Removal of fucked-out rear pivot tabs
Time: 50 minutes
Tools: Milwaukee Hackzall, Milwaukee 5” grinder with cutoff and flap discs, Milwaukee mini belt sander, Vietnam era air hammer
Air hammer usage after 10PM? Goddamn right I did.
Before:
After:
This was such a fucking fun trip! I had a great time! Awesome scenery, great trails, lots of 2WD rock crawling, crushing whoops, broken truck fuckery, endless laughs, shit talking, and great company.
Thanks @Tree trunk @Bpbuilt @BROmanian !
Thanks James!
I think so. I haven’t had a ton of idler arm problems. Couple smallish cracks here and there, but that fucker certainly wasn’t cracked before I hit the rock outcropping of infamy
I currently carry spare front and rear wheel bearings, seals, lock washers, and spindle nuts.
If a snout fails, the caliper would assuredly get destroyed as well. So either I carry a spare caliper or just cap it off if the truck doesn’t get yardsale next time I break a snout.
These uprights...
Was discussing this on the phone with @the bodj and @84Prerunner.
Not totally sure yet. Assuming my 2” Speedway Engineering hub isn’t fucked, I’ll probably buy some bolt-on 2” snouts, a new caliper, and party on for the rest of this season
DudeBroDude!
Has your daughter not discovered nail polish yet???
My feet are the canvas for my daughter’s creativity, and you fucks get to appreciate her work!
If it suits your fancy, I can step in some cake or whatever you’re into…
Got everything disassembled and inspected for cracks: 6.5 hours
Snacks: crumb donettes leftover from yesterday
Drinks: 3X Milwaukee’s best near beers, 2X Bubly grapefruit
Music: Bad Religion mix
Number of bolts I had to cut off: 2
Number of nuts I had to weld to ground-off bolt heads to...
Had a fantastic dezert and mountain rip today.
85 dirt miles
Top speed thru 3’ whoops between giant rock and Boone: 69mph
15 near beers
1/3 lb of beef jerky
3 wheel action miles: 6.9
Laughs: 69000
Right behind the cab:
6gallon diamond plate water tank
2 shovels, both were my fathers
RToc 32 qt chest with toe down locations
Passenger side:
Ammo can under the Pelican Case with spare parts
Spare alternator and starter at bottom right of pic
Battery with breaker
Drivers side
Larger...
here’s my setup:
Spare driveline and 9K winch are barely visible in aft spare tire cleavage
Not visible: dezert jack and handle right behind the ice chest & firewood
Spare fluids tucked next to the drivers side coilover and bypass
Another soft icechest in the cab
Spare air filter, belts...
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