new arms

[matt_helton]

just thought id share a few pics of the new arms im building for the SY2. I retired the old mild steel arms. the new ones are .125 wall DOM.

[Erik Irvine]

Looking good Matt! How often do you change out those Johny Joint things?

[steveG]

Nice Matt, really nice....

[matt_helton]

the Johnny Joint bushings last along time of you keep them greased. they have worked great for me for going on 4 years now. as far as me and Ray Currie know, my truck is one of the only things in the desert that is close to being considered "high speed" that runs the joints. they are mostly found on rock crawlers.

[phorensic]

You made some beefy arms...again. Good job. Hope the new motion ratio helps out the handling of your front end, although I might miss seeing that front end do wheelies all day. :D

[Jkrell]

matt -- new arms look really good. Cool to see the use of the jonny joints and to hear that they hold up good in the a-arm application...definately a lot cheaper than changing heims or delrin bushings every couple races.
Regarding "high speed" trucks using jonny joints -- does that mean Jeepspeeds dont count? -- consider them "low speed" ....haha.

jon

[Whitewater]

You wanna sell me a set?

[matt_helton]

Jon, well i guess i forgot about the Jeepspeeds. some of them do run the johnny joints. but basically there arent too many trucks out there racing that run them. lol

and whitewater. NO. haha i am a slow fabricator and i use very crude tools and techinques. i wouldnt be able to make more and sell them due to time and money.

[saintsandman]

Looks badass, always top quality fab ;)

Can’t wait to see it in action, May 7th.

Saint Helton!!!

[matt_helton]

well after a slight 1/2" snafu with the lowers i got the arms on the truck yesterday.

[IvanDan]

well after a slight 1/2" snafu with the lowers i got the arms on the truck yesterday.

Lookin good man.....did the travel increase?

[matt_helton]

travel increased a bit and the bumpsteer increased ALOT. lol. i need to drop the centerlink and flip the tie rods to the bottom of the knuckles.

[matt_helton]

arms done and steering dropped. bumpsteer is 90% better.

[matt_helton]

oh, and also.......big thanks to TOTAL CHAOS for hooking my up with their uniball conversions.

[jeff]

Bueno. Looks ready for May 7th ;)

Aloha

[saintsandman]

Cant wait until May 7th to see it in action!!!! :)

[matt_helton]

i finished up the lower arms and steering knuckles this weekend.