GX460 & GXOR B.S. thread (24 Viewers)
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Torque multipliers come in handy when on top of something with limited footing and where the dropping of sledgehammers (@Cold Iron
) could cause catastrophic damage. Important to have precise torque on rotor systems but AH-1Ws are skinny!
A torque stick is your friend. I have a 80 ft/lbs one I run on my M18 mid-torque impact. Much easier than using the torque wrench 24 times.
Steelman 1/2-Inch Drive 80 ft-lb... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KDD40X2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Steelman 1/2-Inch Drive 80 ft-lb... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KDD40X2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Torque multipliers come in handy when on top of something with limited footing and where the dropping of sledgehammers (@Cold Iron
I've seen those in a few of the shipyards but the Navy would never spend that type of money for the fleet LOL. A lot of the job as an engineering supervisor is learning to yell "put yer ass into it damn it!" Besides space constraints another reason for keeping the box end and cutting the open end of a wrench off is to slide a cheater bar over the end. If you have a vertical pull rig a chain fall to pull. With a horizontal pull a come along. Would send someone up to berthing and grab a blanket to throw over the cable if a come along in case it snaped to absorb the energy if it broke. Always been a good practice when winching as well.
When they finally broke free or snaped off either way it sounds like a gunshot next to your ear and everyone ducks. When the bolts broke and snapped off then the real fun begins and to this day still wonder how an easy out got its name, it usually isn't. Once those break as well then the real fun begins. 20 years of that 16-18 hours a day with the exception of only 12 hours on Sundays.
Last 28 years designing and supporting complex computer systems for high availability and fail over and it is a walk in the park in comparison. If someone on the team starts to complain I am tempted to say a bitching man is a happy man now carry your ass back to work but found out early on HR frowns on that in the civilian world
Hayden 678 kit ordered. Seems easy enough to install before my next transmission drain/fill that's coming up.
Hey gang, I put a nice dent in the bumper of my 2013 recently so I'm perusing steel replacement options sooner than expected. I'm liking the looks of the True North Fabrications Hybrid and Victory 4x4 Strike, does anyone have experience with either? I'm also curious how much 90ish lbs on the front end would weigh it down with stock suspension as I'm not wanting to lift it just yet, but realize a steel bumper would likely cause the need for that.
r2m
Richard
Just thinking about it, are locking lugs really needed any longer?
Is it me just not hearing about it, or is stealing wheels a thing of the last century?
Do people actually do that any longer? I thought the 21st century thing to steal were catalytic converters.
Truthfully, I'm not all that convinced that locking lugs are really needed any longer, unless you live in a very high crime area.
I keep an extra set of lugs in my vehicle all the time in case I lose one in the dirt/mud/snow if I ever have to change a wheel. But I do still have my locking lug key with me also.
It doesn't take much to start sagging the stock front shocks. I have a Victory Blitz aluminum bumper and Budbuilt steel skids and that combo dropped the front well over an inch at static height. It also adds even more brake dive and you'll bottom out into the bump stops a lot.
within the last year a coworker drove his car to one of our remote sites (versus flying, the company will pay you back for mileage if you drive yourself) and his wheels were stolen while parked in the parking lot of his hotel, so i guess it does still happen. it was just like an OEM nissan or toyota or something, too
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I finally ditched my locks after ~1 year of having them. They did nothing other than make my life harder every time I went to work on my GX. Since I work on the rig quite often, it was quite frustrating.
To be honest they can come off fairly easily by hammering a socket on over the top of them. It would certainly take an involved thief to steel a set of 33s....they'd need to have a impact wrench, right sockets, and a jack, plus 5-10 minutes of un-interrupted time - to get them off the rig. And, they'd need to have a vehicle to throw the wheels/tires in. It of course can and does happen, but at least around here, most thieves prefer to smash a window and pilfer through the contents of the rig to look for valuable items.
If anyone wants my McGuard locks I'll be happy to dig them up and sell them cheap
.Wheel locks have always been pointless IMO. Someone who decides they are going to go out and steal wheels will either bring the tools necessary to get a locking lug off without a key or will just break into the car to find the key.
I guess a locking lug would prevent the 0.0001% of wheel theft which is like some random passerby who normally does not do crime but today decides they will try and steal some wheels with only a 19mm socket.
I guess a locking lug would prevent the 0.0001% of wheel theft which is like some random passerby who normally does not do crime but today decides they will try and steal some wheels with only a 19mm socket.
