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Snowy
Well-known member
Using your driveshaft as a skid plate voids your gear install warranty
Glad you were able to just swap diffs and tighten up preload, question is how many years are you gonna leave it up front now?
No warranty expressed or implied on the new setup with mustard utilized to check the patten either.
Slander
Team no stickys
Yea I really need to build a traction bar to protect that!Using your driveshaft as a skid plate voids your gear install warranty
Glad you were able to just swap diffs and tighten up preload, question is how many years are you gonna leave it up front now?
I was thinking about that on the way home, it will be up there for at least one more run and probably a whole other session after that
It survived a pretty good beat down this weekend.I probably will at least swap the pinion bearings, I don't need to fuck up a gear set and a carrier for almost no reason.
Slander
Team no stickys
Preview vid:
Slander
Team no stickys
So we ended up taking the shims out and just ran the solid spacer and put the rear diff in the front and sent it. So the last few trips I have been off, picking dumb lines, pussying out on not very hard shit and all around wheeling like a newb, to the point that Briansc33 , who I have never met in person, was heckling me, so going into this trip I wanted to get my groove back. 
The above vid was halfway through day one, that's a lot steeper than it looks and I apparently jumped that last ledge. Day 2 I drove out of a flop with a wheel 4-6ft in the air, and the rest of the time it #bonuslinesonly. Felt good, got my groove back and didnt have to winch at all, and really didn't get stuck at all, which was nice, and only breakage was on the drive to the park I was really expecting the trip to be a total shit show after the drive down, but all in all it was great, for me at least. I'm also tossing my ram mount wed on tabs and bolts in the tool bag in case that ram bolt ever pulls out of the clamp on the trail.
I thought I was going to have more pics, maybe later, vid will do for now
The above vid was halfway through day one, that's a lot steeper than it looks and I apparently jumped that last ledge. Day 2 I drove out of a flop with a wheel 4-6ft in the air, and the rest of the time it #bonuslinesonly. Felt good, got my groove back and didnt have to winch at all, and really didn't get stuck at all, which was nice, and only breakage was on the drive to the park I was really expecting the trip to be a total shit show after the drive down, but all in all it was great, for me at least. I'm also tossing my ram mount wed on tabs and bolts in the tool bag in case that ram bolt ever pulls out of the clamp on the trail.I thought I was going to have more pics, maybe later, vid will do for now
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Slander
Team no stickys
I genuinely appreciate it!!See...It was for your own good
I was also getting all kinds of shit from the people I wheel with as well, so I had to get my shit together
ridered3
Low Talent Wheelin
Slander
Team no stickys
Lots of carnage for our group actually and most of it getting to the park
. We had a 4runner lose a fuel pump on the entrance road, then an XJ blow a rear u joint at the entrance of merlin, then a front ujoint on the exit of merlin
ridered3
Low Talent Wheelin
Dang that's some mighty impressive/random carnage!Lots of carnage for our group actually and most of it getting to the park
Slander
Team no stickys
apimpdad
I hate everything
so when's the next trip
Slander
Team no stickys
Day trip to URE in december, then it's going down for maintenance over the winterso when's the next trip
apimpdad
I hate everything
I was thinking of a URE trip the days following Thanksgiving but idk. I've got the itch to go somewhere before the end of the year
Penetrode Offroad
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42 hr trip one way for me to change out my rear joint, driver rear leaf center pin, tune up, and fluid change on your buddies really nice looking decked trailer....
Let me know.
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Slander
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Hit the road!!42 hr trip one way for me to change out my rear joint, driver rear leaf center pin, tune up, and fluid change on your buddies really nice looking decked trailer....
Let me know.
Slander
Team no stickys
What are y'all doing for tool and spare parts storage? Right now I have a sportsman trunk from academy sports, but it kept flipping in the bed and broke this last trip. I had an action packer that worked ok, and before that an in bed took box. I liked the in bed toolbox the best, but I always seemed to be hitting it off rocks and ended up breaking a wing off of it in SD and it caved in on itself. I use tool bags, anyone just strap them down in the bed and party on?
Aisin
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When I lived on Oahu I had my tool bag attached to one of the front tie downs with a carabiner. The other tie down had multiple big bottles of water in a big tool bag for emergency use.
ridered3
Low Talent Wheelin
What about an in-bed tool chest? Would allow lots of secure, closed storage but being in bed, wouldn't get hit with trees/rocks etc. Could also set tool bags etc inside or on top of the tool chest.
Slander
Team no stickys
I need something kind of modular as I still use this a truck when it's not wheeling.
Slander
Team no stickys
I need to inventory, the big parts (like the driveshafts and spare knuckle) are in the bed around and under the spare. I have a bunch of hydro hoses and junk like that lining the bottom of the tool box, I could probably coil those up and store on the extra cab floor and forget about them until needed.
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A packrat bolted down in the bed would work pretty slick IMO. Can find them used every so often.
We have also built some slide out drawers that were kinda similar.
Nice being able to pile shit on top and still access everything without unloading the truck
We have also built some slide out drawers that were kinda similar.
Nice being able to pile shit on top and still access everything without unloading the truck
ridered3
Low Talent Wheelin
Understandable there. Bed space is at a premium for sure.
The tool chest in the wife's 3rd Gen Tacoma could come out in about a couple of minutes and used two wing nuts for securement, so I considered that quick enough to add/remove for our needs.
Speediturtle
Member
I've been wanting to try these.
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May not be big enough for what you're asking, but ammo cans for me. the outside 2 are 20mm and the inner 2 are 50cal. The mounts are a little footman loop bolted to the backside of the can, and a C bracket welded to the bed floor. rear are held on with amazon toggle clamps.
I use a regular bed box for the long stuff like spare main leaf, f&r axle shafts, spare square front shaft etc. Then I use the Bauer modular boxes for tools, hoses, TREs, alternator, and such. I hate shit rolling around the bed.
Aren’t those pretty dang heavy though?A packrat bolted down in the bed would work pretty slick IMO. Can find them used every so often.
We have also built some slide out drawers that were kinda similar.
Nice being able to pile shit on top and still access everything without unloading the truck