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Discussion in 'North East' started by ST3VE, Jan 12, 2012.

  1. Sep 20, 2015 at 9:13 AM
    1Shifter

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    Hub cap covers over steelies. Hopefully I'll have a set of alloys on in a week or two. If so I'll be selling the steelies with the sensors, lugnuts and these hubcaps with the Geolanders
     
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  2. Sep 20, 2015 at 9:30 AM
    AR15xAR10

    AR15xAR10 AR10 is 5 ARs better

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    I too still have a set of steelies for grabs
     
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  3. Sep 20, 2015 at 10:13 AM
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    Same as everybody else...
    I still have to figure out how to remove the mirror covers and then swap the chrome door handles for black.
     
  4. Sep 20, 2015 at 10:21 AM
    AR15xAR10

    AR15xAR10 AR10 is 5 ARs better

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    I have chrome mirror covers too. They seem to not want to come off....
     
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  5. Sep 20, 2015 at 10:27 AM
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    I hear that a heat gun and fishing line will do the trick. The only guns I have are Mosins and a couple of other MILSURP pieces and I don't fish. I'm sure it can be done, it's a lower priority than getting the wheels replaced.
     
  6. Sep 20, 2015 at 10:30 AM
    AR15xAR10

    AR15xAR10 AR10 is 5 ARs better

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    They're probably putco covers just like mine, on with double face 3M
     
  7. Sep 20, 2015 at 10:33 AM
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    There has to be some type of adhesive remover that would loosen the tape. Ill have to check at Lowe's or a craft store.
     
  8. Sep 20, 2015 at 10:36 AM
    AR15xAR10

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    I'm just worried about the tape staining the plastic underneath

    The sole reason i put the chrome covers on, was because the previous owner had decals on the mirror plastic....and when i removed the decals, everywhere was faded except where the decals were.
     
  9. Sep 20, 2015 at 10:37 AM
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    Okay, so i have an interesting dilemma....

    Finally got around to installing the new Shocks/springs that i bought, rears went in fine with the exception of having to cut the old rusted bolts off, but when i got to the fronts, as i went to unbolt the sway bar brackets, 3 of the 4 weld nuts on the inside of the frame have broken off, so the bolts just spin when trying to turn them in either direction. I would cut the bolts and ditch the sway bar, but the new stuff is just stock replacements, so im a bit wary of just ditching the bar. there is 1 tiny window in witch you can see the nuts, but its far to small to fit any sort of wrench or vice grips/pliers in there.... any suggestions? and no, i wasnt using air tools, and the nuts got soaked in WD 40 for about 4 hours before i tried to unbolt them with a 3/8" x 20" breaker bar.

    Halp, please
     
  10. Sep 20, 2015 at 10:38 AM
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    Goo Gone, stuff is amazing, and ive used it on auto paint before, didn't touch the paint but took the goo right off, but YMMV
     
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  11. Sep 20, 2015 at 11:10 AM
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    Damn that blows... Good luck I'd be at a lost too
     
  12. Sep 20, 2015 at 11:14 AM
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    Best idea ive seen is trying to take a stick welder and get in at the bolts, but with how rusted up my frame is, i doubt there's any good surface to weld on in there, and you sure aren't getting a grinder in there to clean it up either, not to mention i don't have any sort of welder and no welding skills
     
  13. Sep 21, 2015 at 4:34 AM
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    helped someone fix a similar issue a while back with the welded nuts spinning on the crossmember. solution we used was to cut out a square section right where the nut goes, and weld in a new piece of plate with a new nut welded to it. and instead of two tack welds, we welded the entire 360 degrees of the nut.

    The pink "spacer" is just there to take up the gap of the thickness of the frame steel, which will vary, depending on where you are dealing with along the frame.



     
  14. Sep 21, 2015 at 4:37 AM
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    Ingenious! Makes you wonder why they don't just build it right the first time lol
     
  15. Sep 21, 2015 at 4:39 AM
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    Maybe mob can help you out. He knows how to weld... I wish I knew but the person that was suppose to teach me wussed out and told me it'd be better to buy a bed rack... The bed rack was a project I wanted to use to learn how to weld.
     
  16. Sep 21, 2015 at 4:44 AM
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    colinb17 If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving

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    probably because it's time consuming. when welding a nut that small all of the way around, you have to do it in sections, letting it cool between welds. Otherwise you can "egg-shape" the nut, and make it useless. A machine can toss two tack welds on the nut in a matter of seconds however.
     
  17. Sep 21, 2015 at 4:47 AM
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    Oh I figured a machine could weld all the way around no issues. But I know nothing about welding Lol
     
  18. Sep 21, 2015 at 4:52 AM
    colinb17

    colinb17 If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving

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    a machine surely can, but it you look at how many welded nuts are on our frames, you're talking about a substantial welding duration increase for every single frame. time is money, and these trucks are already expensive.
     
  19. Sep 21, 2015 at 5:01 AM
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    Correct. Most welding through automotive companies is all automation with robotic welding which is much easier to set proper heat and wire feed speed. But, a lot of the parts that are on the truck are done elsewhere in sub-assemblies and then sent to the main assembly line for installation. And a lot of times you can't get the robotic head in tight spots. You get a lot of variation in quality of parts since it comes from multiple sources. Everyone has to follow specs through Toyota but typically, an inspection process is done on 1 of 100 parts for example, not each one.

    What Colin said is really the only way to fix it. Cut it out, weld a nut to a plate, weld the plate in to the cut out. You really don't need to weld the nut all the way around. If you do it right and get a good, heavy tack on opposite sides of the nut with correct penetration it should never break. We do a lot of parts with weld nuts where I work, 10's of 1000's a year and they don't break and they're just tacked in two spots.

    If you need help, let me know. You can come over, we'll cut it out, make what Colin said to make and weld it back in. Or, you could look through salvage yards and see if you can find another cross member with no or little rust.
     
  20. Sep 21, 2015 at 5:57 AM
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    colinb17 If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving

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    it may not be the best for this particular application, but I am becoming more and more fond of riv-nuts.
     

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