*** Mason Grady's 10# 4x4 ***

[Stormin2u]

Chris Grady is recovering and of course is "tinkering" in the shop a here's a few of Mason's 10# 4x4 new ride.















Can't wait to see more but Chris is currently waiting on the delivery man to deliver the rest of the truck.

[hellbounder]

awesome !

nice machining work ... those sprockets machined from scratch too? How many teeth are on the big sprocket if you don't mind me asking

If those sprockets are machined from scratch using a roller chain hob 1/4" pitch ... could you tell me the equation you used for calculating the Outside Diameter for the blank and the Total Depth (cut)?

btw ... you should name it "Swiss Cheese"

... can't wait to see how you design the front axle for steering?

[grady pulling]

thanks guys.... as far as the sprocket i bought it and machined the slots in it it is a 38t aluminum sprocket.i am still waiting for my cen monster truck cv shafts to modify.i have done alittle more to it but not enough justify another pic chris....

[rc4x4nut]

Wow...I like. One of these days I will finally get a puller.

[grady pulling]

well i tryed to upload pics on this post but they are in the rcmt album.these are pics of the modified cen nemisis front drives. i modify them to work on my 4x4's. these things are monsters they are set up like military axles ck out the huge bearings....chris

[Chris67GMC]

[Chris67GMC]

I got this front from grady and I am almost done updating my truck it is awsome, smooth, heavy duty! and has great steering range.

Good thing that mill dont need pics uploaded

Wow ... that was a creative approach ... thanks for sharing!!!

I was thinking about machining some hexes on the front axles ... and hex broaching a bronze insert for the sprocket after boring it to a slightly larger size then center reaming the axles to accept a shortened Thunder Tech CVD clod axle and welding them in.

... your method is so much simpler (probably stronger) and much less time consuming

Where do you get those nice 1/4" pitch sprockets from??? Got a few from Small Parts Inc. but they don't look as nice as those babies.

Again .... thanks for posting those pics and keep them coming ... very helpful!!!

BTW ... if you don't mind ... how about some pictures of your shop ... be interesting to see what kind of equipment your using .... lathe, mill, etc.

[nrctpaXpres]

old school......hex ball end drivers into somthing that accepts that...that part fails me but probably hex outdrive parts?.....this is way back ....not my style ....really didn't pay enough attention...but you can figger it out....thank you , E McReynolds...Open 1 carpet which pulls a ton of weight had this system (325#)

[grady pulling]

actually i dont have a big shop i'm just a hobbist i have a sherline 8 axis mill and a sherline lathe. i'm not a machinist just like to play around and make things that work.i build pullere for my son to run i n competion.i get my small sprockets from mcmaster carr and the aluminum sprockets are only about $11. through a company called andymark they are #25 size but you need to thin them just alittle they are about ,020 to thick no biggy...chris...

Sherline makes nice equipment ... I'd like to try one of there CNC mills one of these days or an Industrial Hobbies CNC Mill Drill ... that would rock

I'm a Grizzly man myself ... G4003 12x36 lathe w/Sino 2-Axis DRO and a G3103 knee mill w/ Easson ES-10 3-Axis DRO (wish I had went with the 9x49 turret mill though )

Don't sell yourself short ... judging from the pics ... you produce quality work ... if that's not being a machinist I don't know what is ...

[Stormin2u]

This is going to be a very cool rig I can't wait to see more.

[grady pulling]

i added a couple pics of the assembled front end but i still cant get the magic combination to load them

Surely, this project is finished by now ... some pics of the truck would be nice

[grady pulling]

finishied puller pics this one is in the for sale section

[Stormin2u]

Thats a beauty Chris nice work.

[Etzkorn]

Man I remember that truck at Bowling Green. Had trouble with the batteries I think. But then it was sold. Has a great paint job