Excelent work you have a talent for detail

Thank you much. I've been wanting to get into some fabrication stuff for a while and up until now did not have access to a decent welder. Now that it's available I feel like the moon is the limit lol.

With the amount of great positive feedback and requests I've had on the swing out I am seriously considering making another couple of units later this month.

But first, I am in the process of cutting off the original pivot on the swing out to rework it to the newer heim joint design, if all goes to plan, I should have it all finished up after the weekend.

The paint has barely had time to fully cure and I am already getting the grinder ready...

The heim joint pivot upgrade is now a go. Got my raw material in today and the heim joints should deliver later on. The plan is to chop off the original pivot point and tabs in order to weld in a supporting channel for the 2 threaded heim joints which will then hang from.a thicker, 3/8" angle support instead of a flat 1/4" material.

This also means modifying the resting support angles as well.. gotta love chopping up a freshly finished piece but such is the pursuit of a better design.

The pieces below in blue are what will be added.

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While waiting for the sliders to be fully welded decided to take advantage of the welder being out to finish welding the 3way swivel.

Now just need some washer, paint and grease. Looks like it should do just fine.. but time will tell.







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Looking ambitious! I like It!

Pivot 2.0 parts are here. Excited to make the modifications.

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Fabricated the heim pivot today. Now it's a little cutting on the old pivot and this can go on to complete the swing out finally.



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Nice work! What's your welding setup? I recently got a hobart 140. 110v but its supposed to do 1/4 inch. Better than my old harbor freight 90amp. I'm using flux core wire and will be welding my sliders and PCK with it.

I want to start fabricating like this but will need to invest in some more tools and probably a better welder.

My dad just picked up a miller 211. A hell of an upgrade over the 200 dollar harbor freight welder we had before haha. We got the entire setup including 2 full sized tanks, cart, etc, for under 2k which I thought was a steal for what its capable of.. its a dual voltage welder but we're running it off of 240.

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Heim pivot in place . Night and day difference.

Took some chopping but its done. Paint is drying.

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Looks like I ran out of picture-posting ability through tapatalk on the phone lol, so had to resort back to uploading from the computer.

Very pleased with how everything came out in the end with the swing out. The heim pivot worked like a dream, I wish I had done this from the first time around, but live and learn I guess. There is practically no sag at all with the latch released and it pivots smooth as butter without needing lubrication.

I am still going to do a small drop of a bike-chain type dry lube just to help out a bit but overall it is working great. Plus now the entire pivot assembly is sitting on 3/16" angles instead of a 1/4" flat plate that wanted to deform under weight with it swung out.

I took the time to hand the hi-lift jack a bit higher so that it wasn't in the way of the latch as well. And finally, I placed a secondary locking drop-pin just to ensure the assembly doesn't swing out while driving in the very unlikely situation of the latch failing in the closed position.

Since I cut it all up again and had to paint it I decided to use the same bed liner paint that i used on the sliders and I couldn't be happier. Looks much nicer now. The license plate covers the not-so-pretty modification to receive the heim pivot so overall I stoked with how it came out.

A question came up about departure angle, and yes, obviously you can't have your cake and eat it too if you're looking for a bolt-on swing out carrier and not a full bumper. I could gain a bit more clearance if I chop off 4-5 inches of the receiver tube on the swing out, but I want it for the ability to hook up a small trailer while still having the swing out on. Sooner or later I'll be going with the coastal offroad swing out bumper so that won't be an issue for long
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