1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Just spit balling here, but what if you put the truck in the air on 4 jack stands in 4wd and put a breaker bar on the nut, resting against the ground? Would it just spin the other tire?

 

It’ll spin the other. Open diff and all

 

You can also do the center cap removal with the tire on the ground, wedge the breaker bar against the ground and in 4 low GENTLY break it loose. This would be the last resort, heat if you're not careful about it could ruin the wheel bearing.

 

I'm going to try the center cap trick tomorrow.

 

Good news and bad news.

good news: axles came a day early, installed them both easy peasy in about 2 1/2 hours.


Bad news: I still have a weird rumble/vibration over 70mph.

 

Took her on a nice drive yesterday. The truck is absolutely purring in the engine dept. She is handling street driving nicely with the warmer roads, as well.

Since getting a somewhat firm grasp on the Parking Brake Adjustment last year, I’ve always noticed the driver rear drum is less hot after drives than the pass side when the PB is allowed to ‘self adjust’, as designed. I guess its not a perfect system with the pulleys/cables, etc.

Even with all the Stealer axle work, they seem to get the adjustment about as good as I think it gets when I finally wrapped my head around it last year. I think I’m going to give the driver side Rear Star Adjuster 1 or 2 clicks tighter adjustment after the PB self adjusts from now on.

Going to pull the rear drum off in the next few days and rotate the tires. Hoping this last Axle Seal fix is the final cure and I can move on and focus on other things with the truck. We’ll see soon!

 

Yes, hopefully no more leaky axle. Time for you to move on to quality of life improvements
long skirt or short skirt bobble?

 

Short....OBVIOUSLY

 

But he is a senior fellow on the island & probably a consul member, so....?

 

Agreed. Short skirt, no question about it.

 

Got back yesterday from a fun trip with the oldest boy. Lots of work, but lots of memories to be made, he would not shut up about eating the fish we caught(he didn’t eat any because he partied like a rock star and slept for 12hrs!) but he caught his first fish and was super stoked about it! We saw a bear across the lake “dad shoot the bear!!” Some older boys found a snake, he held it, gave it a kiss and went on his way.
Truck ran great; actually first road trip and speeds over 70mph, felt awesome!
That LSD is something else, WOA I know! Coming down the mountain in 2nd OD off, it was extremely hard to break the rear end loose(even at 40psi tires)
I will remember that in snowy or bad weather, 4wd and low gears.

 

Hope y’all are staying safe, we’re currently getting hit with rioters. So all my stuff is shoved in the garage and the guns are loaded.

 

Guns stay loaded.

I'm just outside Tampa which has a curfew in effect. I don't feel like riotting will make it here but always ready if it does.

I'm more worried with my wife having to take my son to therapy in the morning. I might tag along in a separate vehicle just to make sure it's clear then head back home once i feel the roads are safe.

 

I'll copy the rooftop Koreans if necessary.

 

thankfully I’m about 50 miles from Minneapolis. We had a BLM rally by the lake here yesterday that consisted of 9 lesbian teenagers thinking they’re changing the world. No exaggeration.

 

im a bit away from all the commotion. but its close enough im loaded up. they were dragging people out of their cars and stealing them earlier.

 

Wurrld Peas!

 

That's why I'm escorting the wife tomorrow...

Sbr ak 75rd drum sitting shotgun and then the normal suppressed ar15 load out plate carrier etc.

Want the loudness of the ak in case there was a crowd attacking so they know its business.

I'm sure it won't come to that and pray it never does but can't risk my wife and child

 

I've decided 2020 is going to be the year of my first suppressor. Might as well. We got COVID, murder hornets, and now riots.

 

Im like 15 miles from Santa Ana with was pretty hectic last night. Im in a pretty residential area and far from the street so Im not to worried, But in times like these I wished I owned a gun. Stay safe

 

Might as well buy two or three... they are addictive and take forever to get

 

I love my suppressor

 

No shit. 2 years for mine

 

My first 3 were 6 months my last 2 were 18 months

 

A$$holes are out in force...
Keep your powder dry boys.

 

they just offically broke into a resturant not far from me. and killed a police dog. i believe its going to be a rough night out here. I took the batteries out of the cars outside and got as many as i could into the garage.

 

Fuck fuck fuck. My truck just puffed blue smoke out of the exhaust on startup for the second time today. Shit. I hope that has nothing to do with the slightly rougher than usual idle. As soon as i was happy with the truck and the way it was running.. fuck. Hopefully its just carbon getting burnt from the techron

 

Glad I went to the market this morning. Stocked up on meat n potatoes, water, milk, eggs, meds, and bread.

 

whenever a storm is coming through I separate the vehicles so no 1 tree-fall can take them all out. Similar might apply to looters.

Good Luck!