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[coldtaco]

Hmmm, interesting

 

[coldtaco]

Would you happen to know the diameter for those headrest stalks (not sure they are officially called). The part that goes into the seat?

Maybe you can get replacement headrest part that goes into the seat back. Pull one of yours out and compare measurements, if the same then order some new ones for the appropriate model year?

 

[FJ73Texas]

I have some inserts coming from a fellow mudder. I hope they work.

 

[coldtaco]

Was a lovely day for a test drive. Got the front shocks finally finished. I set them according to the recommended start settings. Noticeably better ride over the hard packed snow/ice on our roads after our snowmagedon I think I will just leave it for now till spring when it’s warmer and roads are dry again.

 

[coldtaco]

Left side

 

[coldtaco]

Right Front

 

[coldtaco]

Someone asked how the axle relocation shim thing works. Here’s a picture of what I am using. There are two holes, move axle forward an inch, or move axle forward 3/4”.

 

[sodafeld1]

Was a lovely day for a test drive. Got the front shocks finally finished. I set them according to the recommended start settings. Noticeably better ride over the hard packed snow/ice on our roads after our snowmagedon I think I will just leave it for now till spring when it’s warmer and roads are dry again.

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that's cold!

 

[coldtaco]

Drivers seat finally done. I ordered a new seat back release cable assembly since I couldn’t find the originally purchased one

 

[coldtaco]

One of those wires that the hog rings are attached to on the grey used seat cover was rusted enough that it broke. I was able to use the one from the original right side seat.

 

[coldtaco]

You may be wondering why all that work to get a proper left side seat. Using the right side seat had me off center to the steering wheel to the right about 2”. This was probably the cause for my right foot getting fatigued after only driving 3 hrs or so. In the picture I put the left side seat next to the right side seat and maybe you can see the difference in the seat track mounts.

Installed. Seems to sit a tad bit higher, probably due to the new seat foam.

 

[coldtaco]

Even cooler this morning

 

[svsisu]

Even cooler this morning

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So glad that I am no longer in Dead Horse It was 40 F and windy here this morning while picking fish- that was cold enough.

 

[renago]

I bet the shocks will perform differently , at such a cold temperature the oil will be rather stiff .
in any case with piggy back shocks the handling of the truck is on another level .
especially if you find long sections of corrugated roads .
with these shocks , the oil and air do not mix , and the truck stays stable

 

[sodafeld1]

that's cold!

we got the opposite weather just coming now, with the heat comes the snakes...part of the bush

 

[coldtaco]

Still got vibrations at 60-65mph, even after rebuilding the front and rear axles, double checked torque on the leaf springs.
So I swapped my winter tires/wheels with the 80/105? Series steel wheels. Vibrations are basically gone with the factory correct wheels. So it seems the 80/105(?) steelies are bent enough to cause the vibrations
A while back I tried checking the wheels for out of round which tools I had and some did seem to be more out of round then others
My snow tires are unfortunately like 13yrs old so don’t know how much I should still run them.

 

[FJ73Texas]

Have you considered asking your local tire shop to ride match each assembly in addition to putting two worse ones in the rear instead of the front? Usually tire shops call this "ride matching" but I call it "phase matching" or "match mouting".

 

[coldtaco]

Have you considered asking your local tire shop to ride match each assembly in addition to putting two worse ones in the rear instead of the front? Usually tire shops call this "ride matching" but I call it "phase matching" or "match mouting".

haven't heard of this. might look into that. the worst one that I found is doin spare duty

 

[FJ73Texas]

I have some inserts coming from a fellow mudder. I hope they work.

I got the inserts from @ATL Cruiser which work with the new headrests that I have. Now I just need to adapt them to the seats which is another project itself.

 

[coldtaco]

I got the inserts from @ATL Cruiser which work with the new headrests that I have. Now I just need to adapt them to the seats which is another project itself.

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Nice, the plastic sockets are a different size?