40/20/40 armrest: how NOT to do it!

[blackf250]

not taking mine apart now lol, thanks for the info.

[Got4wd]

Originally Posted by diesel_brad

They only made one?

Lmao touché

[bracketracer]

Originally Posted by CSIPSD

A blue interior X cab... Might have been my old truck. Where are you located?

It was totalled just north of St. Charles, MO. What was left of the carcass was lettered up as a local pool company truck.

Nah, it couldn't have been yours. There were no gauges.

[bracketracer]

Originally Posted by blackf250

not taking mine apart now lol, thanks for the info.

Yeah, that's pretty much why I posted this!

I took the parts I needed from this junk one and figured I would get some pics before I tossed it in the trash.

I even got one good LH pivot shield from it. I need to try to make these out of metal. At least I can use this one for a pattern. I didn't have much to work with before. Here's the new one next to what I had:

[blackf250]

never thought about making that out of metal, good idea. keep us posted on that.

[bracketracer]

I think I can make a hammerform out of oak and I'll try some .060 aluminum I already have and see how it works out. The aluminum should hold up better than the plastic I would think. I can see on the backside of this one where it has the white lines showing already where it's been strained. Might not be long before it cracks too.

If I do it, I'll post up some pics. 'Cause if there ain't no pics, it didn't happen!