Long Travel BS Thread

Cool thanks guys. Will try that. I did just discover that both my wheel bearings are beyond shot!

 

That'll do it too. When you get the new unit bearings in, take them apart, clean and grease them. They only put enough grease on them for storage. I don't know why, but the 2nd gen folder is full of guys that argue not to grease them, and they are the same guys that complain when the bearings fail every 30K miles.

 

You'll probably have to grind everything apart/off and realign it/weld it back together when you get the glass on. They actually barely fit on my completely stock truck when I bought them.

Either way, I'd wait to install/fit check until you have everything put on. Why risk the extra work?

 

I was gonna order Bamatoy hubs... Doesn't he already add extra grease?

 

I would assume so, but you'd have to ask him.

Edit: He does grease them.

" This means I have been building these units for almost 2 years now. One thing that I have learned is that in manufacturing of ALL aftermarket bearings, there is insufficient lubrication. The Koyo bearing EVERYONE gets are really no different. They have a minimal amount of bearing grease in them. I take the already great Koyo bearing and add an additional amount of quality high pressure, high temperature bearing grease. This extends the life of my bearing assemblies. I "

 

Remove the cv LOL

 

Either way, grease a shit ton. It'll throw out the extra and wash away. You can't over grease a bearing. I load mine up every time and they last forever, done this on every vehicle I've owned

 

Ya. Plus it helps keep water and mud out of the bearing. They are "sealed" but I grease the outside of the seal as well, even on the CV side where the ABS sensor rides.

 

Good.

Ha ha.

Will do guys. Thanks for the advice!

 

Man cold weather, rain and then snow runs hate poly bushings---- they squeak like no tommorow, time to make delrin uppers too or stop being lazy and make some Hiemed uppers

 

Lol no joke, my truck has so many squeaks now

 

hey anyone have any experience with a slider shackle setup on a LT spring under setup?......like these? http://www.polyperformance.com/Liquid-Iron-Industries-Leaf-Spring-Slider-Kit-Universal might do this.......

 

12 hour flight today to play out in Ocotillo tomorrow. The excitement is paramount right now.

By 12 hours I mean I'm landing at noon local in LAX

 

Do I want to add some tubes to my cage...the roof is lacking and there's not much bracing by the rear window...thoughts?. Sorry for the shitty pAint but that was my idea

 

Your painted lines look great. That cage should have been built with those tubes added, and your two tubes that meets in the middle really should have met at a junction and not been separated by that three to four inches. You can get away with doing this small boxed in section to tie those in better. This is what can happen when those tubes don't meet each other.

And those tubes were only about three quarters of an inch apart.

 

Is there no C pillar down to your frame???

 

Nope...they probably didn't wanna deal with the body mount...or they were lazy idk...but I wanna fix it. I was gonna use all 1.75 Dom. It doesn't seem to hard but I reLly hate notching tubes, pretty difficult for me.

 

Just take your time, and one notch at a time. Cut the tubing a bit long, and notch as needed. For the c pillar, you can land it on top of the frame. So it'll come down like \ and not |

 

The hardest thing for me is notching tubes that aren't 90...confusing to me..I use just a hf notcher lol

 

http://www.blocklayer.com/Pipe-NotchingEng.aspx

I don't use it but might help you if you know the angles of your notches.

I have a pro tools notcher, it works well but I also use a chop saw and grinder.