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What you see above is me digging into both hubs thinking that I shattered a birf since I couldn't turn left. It turns out that it was my hydro-steer binding lol. Live and learn... Good field practice none the less, thanks again for sticking it out with me Mike.
 
mcguirejohnson said:
What you see above is me digging into both hubs thinking that I shattered a birf since I couldn't turn left. It turns out that it was my hydro-steer binding lol. Live and learn... Good field practice none the less, thanks again for sticking it out with me Mike.
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I had a blast. Plus all I did was watch you get dirty while I drank. We need to do this more often. Brandon wants to do Big Bend soon:bounce2::bounce:
 
The Phoenician said:
I had a blast. Plus all I did was watch you get dirty while I drank. We need to do this more often. Brandon wants to do Big Bend soon:bounce2::bounce:
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Definitely down for BB. We will have to plan it out once time permits!
 
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mcguirejohnson said:
What you see above is me digging into both hubs thinking that I shattered a birf since I couldn't turn left. It turns out that it was my hydro-steer binding lol. Live and learn... Good field practice none the less, thanks again for sticking it out with me Mike.
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I was wondering why you had the axle out, it didn't look broken :lol:

Jealous of the trip guys!!
 
On my way back yesterday I saw I couldn't go over 15 psi, so I figured I had another leak somewhere. I found that this fitting has a pin hole in it. Swapped it out and hopefully that fixes it. Will be putting in tie rod ends this week.

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Over all I'm pretty satisfied with the way Big Red handled this weekend. I had put it thru some tough trails without airing down the tires and it came out pretty well each time.
 
GLTHFJ60 said:
I was wondering why you had the axle out, it didn't look broken :lol:

Jealous of the trip guys!!
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I blame it on the shiner bock keg at the raffle... :D
 
The Phoenician said:
On my way back yesterday I saw I couldn't go over 15 psi, so I figured I had another leak somewhere. I found that this fitting has a pin hole in it. Swapped it out and hopefully that fixes it. Will be putting in tie rod ends this week.

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Over all I'm pretty satisfied with the way Big Red handled this weekend. I had put it thru some tough trails without airing down the tires and it came out pretty well each time.
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Why wouldn't you air down?
 
Pacer said:
Why wouldn't you air down?
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Mostly out of laziness. It was freezing at one point and I didn't want to be away from the heater. :oops:
 
Here are a few more pics a buddy took during round up. I think I also have a video, but need to QC and upload it first.
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I'm thinking about buying these hy-steer arms. Does anyone have any experience with them?

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In other news, been working on Little Red a bit. Had the spoiler painted and it was mocked up today. Needs a few more things before I have it installed. I'm still torn between the classic look or the sporty look.

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What steering arms do you have now? On a side note, I bought a mystery set of Hy-steer arms used in the classifieds last month, turns out it's those. Didn't realize the whole arm was 4340.

On the Marlin arms I know the trunion pin is chromo but I don't think the whole arm is.
 
cruisermatt said:
What steering arms do you have now? On a side note, I bought a mystery set of Hy-steer arms used in the classifieds last month, turns out it's those. Didn't realize the whole arm was 4340.

On the Marlin arms I know the trunion pin is chromo but I don't think the whole arm is.
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Ya the Marlins are just chromo pins w/ billet arm construction. All chromo would be way cool though..
 
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