I might consider putting them back on if I had let's say a set of Volk Racing TE37s on my rig ($1000 a pop - and yes, they are my dream wheels). Instead I'm just rolling on $150 a pop Vors VE37 knockoffs that look just as good from 15 feet away
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Not every bum looking to steal wheels is Danny Ocean. I bet it stops closer to the inverse of your estimate (99%). Criminals look for easy targets. Just like homes with security system signs in the font yard. Typical criminals will simply skip to the next house because they don't want the hassle. Same with lug locks.
For a thief looking to steal a set of wheels, yes, they almost certainly would see the locks and go on to the next rig, unless they really, really wanted your wheels. At least around here....where are criminals are typically unsophisticated junkies looking for quick cash....wheel thefts are pretty darn rare while garden-variety smash-and-grabs are quite common. Therefore, putting wheel locks on your rig might reduce the let's say 0.01% chance of your wheels getting stolen in a given year to a 0.001% chance.
On the flipside, there is a 100% chance that the locks will be a thorn in your side every time you work on the rig. Plus, you'll be screwed if you need to change a tire on the road/trail and 1) either forgot the key or 2) strip out the key/locking log (not hard to do as the interface is kind of fragile). Those two items are why I ditched mine.
Hiluxforever
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A 460 has a place in its barn door for the wheel locks.
I kept mine in the glovebox, and could definitely find a secure place for it. But, that's not guarantee that someone will 100% put it back in the rig after using it, or that someone won't strip the lock when changing a tire at 11 PM on a trail somewhere.
The best security lugs are Ford's piece of crap 2 piece lug nuts that swell if there is water anywhere on the planet and require an extraction socket be hammered onto every lug nut to break the outer shell off and then a second, smaller extraction socket be hammered onto the remaining lug nut to actually get it off the wheel.
A junky looking for quick cash is either going for the cats or breaking in to look for valuables. Someone who is stealing wheels, junky or not, will be more deterred by other factors than by 1 locking lug on each wheel because they will have tools to quickly bypass that locking lug.
A junky looking for quick cash is either going for the cats or breaking in to look for valuables. Someone who is stealing wheels, junky or not, will be more deterred by other factors than by 1 locking lug on each wheel because they will have tools to quickly bypass that locking lug.
A year ago when I was looking to buy TRD Wheels for my GX Google AI fed me a lot of news stories about a surge in thefts in TRD wheels. In Southern California like this one Thieves apparently targeting popular TRD wheels across San Diego County - https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/wheel-thefts-san-diego-county/3462200/
I didn't worry about it and still don't. If I lived in a large city someplace maybe. Or traveled to one regularly. I don't have matching locking lug nuts for my wheels, no way no how not going to do it. Had my fill of them none of it good.
Thefts at popular trailheads are common but I don't do that often either. I have wondered before what I would do if I was walking back to the truck with the dog from hunting and had the shotgun with me and heard the truck alarm go off. But I worry a lot more about the dog and wolves than thieves most places that I go. I know exactly what I would do then.
I didn't worry about it and still don't. If I lived in a large city someplace maybe. Or traveled to one regularly. I don't have matching locking lug nuts for my wheels, no way no how not going to do it. Had my fill of them none of it good.
Thefts at popular trailheads are common but I don't do that often either. I have wondered before what I would do if I was walking back to the truck with the dog from hunting and had the shotgun with me and heard the truck alarm go off. But I worry a lot more about the dog and wolves than thieves most places that I go. I know exactly what I would do then.
r2m
Richard
As the old saying goes, locks just keep the honest, honest. IF they want it, they'll get it.
That's where I keep mine and hope that the tire shop NEVER loses it!!
That's why I don't mind my wheels being a little banged up from rock trails. They may not look pretty, but they also don't attract attention either!
Saw a new 4Runner today and a LC250 a little ways down in the same parking lot.
In person, they look far different enough that you would not think they are pretty much the same vehicle underneath it all so I think Toyota did a good job there. The LC and GX are fraternal twins and the 4Runner and Tacoma are siblings.
I will say that like the new Tacoma, the new 4Runner looks giant. I'm pretty sure it's ~ the same actual size as an LC or GX but it looked huge in the parking lot. I prefer the tidier packaging of the Prado twins but they are going to sell a gazillion 4 Runners
In person, they look far different enough that you would not think they are pretty much the same vehicle underneath it all so I think Toyota did a good job there. The LC and GX are fraternal twins and the 4Runner and Tacoma are siblings.
I will say that like the new Tacoma, the new 4Runner looks giant. I'm pretty sure it's ~ the same actual size as an LC or GX but it looked huge in the parking lot. I prefer the tidier packaging of the Prado twins but they are going to sell a gazillion 4 Runners
