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[Delancy]

The bad caster will add to the dartiness.

Welcome back, Mark.

The rack utilized had to be overridden to generate the caster readings, based on make and model, and was after the balance of alignment.

I misunderstood when I called Shawn regarding the ability to set rear axle centered on frame. He immediately said thrust angle, but I knew that wasn't it, went anyway. I'd have gone to Toyota, had I known, out of convenience and I'm already in their system with a successful alignment.

Oddly, on a DS pass, the wheels wouldn't turn far enough to hit the "green" area that the computer had highlighted. (I don't know the technical term for the sweep)

Not saying it's not jacked, though it shouldn't be, based on the corrective nature advertised inherent to the arms.

If I knew that the arms were perfect, then I'd probably start hunting for an axle housing, but honestly it hasn't driven bad before, so I know it's possible to have a predictive characteristic with the current set up, as is.

 

[Dumpinthegutter]

I'm half heartedly thinking about selling Betty for an 80. All that space would be nice.

 

[Delancy]

I'd started to wonder if you'd been domesticated to the point that Betty was but a distant memory.

Be hard pressed to build an 80 as capable as the truggy, but can still find plenty of challenges to keep it interesting in a station wagon.

 

[Dumpinthegutter]

I know it wouldn't be able to take the same lines or go as many places. I just look at builds like yours and I think: street legal, comfortable, and room for the family.... Everything the crawler isn't.

 

[Delancy]

I know it wouldn't be able to take the same lines or go as many places.

I think you'd be surprised, Nick.

An OE-ish LC with increased ground clearance and a decent set of sticky 35s is a perfectly capable machine.

I just look at builds like yours and I think: street legal, comfortable, and room for the family.... Everything the crawler isn't.

It's comfortable for the family until the first door is caved in. Haha.

 

[Delancy]

A "what could this noise be?" request we all love.

Last four or five start ups, I've noticed a very faint "chirp", best I can describe, like a muffled alarm chirp that only occurs on initial starting.

PP80 isn't a daily, but is typically driven some every other day, at the very least, but attempts to isolate have failed.

Almost sounds like a bearing hanging, but my mind plays tricks on me, and immediately says "replace everything the belt wraps around", but most is under a year and a half old anyway.

Throwing it up to see if anyone has diagnosed the mysterious start up chirp.

 

[scottryana]

Using the big filter or the small filter? Not really a chirp but I notice more noise on start up on start up using the large filter.

 

[Delancy]

Small filter.

Going to let her sit all day, then try again to isolate.

Thinking it's AC related....

 

[scottryana]

Yeah I have a feeling AC comp could go anytime on my truck as well simply because it runs basically year around down here in southern Texas. Good luck let us know what you find.

 

[thatcabledude]

Tighten AC belt? HaHa, that would be too easy. See if you can notice the same "chirp" when the AC kicks on while driving down the road. Probably not possible with 37'' krawlers though.

 

[Delancy]

It would be way too easy, plus it sounds more like metal on metal, but so brief, it's hard to tell.

Going to start without the AC on, see what happens.

Wondering if the clutch bearings could be balking, a little.

With the Krawlers, even the fact that I cut the exhaust way too short under the cargo floor, is barely noticeable when driving.

On that note (tire).

I'm regretting conventional balancing.

Since the front panhard affair, I'm hypersensitive to any changes in the steering feel and after the last trip through the rocks, coupled with tire rotation, I've noticed a slow speed change that "feels" like a balance issue, but checking wheel bearings this weekend, anyway.

Having the Monster Valves to insert beads is nice, but thinking gold balls may be a better solution, but the issue is at slow speed only, which dynamic balancing does little for, at least in my experience with the 35" KM2s/TR bead locks on the DDer.

 

[devildogcruiser25]

It would be way too easy, plus it sounds more like metal on metal, but so brief, it's hard to tell. Going to start without the AC on, see what happens. Wondering if the clutch bearings could be balking, a little. With the Krawlers, even the fact that I cut the exhaust way too short under the cargo floor, is barely noticeable when driving. On that note (tire). I'm regretting conventional balancing. Since the front panhard affair, I'm hypersensitive to any changes in the steering feel and after the last trip through the rocks, coupled with tire rotation, I've noticed a slow speed change that "feels" like a balance issue, but checking wheel bearings this weekend, anyway. Having the Monster Valves to insert beads is nice, but thinking gold balls may be a better solution, but the issue is at slow speed only, which dynamic balancing does little for, at least in my experience with the 35" KM2s/TR bead locks on the DDer.

You probably would put gold balls in the tires, wouldn't you? You sick ba$tard

 

[Delancy]

Is that some new nether region thing?

Like a grille for the drawers?

 

[devildogcruiser25]

Is that some new nether region thing? Like a grille for the drawers?

Lol no, re read your post. I assume you meant to type golf balls, but you were the victim of an auto correct apparently.

 

[Delancy]

Lol no, re read your post. I assume you meant to type golf balls, but you were the victim of an auto correct apparently.

And here'd I'd already shaved to get casted.....

Bahahaha.

 

[devildogcruiser25]

And here'd I'd already shaved to get caster correction..... Bahahaha.

Fixed

 

[Delancy]

Fixed

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

I can already hear it.

"Did you really suggest manscaping as a caster correction?"

Bahahahahaha.

 

[Danimal92sport]

A Tulsa friend texted this picture to me today. Looking good! You know the internet is a creepy place when a dude in Indiana posts a picture of you going to Chick-Fil-A in Tulsa, OK...

 

[Delancy]

A Tulsa friend texted this picture to me today. Looking good! You know the internet is a creepy place when a dude in Indiana posts a picture of you going to Chick-Fil-A in Tulsa, OK...

Only thing that could be an creepier is posting pics of Tulsa friend's wife, eh?

 

[OGBeno]

Delancy is everywhere!