Recent content by ChandaraC

never mind what i asked about the rattle clips, went out and checked it, everything looks good. I was picturing the brakes on my civic with the little clip on the end.

are the rattle clips the metal clips that sticks out of the brake pads on the end? i've changed the brakes before, maybe i didnt put it on correctly.

ive been getting a clanking sound from the front end whenever i start to slow down. Cant tell if its from one side or both. I thought it was my u-joints going bad cause i have ome j heavys in the front with no weight, I figured my front end would be over 3.5" lift, so i bought a slee dc front...

looking for tires in/around chicago. 35x12.5x16 or 37x12.5x16

well i took a day off work and got under the car, took the rear drivesahaft off to inspect it further and low and behold the u-joint is bad. the u-joint dont even flex, its binding when i accelerate so it makes the sound. it was nice and firm when on the car so i couldn't tell till i took the...

recently ive been getting a slight clunking sound when i shift from P to R or D. The sound is coming from the rear driveshaft area. And now when i acclerate i get like a metal scratching sound from the same area. I crawled under the car and had a friend shift from P to R and D a couple of...

theres a local guy selling a set of these trxus m/t 35/12.5/16 for $200. he says theres about 60% tread left. i attached some pics, do you guys think they're worth it?

anyone know where i could get an exhaust manifold flange made, or if theres some premade already. i'm trying to get a turbo manifold made, but i need a flange for the builder to use. if not, i guess i'll have to buy a set of gaskets and have the flange machined. TIA

thanks for the help guys :beer: ive been reading up on the birfield and taking it out to clean and regrease seems pretty straight forward. i'll probably do that this weekend also. going to look up more info on the u-joints when i get home from work tonite. thanks again

hi, Brian here from chicago. i got a 95 cruiser with 190k. bought it from my uncle when he went with a 100 series cruiser ;) i've read through the faq and the last 10 pages of the 80 series forum. and right now i'm pretty overloaded and confused. i've worked on cars before but not on 4x4s...