NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Any official/unofficial meets coming up? Work is starting to get pretty crazy, so I'm hoping to get some wheeling/exploring time in while I still can.

 

I'm trying to get something together for Friday the 29 or Saturday the 30 at Liberty or Gallagher, near Cle Elum. Also trying to find somebody to lead that show who knows the trails better than me

 

Is that from that drop off just before the "beach" at the lake???

 

That's exactly what's on my shopping list for next payday!

 

Honestly I don't know where I got the damage on the rims from. I know the rear bumper was from going down by the rut where u winched up. The skid damage was by the entrance of the lake going out at the 1st turn after the dip.

 

If we do Gallagher I am very familiar with the trail. Also been on the Liberty trails a few times as well.

 

We are meeting up in Arlington this Saturday for exploring and camping(go back a page or two for details). The weekend after we're going somewhere in the I-90 Corridor like others said. August 13th is the first annual TW Summer BBQ.

 

I'm out for this weekend. Way to much stuff I need to get done and don't feel like driving 3 hours each way.

But definitely in for the following weekend run to Gallagher or liberty!

 

I had Mule swap out my springs this morning so the old 650#'s are for sale. Rode on them for about 25k. @polyanskiyalex

Mule confirmed what I suspected last weekend. The spherical joints on the bottom of my coilovers need replacement. They are suppose to have a seal on them which no longer exists and they just kind of flop around. Could very well be the source of the squeaking I've been chasing for a long time.

 

they ride better?

 

speed bumps feel better but it's hard to tell with my short drive to work. Less pre-load for sure. I had them set it at 1/2" lower ride height because I think it was cranked up too high before. Uni-balls and CV angle looks better now.

 

How much they charge you to swap? I need to adjust my springs up, but they are being a bitch to turn.

 

I will take you off the list. One last heads up to make sure everyone is still in for tomorrow.

Going to make a run via FS roads from the White Horse area just West of Darrington up to Concrete to maybe drop in on the fly-in going on at the airport there and then head back South to the Sauk river to see if we can find a place to camp out for the night. Let me know if anyone else wants to join in and I will add them to the list.

Where: White Horse to Concrete to Sauk River for camping

When: 7/23-7/24

Meet Up: Arlington Safeway 9:30am 20500 Olympic Pl, Arlington, WA 98223

Going:
@JeffRoyJenkins
@godofspeed
@2004TacomaNavy +1 (not camping?)
@JDAM +1 Jeep

Maybe:
@rl206
@Bigheadtinyarms

 

3.5 hours work, $350. I wouldn't have been able to swap out the springs myself. Yes they can be a bitch to turn. Last time I did it I had 3-4 small spring compressors on them and a lot of elbow grease.

Their shop has something like this

$909 Branick 7600 Strut Spring Compressor

https://www.amazon.com/Branick-7600...26787&sr=1-25&keywords=coil+spring+compressor

 

Yeah but if you use it twice, it pays for itself.

 

So excited! Bumper shipped today. Suspension this weekend, snorkel next week, the bumper, and I'll have everything I intended to have done by March of this year! Better late than never I guess.. Oh wait, CMC still to do. Dang.

 

You get your snorkel yet?

 

Yup! Sitting in my garage. Did yours not arrive? I think Cam and Bob got em.

 

I might have.. Still not home. I fly home Sunday

 

You gonna have a LOT of work to do! LT parts, snork, etc... See you in sept!