Hey all,
I finally got around to adding my BJ60 to the registry ( 60 Series Registry ).
Unfortunately, shortly after bringing the cruiser down to Portland from BC, it got side-swiped. It was a hit and run, the night of 4th of July, presumably some drunk idiot. The guys at Willamette blvd service center are helping me out with some body pieces to fix the cosmetic damage, but the steering was messed up pretty badly. That part insurance doesn't want to pay for.
As a result of the messed up steering, and the already sagging leaf springs, I'm doing (or attempting, rather) a big install this weekend: OME heavy/medium lift kit, tie rod, tie rod ends, drag link, knuckle rebuild including wheel bearings, rear wheel bearings too, slotted rotors and new pads in the front.
I'm not particularly mechanically inclined and I'm probably in way over my head, but I've got friends from out of the country coming to visit for a month and I won't have much time to work on it otherwise until summer is almost over. I'd really love to be able to drive the cruiser around this summer instead of having it sit busted on the street until late August.
I've done quite a bit of searching around the board for threads about how to do all this stuff, I have the FSM, and I feel alright about it, but if anyone wants to chime in with any advice (that ONE tool that you didn't know you'd need, for example) or if anyone lives in or near St John's/North Portland and wants to come wrench or just shoot the s*** while I wrench anytime this Fri-Sun, please reply here or send me a PM! (I believe I may be due some type of award for longest run-on sentence )
-- Zac
I finally got around to adding my BJ60 to the registry ( 60 Series Registry ).
Unfortunately, shortly after bringing the cruiser down to Portland from BC, it got side-swiped. It was a hit and run, the night of 4th of July, presumably some drunk idiot. The guys at Willamette blvd service center are helping me out with some body pieces to fix the cosmetic damage, but the steering was messed up pretty badly. That part insurance doesn't want to pay for.
As a result of the messed up steering, and the already sagging leaf springs, I'm doing (or attempting, rather) a big install this weekend: OME heavy/medium lift kit, tie rod, tie rod ends, drag link, knuckle rebuild including wheel bearings, rear wheel bearings too, slotted rotors and new pads in the front.
I'm not particularly mechanically inclined and I'm probably in way over my head, but I've got friends from out of the country coming to visit for a month and I won't have much time to work on it otherwise until summer is almost over. I'd really love to be able to drive the cruiser around this summer instead of having it sit busted on the street until late August.
I've done quite a bit of searching around the board for threads about how to do all this stuff, I have the FSM, and I feel alright about it, but if anyone wants to chime in with any advice (that ONE tool that you didn't know you'd need, for example) or if anyone lives in or near St John's/North Portland and wants to come wrench or just shoot the s*** while I wrench anytime this Fri-Sun, please reply here or send me a PM! (I believe I may be due some type of award for longest run-on sentence )
-- Zac