{"id":949,"date":"2012-03-11T18:59:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T02:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kurtisfranklin.com\/blog\/?p=949"},"modified":"2012-03-12T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T23:23:44","slug":"finding-some-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kurtisfranklin.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/11\/finding-some-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Found some time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I finally got enough of a break in the MBA program to spend a few hours on Ike today.<\/p>\n

After blowing all of the dust off of everything, I cleaned up the knuckle spheres and removed the kingpin bearing races. Instead of spending more time on the front axel and not having a frame to hang it from, I decided to turn my attention to the frame.<\/p>\n

The frame itself was nearly perfectly cleaned by the sand blaster, but as can happen with such an intricate assembly, some spots were missed. Before I spray the rust encapsulating primer on there, I wanted to make sure that all of the old paint, grease, and other baked on crap was completely removed. I rolled the frame out into the driveway, and got to work.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One of the first things I needed to do was remove the handful of rivets that were still in the side rails from the outriggers that I had removed after the sandblasting was done. I also used a wire wheel to get off some areas of “baked-on” grease. I also went ahead and took off some of the remaining surface rust, even though it won’t be necessary for the primer I’m using.<\/p>\n

Once I got the frame back into the garage, I did a test fit of the front bumper and rear crossmember. They were both a bit tight, so I’m not sure if I’ll adjust the frame horns, or if it’d be better to pull the bumpers open a bit. At this point, if I were to prime and paint the frame and the bumpers and then try and put them together, I’d be scraping an awful lot of paint off in the process. I want them snug, but I also want there to still be protection on the metal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>That’s it for now. I never thought doing my masters would take this much time away from the Jeep project. I expected to be done with frame and axles by now, so I’m a bit behind schedule. Luckily I’ve got a new quarter starting soon which should give me a few weeks of less school work and then summer break is just around the corner. At this point, I think I need to shoot at having a rolling frame by the end of the summer break.<\/p>\n

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I thought I’d include this too as a point of reference. This was the frame back in June 2011.<\/p>\n

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I finally got enough of a break in the MBA program to spend a few hours on Ike today. <\/p>\n

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