Tuber Build

Building a Tuber 101
Tools and supplies. High speed rotary tool Metal cutting wheels Needle nose Micrometer Fine point Sharpie marker Magnets or other way to hold project in place Vice Mapp torch Brazing rod Brazing flux Steel tube Steel rod Aluminum sheet Starbucks Venti Raspberry Mocha
These are time-consuming. What you see here is about 8 hrs work, believe it or not! It's crucial for strength and visual appeal that everything is even and lines up. It needs to sit level on a flat surface, then built up from there. If you have to force, even a tiny bit, a part in place, there is a good chance that will twist the chassis out of what. Of course, as you get further into the project, the chassis gets much stronger and this is less and less likely.
These next three shots are after the tail section was started. You can see that it's not even yet in that area, but you can see how it is progressing. Another hour (counting smoke breaks, of course)! The pics after these will hopefully have a completed center section, maybe even the rear... posting as I go!

I am assembling the links and working out better shock locations than mine has. Here is what I think the ride height should be. It's mocked up using my new set of axles, tires and shocks I picked up for the mudder project.
Here is the finished product. All that needs done is to finish up the accessories and ship it off for the chassis to be painted, where it will be sandblasted and powder coated... and shipped from there to the customer, where I'll never see it all done and painted! :( I'll be making a belly pan and axle mounts for the servo(s) and upper links, as well as a set of steel links.

Here is the belly pan completed. The new owner will have to modify it to suit. The pic of the belly pan on it's own is from MY truck, as an example of how mine was done. It all depends on the drivelines and transmission chosen. Basically, holes need to be drilled to mount the tranny, and there may need to be notches cut to clear the drive shafts. My notches are a lot bigger just because I run Revo shafts, and they are a lot thicker.

Here is a requested shot of the rear linkage...