know that the strength of an object increasing in size isn't linear, but it's exponential.

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:23 pm
by Mr. Green
cant help you with the metal question

but i bet i could be talked into helping out at a pit if needed.

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:15 pm
by EigerMike
what caused it to break? you can cut the end off and weld a new one back on ,but i think with what your getting into your better off going with the raceing model. seems like best would be 5/8 chromoly heim! :D
not a hard job to replace them with 5/8 if they will fit inside your arms.

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:36 pm
by Ken
Mr. Green wrote:cant help you with the metal question

but i bet i could be talked into helping out at a pit if needed.
Well...then make it happen!

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:38 pm
by Ken
EigerMike wrote:what caused it to break? you can cut the end off and weld a new one back on ,but i think with what your getting into your better off going with the raceing model. seems like best would be 5/8 chromoly heim! :D
not a hard job to replace them with 5/8 if they will fit inside your arms.
They increased the size of the rod by 1/8th, to fit the 5/8's.

I think it broke from rock crawling...slowly moving it back and forth...and back and forth. There was rust 1/2 way on it...so it had been partially broken for sometime.

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:49 pm
by EigerMike
well that sucks! is there room to drill out the nut and retap it 5/8 ?

Re: King Of The Hammers - 2013

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:48 am
by Kendo
You have options for that heim, but it would require some metal work. Cutting that one out or ordering a set of arms with NO heim so you could use your own. Johnny joint comes to mind from the Jeep world.

Personally, I would go chrome moly if the heim bolt broke. Obviously that is fatigued metal and CrMo is going to be a lot less likely to fail. Agree with Mike, 5/8 CrMo would be the best option. They're out there, you don't have to buy from the place that made the arms.