Thread: Built some "4 way" rock sliders/air tanks/steps/recovery points

Great idea and they look great. Any thought of selling a few?

Originally Posted by slug_burner

What if any is the purpose of the weld as per red arrow?


Great job

Perhaps to strengthen the hole and to prevent elongation?????

It looks to me to be a bush welded into the hole, to spread the contact area on the shackle pin.

Cheers, Mick.

Yeah - it's a 25mm bush in a 10mm piece of plate steel to spread the load. A standard ARB shackle just fits across this.

Also the bottom half of the bush is welded to a bolt which goes through to the chassis on the other side to give it a direct connection.

I didn't plan it like that, but I cut the hole in the 10mm plate with a plasma cutter and it was as rough as guts, so thought I'd tidy it up by using a bush, and then the idea of spreading the load came to me......

Cheers
David

What a fantastic idea....air in the sliders.

I have a couple of questions:

1. What fitting, and where will you place it, to get air out of the tank?

2. Where is the compressor mounted? Engine bay? Cab? or chassis rail?

Originally Posted by Hamish71

What a fantastic idea....air in the sliders.

I have a couple of questions:

1. What fitting, and where will you place it, to get air out of the tank?

2. Where is the compressor mounted? Engine bay? Cab? or chassis rail?

If you look at the pic I posted in post #18 on page 2, you can see the threaded hole for a standard female air fitting - This fitting sits between the rear door and the wheel arch. If you look really hard you can also see the inlet to the air tank at the front on the inner face (standard 1/4 BSPT). The other air tank has a pressure release (safety) valve next to the air fitting.

I just welded round sectiond of metal on where each fitting hole was going then drilled and tapped them to size (1/4 BSPT, 1/2 BSPT etc...)

I have a converted AC compressor feeding the tanks.

Hi Hamish - the air fitting is just a standard thread nut that takes a compression fitting for air line, and I TIG welded that into the sliders. I got all the stuff from Pirtek at a cost of about $50 for the T pieces (I have air in both sliders), joiners, the hose and etc.

The compressor is in a separate underslung compartment that's attached to my canopy. The air lines will go through a grommet and out to the sliders. The connection point to pump up tyres etc will also be in this compartment, which means (on the downside) that I have to open the door of the compartment to air up, but (on the upside) I won't get mud and dust into my airline fittings.

I have a 12V pressure switch to automatically set the pump running when the pressure drops below 70PSI.

HTH
David

Originally Posted by alittlebitconcerned

Great idea and they look great. Any thought of selling a few?

Ditto?