Kraton JBI Kraton 8S Chassis

[bicketybam]

Looks like it will be a race to see who gets theirs to market first! ???

 

[jondilly1974]

Looks like it will be a race to see who gets theirs to market first! ???

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Does the JBI weight 20 lbs ???

 

[Captain Dirt]

Looks like it will be a race to see who gets theirs to market first! ???

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7075?

 

[SrC]

7075 Billet??? or Stamped???

 

[bicketybam]

I don't know the details. I saw it on FB. I would hope it's 7075 or he won't sell many. The one thing this truck definitely doesn't need is excessive weight.

 

[Jimbobjr]

 

[Notorious J]

Looks like it will be a race to see who gets theirs to market first! ???

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Looks like they did away with the flanged side design from the 6s. If it's 7075 then it's sure to be a contender. Would you buy one Ed if they make it first to market?

 

[Hammer Down]

Apparently JBIC are kit breakers now too, and have 1-2 sets of K8S parts in stock. ?

 

[Cr3pitus]

I'm happy to see that they kept the mounting holes for the center skid plates I think the center skids are really going to prove helpful so I'm not dremeling slots for flatheads once a month like I am on my Talion.

 

[bicketybam]

Looks like they did away with the flanged side design from the 6s. If it's 7075 then it's sure to be a contender. Would you buy one Ed if they make it first to market?

I'm a pretty loyal M2C customer so probably not.

 

[Mrhockey37]

I ordered one will have it Saturday.

 

[Mrhockey37]

7075 Billet??? or Stamped???

They make it out of 7075 or 6061. Your choice.
I went with 7075. Will have it tomorrow. Hoping RPM comes out with some suspension arms soon. I see a few breaking.

 

[Monsterkak]

Looks like it will be a race to see who gets theirs to market first! ???

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What wheel / tire combo is that? I'm trying to find smaller lighter options.

 

[Mrhockey37]

JBIRC 7075 chassis came in . I must say it is nicely done. I have been a machinist for over 30 years and I fully approve of the workmanship. Fit and finish is great. Totally happy. Will give it testing tomorrow.

 

[2thVet]

JBIRC 7075 chassis came in . I must say it is nicely done. I have been a machinist for over 30 years and I fully approve of the workmanship. Fit and finish is great. Totally happy. Will give it testing tomorrow. View attachment 61418View attachment 61419View attachment 61420

Ok, I just ordered one of these. Any issues doing the chassis swap? I think I read-heard on YouTube that there is quite a bit of loctite on some of the screws?

 

[Notorious J]

Ok, I just ordered one of these. Any issues doing the chassis swap? I think I heard somewhere that the there is quite a bit of loctite on some of the screws?

Use a mini torch to heat up all the screws that go into metal. The motor mount and steering post screws were the biggest concern on the 6s, but word is they switched to blue (medium) thread lock recently, so may not be as big of an issue.

 

[Mrhockey37]

I didn't have any problems. But when I tried to change pinion I had issues with overly tight screws.

 

[2thVet]

I didn't have any problems. But when I tried to change pinion I had issues with overly tight screws.

Thank you! My new chassis shipped today, can't wait to change it out. This all started after I bent the front end of stock chassis, cracked one corner off the front bumper, and one of the end of the front suspension hanger. Crazy, this was my second run of this beast, and it didn't even seem like a hard collission.

 

[bicketybam]

Thank you! My new chassis shipped today, can't wait to change it out. This all started after I bent the front end of stock chassis, cracked one corner off the front bumper, and cracked off one of the ends of the front suspension hanger along. Crazy, this was my second run of this beast, and it didn't even seem like a hard collission.

Why JBI instead of M2C?

 

[2thVet]

Why JBI instead of M2C?

Honestly, was a toss up, could have gone either way. But, I am a fit and finish person, and hearing that the JBI finishing was great, kinda sold me as well, but I don't have any experience with M2C, so I'm sure I'd be just has happy with the M2C chassis. Just love wrenching, not really a performance freak, almost needed an excuse to break the stock chassis...to prompt me to buy some AM parts; which I'm suprised I did break something, because I don't like damaging my gear, and I'm usually pretty careful.