Hardcore Steering for Louis ViTen ! Episode 1 

Stacy David is such a knowledgeable guy. Hopefully I’ll get to work on a project with him sometime

@@thedirtheadshed we'd watch for sure

Same, loved his programs. That guy is very talented. Dave, you are also very talented. Keep it up, you give me hope and you seem like such an awesome man. Wish we had mountains here in the DFW area, TX!

@@wysurvivorStacy David has a podcast out that’s pretty good covering a range of car guy topics.

I remember watching a guy named Bud Lindemann and he had a show called, "Car and Track." It was on around the late 60s early 70s. Great show but not much building or creating. Thatscwhere you succeed Dave. Thanks for taking us into your lair!!!

It might be my Moab rig.. still deciding

Challenge accepted

I need to utilize amazon for more stuff

No problem. Thanks for watching. Tell your friends

That’s sketchy!! I hope this works well

Right on! Keep enjoying that caddy

@thedirtheadshed I will! It's a 67 that's been swapped to a '68 472. I've had it running, but now I'm painting the top half. Needs put back together so I can actually enjoy it

Thank you

“Production team…”” that’s just me on this one. Thank you

Hahah.. working with what I’ve got!!

Got to have the right touch. Bigger hammer isn’t always better

Nice!! That’s the goal

Totally they seem to be winning the battle though

Those probably should be replaced if you have the vacuum actuated hubs. Otherwise re use yours

I need to take one, not teach one! Thanks for the compliment

He was all business…. I paid it

Right!! Let’s make this happen!!

I know… need to get into the merchandise game bad!

Yep! Me too. Need it off the lift

We even call Ultra 4 Koh racers Cars. We’re a mess

Oh man.. I need to get on the merch train. Soon my dude

You stay busy!! Keep at it man! And yeah. The joke had me laughing

Or use the transmission jack!

Hahah. I freakin love those things

The transmission jack is for holding the go pro

Thanks! Should be fun to drive

​@@thedirtheadshedI'm just glad to see that I'm not the only one that doesn't figure out stuff perfectly the first time when fabricating on the fly. I feel like most people at your level or exposure leave their issues on the editing room floor. Thank you for the honesty and awesome video! You helped me figure out some steering issues that I've been working through .

Good tips. Thanks

Thank you very much!

I’m pretty anti bent track bar. Once you bend a tube it wants to continue to bend. That being said. My old amigo has a track bar in it with two bends and it’s lasted for 15 years

@@thedirtheadshed got it. Technically speaking, a bent track bar is stronger than a straight one. The bending work hardens the steel. As the outer portion of the tube does stretch as you bend it and gets thinner and slightly weaker, but the inner portion compresses and overall increases the strength of the bar. This assumes small bends and is a function of wall thickness. If you have ever looked at an stress-strain curve of a material, what you are doing when you are bending material is straining it. Strain = stretch. As you stretch it, the yield strength in creases as can be seen by the curve. When you stretch it past the point where it no longer returns, the portion of the tube that is trying to spring it back to its original position is in tension, and at a higher yield strength than original. The rest of the tube that is no longer trying to spring it back to its normal shape is usually marginally below the nominal stress and so if you sum up the post bent tensioned portions that are stronger with the portions that are weaker, your left with more strength than you started with. This assumes you’re not tearing the tube or anything like that. Hope this makes sense. With that said, modifying that crossmember doesn’t look too hard lol.

I’m going crazy. But it’s actually about done now. Wheeling Sunday if all goes well

@@thedirtheadshed Rad!!!

Thanks! It’s putting up a good fight

Tell me about it. All we do it create problems then fix em

Usually mid travel or ride height

I like them a lot. Good road and rock tire, not sure about mud

I would love to do a trip with those fellas. You could bend the bar up. Yes it would be a little weaker. It would also want to flop down. So the heim joints or tie rod ends would always be maxed out one way which could cause premature wear

It’s likely in the track bar or track bar bracket. Also, look at the skyjacker soft ride springs for the front of it. Could lower it down a little for like $200

Always need more tools.

