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[ramangain]

H Folks,

I frequent the 100 tech forum and shared an interesting adventure on my move from OR to ABQ: 01 LX snap ring failure and field fix

@Mauser took notice (and perhaps pity) and suggested I join the local "club". Here i am!

Me: looking for work in area as my background is high power lasers. Staying with a friend and her BF who are both laser jocks and work at Kirtland. I have a doctorate and have co-authored a textbook in nonlinear optics, so I think I can hold my own and find appropriate work in this area

Rig: 01 LX that just plain works ... except those darn snap rings!

I still have a FL plate and am in the NE section of town. Flag me down for an intro if you see me!

- Robert

 

[Tank5]

Welcome!! Good luck on the job search, I am no help there.

 

[demoj]

Welcome!!!
Do you have any experience or familiarity with pulse power???

 

[Quantumkiwi]

Welcome!
Any chance you could throw a pdf copy of that book my way? I'm a physics undergrad and would love to read about some cool optics.

 

[ramangain]

Welcome!!!
Do you have any experience or familiarity with pulse power???

I cut my teeth in the field on a q-switched, mode-locked Nd:YAG laser that pumped an OPG/OPA that was 20-25 ps. The lab next door had a similar system but was a ML Ti:S and 10s of fs pulsewidth. Both were utter bastards of machines to keep running properly.

As far as a pdf copy of the book, the only version I have is locked to my Adobe account. It was part of the contract with the publisher.

 

[demoj]

Lol.. I think I have heard of a YAG laser (I am not a physicist, just a dangerous artist that likes science). However, I do have a buddy at Z machine, I can ask if they have a need. If you're interested send me a resume to pass along. nighberj@gmail.com (Justin)

 

[Montijo505]

Welcome to the Land of Enchantment!

 

[Mauser]

Welçome Robert. Glad you found us.

 

[alia176]

Welcome to the Burque and time to change your location under your avatar

 

[Dumpolina]

Welcome to burque! Don’t leave anything you wanna keep in your rig and lock it at all times. That said, enjoy our amazing state.
Pics of your rig?

 

[Mauser]

Don’t leave anything you wanna keep in your rig and lock it at all times.

Good advice, but sad. If I don't leave my keys in the ignition when I am home I'll lose them all the time.

 

[Dumpolina]

Good advice, but sad. If I don't leave my keys in the ignition when I am home I'll lose them all the time.

Ya but you have a really long driveway and a lotta coyotes to scatter evidence

 

[Dumpolina]

H Folks,

I frequent the 100 tech forum and shared an interesting adventure on my move from OR to ABQ: 01 LX snap ring failure and field fix

@Mauser took notice (and perhaps pity) and suggested I join the local "club". Here i am!

Me: looking for work in area as my background is high power lasers. Staying with a friend and her BF who are both laser jocks and work at Kirtland. I have a doctorate and have co-authored a textbook in nonlinear optics, so I think I can hold my own and find appropriate work in this area

Rig: 01 LX that just plain works ... except those darn snap rings!

I still have a FL plate and am in the NE section of town. Flag me down for an intro if you see me!

- Robert

Read your travel story. You’re a problem solver that’s awesome! We gotta go wheeling some time, my junk’s full of problems ... right, @Chompers ??

 

[ramangain]

She's just a well broken in 01 LX set up for towing and now in need of a DS front axle and hub flange, parking brake shoes and adjustment, and probably brake MC replacement.

Happy to be here. I grew up in Tucson as a kid so hi and dry is not new to me

 

[ramangain]

Oh, I've never been wheeling. I got the rig when I was in Denver and wanted a dog. No way I was gonna put a dog in my 08 M5 6mt (now sold).

However, I'd love to go wheeling (as a passenger at first)

 

[marcfj60]

Send me your contact info so we can connect off the forum. I work at Sandia and I know some folks involved in lasers and optics. Oh, and welcome to NM.

 

[2manycruisers]

Welcome Robert! I live in NE and have a 2000 that looks like yours (though I mostly drive a Prius). Hope to catch up with you sometime soon.
David

 

[alia176]

I read Robert's C-clip story and now I'm in the know. I had no idea this was a "thing" with the Hundies. WTF did Toyota do wrong as it seems to be an epidemic!

 

[Mauser]

I read Robert's C-clip story and now I'm in the know. I had no idea this was a "thing" with the Hundies. WTF did Toyota do wrong as it seems to be an epidemic!

Just keep a c-clip and hub flange in the toolbox along with the axle you should already have. No big deal.

My wife's best friend has a 2007 LX470. About a year ago her husband called me wondering if I could help him pull the transmission because the torque converter was bad. It was a stripped flange and axle.

I wanted a spare hub flange when upull had the 99 in their yard. Pulled the grease cap on it and the axle was pushed in the hub. I figure they thought the trans was bad and sold it to the junkyard.

 

[pappy]

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She's just a well broken in 01 LX set up for towing and now in need of a DS front axle and hub flange, parking brake shoes and adjustment, and probably brake MC replacement.

Happy to be here. I grew up in Tucson as a kid so hi and dry is not new to me

Well, welcome to our slice of MUD. Like others I went and read your story over in the 100/470 forum. Question, while this is an interesting contraption, and it solved your problem, could a large socket have also been used with the bolt through the middle?