What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

[Dragos80]

I got the regular (blue can) and silicone.
Just blasted them with the silicone one. Got no PB blaster. I'll get some if I can't do it. Autozone should carry it, right @jtwopark ?

 

[Dragos80]

Nope

So which one is it then?

 

[Box Rocket]

Loosen both. It will make a coil swap MUCH easier (getting the old coils out). Just make sure you tighten them back to spec when you're done. Those need a metric crap ton of torque on them. I had my frame side one come loose on me and the nut fell off and the bolt was hanging on in the hole by a few threads. That eliminated one more of my 9 lives.

 

[mrsleeve]

I hit them with WD40 twice at a 10 min interval. Will do it again.

WD40 is NOT a penetrating lubricant, it was designed to keep water off of jet engine parts while in long term storage. It was the 40th attempt a formulation, hence the WD40 name Water Displacement Formula #40.

You need some thing that is actually a lubricant and has a strong capillary action to draw itself into the gaps, and will help break up grime and rust. PB is good, but break away seems to be better, Kroil is better yet and a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone seems to be better than them all and much cheaper as well

 

[Dragos80]

Loosen both. It will make a coil swap MUCH easier (getting the old coils out). Just make sure you tighten them back to spec when you're done. Those need a metric crap ton of torque on them. I had my frame side one come loose on me and the nut fell off and the bolt was hanging on in the hole by a few threads. That eliminated one more of my 9 lives.

The rear ones (frame side) came out much quicker than I thought. The tq spec on those is higher than the two up front on the axle.

 

[Corbet]

light solo wheeling in the San Juans.

 

[ToyotaDon]

@surfpig already posted some pics, but we also did the FJ45 Run up the Sourgrass Trail.

Stopped at Red Hills for a quick pic around sunset.

Then a stop in Murphys for fuel.

Our campsite Saturday morning.

Neighbors.

Look for more pics in the official thread.

 

[jwilliams]

Didn't get out on the trail, but we installed our ARB awning for the first time. We bought the detachable sides, not the enclosure.
My wife was pretty excited.
Mounted on Thule load bars with LabRak Load Bar Awning Mounts. Pretty happy with everything.

 

[Dragos80]

I only got 3 out of 8 bolts loose. The axle ones I could not get them to budge and the DS lateral control arm same thing.
A more powerful tool is needed. My impact gun got hot after a while, so I quit.

 

[Box Rocket]

I only got 3 out of 8 bolts loose. The axle ones I could not get them to budge and the DS lateral control arm same thing.
A more powerful tool is needed. My impact gun got hot after a while, so I quit.

I feel ya. I busted two ratchets trying to get my control arms loose.

 

[Box Rocket]

Not today, but I recently got this from one of the guys in our group from Cruise Moab back in May. If you know this trail, this line is really no big deal, just more of a photo-op line. Although quite a few people don't like to get tippy so they avoid it.

 

[chap79]

I only got 3 out of 8 bolts loose. The axle ones I could not get them to budge and the DS lateral control arm same thing.
A more powerful tool is needed. My impact gun got hot after a while, so I quit.

Do you have a large breaker bar? 1/2" or 3/4"?

 

[montanacruiser]

1. Day 1
   Because of impeding snowstorm Sunday night we decided to forgo the Lolo Pass and just do the Magruder Corridor.
   
   We went from Idaho Falls to Missoula down to the Selway river and then to the O'Hara Creek dirt road to the Old Elk City Wagon Road to Elk City for gas (1 gas pump in the entire city $2.70/gallon). We should have eaten at the gas station here. From Elk City we went on to a really run down hot springs (red river hot springs) that we camped at the night before it was $27/night including hot pools access and it was really pleasant actually.
   
   Day 2
   From the hot springs we went to the Burnt Knob, it was a fun true 4x4 road that is 1.5 mile each way. After this road the center diff wouldn't unlock (don't have a viscous coupler so not the end of the world), and it is well worth the adventure.
   
   From the burnt knob we went to to a campsite on the Selway river that was off for the Paradise Campground turn off, but before the paradise campground, it was hidden behind a road grader and it was way better than the actual paradise campground.
   
   That night we discovered that in addition to the diff not locking, that the right front axle was leaking diff fluid out of the hub and the stock roof rack (holding spare tire and 17 gallons of gas) was coming off, the four s had completely backed out and were stripped (just motivation to get a new gutter mounted safari rack). We ended up deciding to open the rear windows and use some extra tie-downs to ratchet the factory rack to the car (worked like a gem). We also decided that the there was nothing to do about the axle leak (it wasn't terribly bad) and just left it.
   
   Day 3
   Went from the campground to Salmon for lunch and let our wives know we made it out ok.
   
   The corridor was long and steep and narrow and a great trip. We averaged 9mpg on the corridor and about 14mpg on the paved roads. It took about 2/3 of a tank to do the 113 miles.
   
   
   

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Burnt knob is quite the view. Makes me sick being close to the cliffs.

 

[Dragos80]

Do you have a large breaker bar? 1/2" or 3/4"?

24" 1/2"
I thought the impact gun would be a lot better. It would be hard to do it, I think, without having it up on a shop lift. There is no leverage with the car close to the ground.

 

[LhPickle]

Burnt knob is quite the view. Makes me sick being close to the cliffs.

For sure quite the view and quite the drop off at the cliffs, I wish I had more time to hike down to the lakes beneath and check out the cliff face for some proper rock climbing...nothing like doing some rock climbing when you have to hike 1 mile with almost 1,000 ft vertical gain and then drive for 100 miles to the nearest hospital with 60+ miles being dirt roads.

 

[rionorte]

Newb here. Is it possible just to straddle that V all the way to the end? Thanks.

Not today, but I recently got this from one of the guys in our group from Cruise Moab back in May. If you know this trail, this line is really no big deal, just more of a photo-op line. Although quite a few people don't like to get tippy so they avoid it.

 

[AMMO]

Didn't do much with my 80 this weekend......except make it very jealous when I drive home with this gorgeous 120 series!
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Dang you snagged an elusive "sport package"....

I've been starting to look at these more and more.... And that's the dream package, nice find and in the islands that's an ever harder find to score!

 

[bulhas]

Newb here. Is it possible just to straddle that V all the way to the end? Thanks.

yup it is, i've done this trail I think around 8 times now, ive yet to see a roll over on the V-notch, but yes you can straddle it in an 80, when your driving it you can see the line very easily, just keep your left foot on the inner edge, just remember you left foot is where your tire is so long as its on the "foot rest" not the brake

Poison spider is fairly straight forward, if you decide to the trifecta bring an experienced spotter for a couple of the other spots, the crack can be tricky as a noob

 

[Box Rocket]

Newb here. Is it possible just to straddle that V all the way to the end? Thanks.

Yep, that's what most people do. The line in the video is just for fun.

 

[Dragos80]

Yep, that's what most people do. The line in the video is just for fun.

From this viewing angle it seems the C and D pillar are too close to the rock and waiting to get smashed. I guess that guy at the end of the video tried to rebalance the car and prevent the damage on the PS. Dangerous move on his part.