2Ghetto The Rusty Trombone

[FasterNU]

Oh... and for anyone wondering... while it seems kind of exposed, it is not the lowest part of truck by any means. Here is a staight edge across the pivot brackets. Even if I bash the shit out of it.... 61.99 and two cuts will make a new one! LOL

 

[SByota]

Didn’t your old lesbian neighbor narc on you for painting your truck in the yard? I remember some regulatory person showing up and basically telling you it was legal?

Do you remember the rules/regulations?

 

[charlie brown]

Oh... and for anyone wondering... while it seems kind of exposed, it is not the lowest part of truck by any means. Here is a staight edge across the pivot brackets. Even if I bash the shit out of it.... 61.99 and two cuts will make a new one! LOL

why not run a tube from pivot to pivot and get the plastic sliders on it like the have for the utv's? i heard if you send them your part, the will custm make them. i have considered doing my rear links

 

[FasterNU]

maybe on G4... but not worried about it for this old gurl.

I have thought about just bracing up pivot points... but again, planned to do it on G4 first.

Just made me think though... is it better to brace upper link pivots to the radius arm pivots(make x between them.....) or the lower pivots. I feel like the uppers see a ton of force.

Or figure out how to brace it between all those pivots???

 

[Cleandezert]

maybe on G4... but not worried about it for this old gurl.

I have thought about just bracing up pivot points... but again, planned to do it on G4 first.

Just made me think though... is it better to brace upper link pivots to the radius arm pivots(make x between them.....) or the lower pivots. I feel like the uppers see a ton of force.

Or figure out how to brace it between all those pivots???

upper link pivots should see more force... they are taking all the side to side loading, as well as the rotational force of the rear end pushing and pulling on those mounts. typically why upper heims wear out faster.

 

[FasterNU]

yep, that was my thought. they wear the fastest and are taking all that side loading!

 

[FasterNU]

Updates... new ugly exhaust is soooo much nicer in cab... totally worth it. Can actually talk in cab on highway.
New Baja Designs light. Why the fuck did i even stick a chinese light on it. Sooo worth it as well. Can see for days now.
Whining about hearing and eyesight. Man, I'm getting old fast over here. hahah.

Did another "250" miles in Ocotillo Wells. Then it finally happened.... at the furthest point away from camp of course. Jumped the "noah" double jump in superstition and popped second gear in the big sand berm when it g'd out in the whoops at bottom. Right at sunset too. DOH!

Snapped this pic a few minutes before the big boom shaka lakka. Was able to get the toddler OK with some decent speeds on poleline closer to superstition.

Was pretty nervous but was able to make it all the way from superstition back to camp with ole lady and kid on new years eve. Getting stranded woulda sucked that far from camp. Thankfuly made it ... so old Trusty Rusty pulled through again.

Started trans rebuild, cuz I know a guy that has done a few. LOL. And that's what i get for not taking time to do exhaust correctly. Immediately had to cut those bolts off to get it apart. Blind werld was surprisingly good tho! hahaha

Parts on order for 2nd gear and cluster shaft now.

 

[FasterNU]

did some "shopping" at the Blu Inn. Talked to dude with the Speed UTV for a while. He didn't seem all too impressed with it. Chassis looked pretty good to me though...

Gas domes to let kid play in the mud

 

[Baja Designs]

Updates... new ugly exhaust is soooo much nicer in cab... totally worth it. Can actually talk in cab on highway.
New Baja Designs light. Why the fuck did i even stick a chinese light on it. Sooo worth it as well. Can see for days now.
Whining about hearing and eyesight. Man, I'm getting old fast over here. hahah.

Did another "250" miles in Ocotillo Wells. Then it finally happened.... at the furthest point away from camp of course. Jumped the "noah" double jump in superstition and popped second gear in the big sand berm when it g'd out in the whoops at bottom. Right at sunset too. DOH!

Snapped this pic a few minutes before the big boom shaka lakka. Was able to get the toddler OK with some decent speeds on poleline closer to superstition.

Was pretty nervous but was able to make it all the way from superstition back to camp with ole lady and kid on new years eve. Getting stranded woulda sucked that far from camp. Thankfuly made it ... so old Trusty Rusty pulled through again.

Started trans rebuild, cuz I know a guy that has done a few. LOL. And that's what i get for not taking time to do exhaust correctly. Immediately had to cut those bolts off to get it apart. Blind werld was surprisingly good tho! hahaha

Parts on order for 2nd gear and cluster shaft now.

YEWWWW ! Glad to be making an appearance on the Rusty Trombone.

Best,

Brahian Herrera | Baja Designs
Email: brahianh@bajadesigns.com | Phone : (760) 560-2252

 

[FasterNU]

Didn’t your old lesbian neighbor narc on you for painting your truck in the yard? I remember some regulatory person showing up and basically telling you it was legal?

Do you remember the rules/regulations?

cant believe i missed this before. Yes! Neighbors called APCD.

Basically, the law is... if it is your own car(s)... you cant paint it as much as you want!!! If it is for a business, it had a limitation. I think it was 4 per year or something. With low VOC CA legal paint of course. Couple dumb things in law too if I rememner right, like you cant like spray it in the air and shit for no reason. (Like you would want to waste $600/gallon paint.) lmao.

 

[FasterNU]

Been doing shock rebuilds on this bitch. I guess it's safe to say I got some extra mileage out of these seals.

Both rear coilovers were low on fluid. And the spring retainers finally wore out in back, and broke.

Everything else was just dirty.

Much better now. Finishing up the front right now

 

[FasterNU]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIxMLRozlEW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

[FasterNU]

man, i forgot how much work and mess rebuilding 8x shocks is. Finally got it all done.

I lied before too. There was 1x bent bypass bolt in the back, and also some of the seals under wear bands showed some issues. Here is an example. This seal and shaft seals always seem to be the ones that get worked.

Everything back together now.

 

[WW_RANGER_X]

Welcome to my nightmare lol

 

[96f-u250]

Looks like you need a 4 post lift!! Or maybe some less sketchy jackstands!

 

[FasterNU]

Looks like you need a 4 post lift!! Or maybe some less sketchy jackstands!

Half the time for my work is gathering and configuring my rickety blocks. Oh, and the sketchy part of using the hight lift to even get the jackstands in there. You should see it from the side. The driveway slopes downward for extra bonus fun!

" Be a Man" lol.

 

[charlie brown]

Half the time for my work is gathering and configuring my rickety blocks. Oh, and the sketchy part of using the hight lift to even get the jackstands in there. You should see it from the side. The driveway slopes downward for extra bonus fun!

" Be a Man" lol.

wow. need to step up your safety game. my biggest fear is working under my truck while all 4s are off.

 

[DialedShockPrep]

The piston seal being broken down and chunked like that is from cavitation/having air in the shocks. I had the same issue YEARS ago and reached out to a few people and learned i wasn’t properly bleeding all the air out of the shocks. Since then I’ve gotten the process down but it does suck bleeding shocks for a minimum of 30 min each lol.

 

[85Yota]

Do you use a vacuum bleeded or just cycle shocks forever to push air out of them Kevin?

 

[WW_RANGER_X]

Not speaking for Kevin, but there are a few ways to do it depending on the shock. If its a bypass shock, i'll fill the body with oil, hose clamp a plastic bag tightly around the end of the body, take it out of the vise and slowly rotate the shock vertically then back upside down to hopefully remove any bubbles in the bypass tubes. I also open and close all tubes a few times to release any trapped air. The whole process takes forever. With a coilover with resi i just keep the end cap off of the resi and cycle the IFP up and down to get most of the air out. The micro bubbles are what takes so long to get out.