Colorado B.S. Thread

I don't miss all that. I got burnt out working on old stuff... and going to the parts counter needing 11" shoes and their computer telling them to sell you 10" shoes. Of course, this was before the days of useful internet resources to pull your own part numbers, specs, etc.

With the Chevy stuff (or is it Mopar?), it seemed to be width issues. They liked to go wider (so 2" or 2.5" wide) before/instead of going larger in diameter... which means the backing plate needed to be right (different backing plates for different widths). Ran into that issue once on something.

 

I've been down that road way too many times, lol.
Interweb definitely changed the game.

 

avoid driving. traffic sucks. everyone who works in the silicon valley lives in santa cruz. traffic starts early and ends late. ride a motorcycle. lane splitting is legal. get around much faster. if you are playing tourist, then dont go into capitola village on the weekend. you will spend an hour looking for parking. not much to do out there though.

 

Thoughts... (new winch, not exactly thrilled that the rope looks damaged out of the box).

One side of the thimble...


The other side as it goes into the thimble you can see that thread is frayed, not sure how bad inside.


And there are two frayed spots along the winch line.

 

Manufacturer?
Give it a rub and tug and see what happens.

 

Its a shitty manufacturer.. should give it away. Supposedly great warranty (and money didnt come out of my pocket).

 

Travis how's this drive shaft? No vibrations? Stock tube thickness?

 

ahh, Smttybuilt. The line and winch are both good for the money. I had no complaints with mine.

 

Rad! Whatcha doing inside the dealership service bay

 

I am right there with you brett. I wouldn't say it is the best winch but it does the job it needs todo.

 

They look decent, its just the fact that I'm sure the line starting out frayed wont help. And the rope is half the dang cost! How it was bundled up it looks like it was dragged at some point, maybe a different box, since it has the same damage at a few other points along the rope that were at one end of the bundle.

Emailed shittybilt with pics, they said oh yeah thats not good, send the receipt and good address. They seem to be only able to respond once a day, I'll email them right back and wont hear back for 24 or so hours. The last thing they wanted was a picture of the vehicle. Responded immediately... guess I'll wait until mid-day tomorrow. But if this is the service with an out of the box issue, I doubt I will have any luck with a "warranty" down the road.

4wheelparts where it was purchased eluded to it being easily 'warranty'able' through them. Now they are trying to sell an extended warranty to cover it.

Needless to say, I'm ready to take it off and let them have it back. If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldnt have any.

Was going to go with the superwinch Tigershark 9500 instead but last minute got talked into this one due to the wireless. So then it'd be the issue of should I go with another one that might have some stupid issues with my luck, or just suck it up for a month and get a Warn that will have a warranty that they will stand behind. (M8000-S)

 

It's been squeaking for a while now I caught it in moab either in March or in June. I found a used one and Brian got me squared away but Id like to rebuild this one now

 

Thats not me....



Thats what the side of me looks like.

 

1/8 tube is stock and can have some "shock" dampaning to it if you were to say. jump it with the pedel pegged.

3/16-1/4 might be best for you and can be ballanced. They wanted to charge me 300$ to retube mine.

 

We may even let you use both hands and ask another guy to help when need be.

 

To the Yoda Techs: 2016 has a TSB for ECU reflash. Should I wait to get the lift kit on the truck till this reflash is done or doesn't it not matter?

 

Since I don't have chance in that match, do I need win to drive the Tundra?

 

Are you politely saying no to me!