I hope to. We shall see

I need to look those up

Drag link needs to pivot where I pivot in the hole where I put it so it can get full steering angle. Farther out will lessen that

I gotta get hip with the terminology! Double feature sounds way more fun

It’s Howl by the Darkness I believe

I appreciate you passing it on as well

It’s a bummer when that happens!

Yep. That’s all you can do

Going out to that hole would lessen the amount of steering angle quite a bit

You could. But it would lose a ton of steering angle going to that point

Just spray painted

I did film it. That was last weeks wheeling in mom’s Spaghetti

Thanks for the advice

The added leverage comes from the hydraulic assist ram that gets installed

It totally snowballed! I’m still working on this thing. …. But it’s gonna be rad

So much!! That was frustrating for me

Same here! I need this thing off the lift!

Yeah. It is a struggle on the ground

You almost had it

I know! Need to get that painted for cruising season

Glad you are enjoying the videos . They are fun to make

Thanks for watching!

I’m not sure who the go-to shops are in that area. I would call Poly Performance and ask them who they recommend

@@thedirtheadshed was wonderin if fred needed some content :)

It wouldn’t get full steering angle with it out there

I upgraded the axles to the 1550 size joints. It had the 1480’s in it originally

@@thedirtheadshed thanks Dave

Thanks for watching them. It’s definitely a ton of work. But it also pushes me to work on my stuff

Oh yeah. It’s fine. I just need to get back on the body and paint. Cruising season is soon

The Mustang is in a lot of this video.

The finger brake is from Eastwood. The table is a CertiFlat from weldtables.com

Thanks Dave!

That’s a technique I haven’t hear of

I need to use amazon more often

@@thedirtheadshed If you haven't fallen into the jungle site yet, don't do it. It's a slippery slope.

It wasn’t bad with the stock steering. But it would have been terrible with the high steer

I appreciate the invite! Have a rad weekend

Shoot me a dm on instagram. Dirthead_dave

@@thedirtheadshed Sir, I did.

I usually set it about 3/16 in when measured on the tires

I’ll know shortly how it works!

Ther is only a rear hole on pass knuckle. It’s designed that way to keep full steering angle

@@thedirtheadshed ah gotcha, closer to the same length/ swing radius as the pitman.

Yep!

I’m not rich

They have always been pretty bad

I think you’ve got the wrong guy

@@thedirtheadshed yeah sorry not sure what I was thinking. I follow Tom from Matt's off-road recovery.

These fords need all the help they can get

No, not on this. Maybe if I built a buggy

@@thedirtheadshed :) u would build a siiick buggy

I know!! It needs attention

I remember changing a pump on an Aerostar like 4 times before we got a good one

Yeah yeah yeah…. I have my technique… its pretty effective

@@thedirtheadshed just poking. I usually use my 2.5lb, but the drag link is always a bitch because there's no decent room to swing on it. Always loving the content, brother.

Let’s hope so

I’m not so good at this

I just disconnect the battery

Great video Dave

Hey. Thanks for watching

Thanks

Cheers

Thanks! I was so tired of editing! I wasn’t sure if it would be watchable or not

Did I screw up an overlay?? Go figure

@@thedirtheadshed It happens.. just keep being awesome!

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I’m working part time. So this week worked the first 2 weeks, then took 2 off. It’s still super rough at times

That would be rad. Gotta pay up for those newer ones though

I’m a rebel, a loaner. You don’t want to get messed up with a guy like me.

I’m an all inclusive, anti-hater, here to help kinda guy. But really I just want to have the wear with all to project like you. I’ve got a list and parts in the garage, but never seem to make the time to get it done! Next time you’re down in Bend you can come out and wheel with us, you know it’s more fun to be a lone wolf with other animals haha.

I should invest in some tie rod removal tools. I don’t really like hammering on this stuff either

Thanks ! This one is pretty cool. But frustrating at times too

I make mistakes. I’m sure I had some witty text that I wanted you to see. But forgot to hit Return

@@thedirtheadshed haha trust me I get it. Love your work, man.