Hillbilly Deluxe (Rye Guy's ol' black n tan)

[MancheKid86]

went down to the local bike shop with my shifter in hand lookin for some sort of cable crimp.

this is what they gave me, it ended up fitting the lever and wire perfect.
it was off of a dropper post, which is actually where my cable came from.

and now its fully functional.

 

 

[MancheKid86]

more into the tcase

 

way back in 2014, the ring gear in the doubler spit out in a very sketchy spot
both of my winches, plus two more and 8 people helped spin the truck around and safely down to a flat where I was able to swap tcases the next day




ended up having  to split a case in half to get a new ring gear donor.
the way the doubler is built didnt allow for a retainer, or so it was lead to believe. 
put the new ring in, stake in in place good to go.

fast forward to now.
the ring started walking again! so in went the proper retainer and I started grinding

 

 

 

 

hear me out, before anyone says it. 

Literally no idea why i didnt line the tangs up to one of the studs, thought about it the entire process... especially on the last hole lmao

but here it is, it even retained its springtivity

was cleaned afterwards to install the new bearing

 

 

ran an idea past a buddy and he said come on down.

3 planet carriers are out of style

but 6 planets on the other hand....
thats more like it!

 

 

3 vs 6

 

 

 

 

starting to assemble

 

 

 

lets stand all of those bearing back up

 

 

the graveyard, 3 carriers due to one being roasted, the other was already parts from when the ring gear ejected in '14 but made for good bearing slugs. and the third had good junk

 

 

 

final planet

 

and all together again

 

[A-man930]

You've taken a three planet carrier and machined it to accept six? You're my hero. Totally doing this.