It was me and mr. Bigelow. I stopped in to have them pull the bead on The 38.5's Tom gave me to get his rims off so I could put them on my rims. Saw a familiar FJ 80 that just happened to be sitting in there too.
Yup! We have some terrific brethren in this club. Tom offered to give me the tires off of the wheel set he just bought for free because he knows I need a decent set. Scratch that, its most likely he offered because he is awesome. Funds are getting tighter and tighter for me now with Lizie being...
There is a reason the dowl pins are super hard. The design of the hub has rht rotational force being transmitted through those pins while the studs and conical washers keep the drive flange/locking hub from trying to fly away. As strong as your grade 12 bolts are there is no way they are...
Yea the inserts are fully fastened. Coast guard cutter boats use them to attach a steel superstructure to an aluminum hull. But all that other coating stuff isnt used for transferring load. There are a couple more techniques for joining dissimilar metals but mostly they are all super expensive...
So the photo of the dust cloud was taken in Grand Mesa national park on the way up to the top of the mesa. Turns out there were 30ish miles of dirt road we traveled on getting up and back. The surface was a combination of gravel, dirt, and oiled dirt. Nowhere in all of this was a posted speed...
No the parts are for Virginia the little grey pickup that I just put the new fenders on. The 4wd minitruck fenders are a bit wider than the 2wd fenders so the old liners and bumper dont fit anymore. Its not urgent, i sectioned the old bumper to kinda fit and i can go without fender liners for a...
Ok so had another late night. Fixed up the exhaust and tail light and mounted the fenders. Fenders ended up not bolting on directly. Main problem was because they are wider the bumper was too narrow. Also due to a larger radius of the fender itself the bumper ends were too long aswell. So last...