Raleigh North Carolina and surrounding areas

You take 50 pics and like 1 that was my favorite one I got today. Really appreciate you guys showing us around today. Glad I was able to keep up with you guys. Will definetly be back want to do some camping trips when it cools down a little bit. Ive got some more videos will post tomorrow when I get a little time to throw them all into 1 video
@Sandman614 @JimboAnz @HrBrad8

 

Wow I just noticed that LOL

 

Ugh so jealous, really want to be there with you guys. You guys think hard about coming up here for a Potts mountain run in the fall....

 

Any time dude.

 

Let it be said, front hub bearings on a 3rd gen 4Runner/1st gen Tacoma are not something you wanna just dive into.
While it would seem that just pressing the hub flange and beating out are pretty straight forward, you need to figure out how to get it in the press with out screwing up the spindle itself.
Spend the better part of the afternoon fabing a fixture to hold and allow hub to be pressed thru. And doing so with available steel stock on hand.
Oh what fun I've had today in 98° heat !
A new bearing, much larger than expected, pictures don't do it justice.


Some 4x6 .250" wall scrap I had laying around to make my fixture. There is bracing inside in the ends when flange is inside, used the draw bolts from a HF spring compressor to hold halves together in press.

Cutting the V notch and straight edge cost me a HF grinder, maybe 2, haven't turned the second one back on yet, it was damn hot when I got done with second box.
Some shit about letting the smoke out, that was certainly a problem. For $9.99 ea I wasn't expecting a lot. Pretty much what I got.


First push got hub out that far, had to procure sim 1/2" bar stock to fit next to hub to push the rest of the way out.


Pushing actual bearing out of spindle was fun, creative fixturing involved.

Reassembly wasn't terrible, inner bearing dust cover came out while pressing, that got intresting.

 

You might see my truck around there in the summer if you visit often enough.

 

Anyone want a low profile SOS bed rack (puts the top of your RTT at cab height) before i sell it to some facebook folks?

 

I rode a few trails this afternoon with Gary and Cole!

 

Doesn't matter, not with me. I'm your bae.

 

Wyatt and I are ready to do a camping trip. Let me know when you are going.

 

@Sandman614 @HrBrad8 @BeasleyNC

https://youtu.be/Y87k6p48bwk

https://youtu.be/cN7o3VAS2W4

 

How did the Jeep do?

 

Jeep did great! Me on the other hand driving a manual over technical areas not so good haha

Me and my son might have a little whiplash

I also found out it has a Dana 44 in the rear! No need to swap axles. Locker time now!

 

Joo still my bae even though I got a Heep?!

 

It's 2016 man, love for all.

 

Everyone is different, most peeps i know like autos, i prefer the five speed in the seagull just takes some practice

 

Installed some yakima blockheads for our bikes!

 

Looking professional now, when really just want to catch Pokémons

 

Lol so true

 

You need some sliders I know a guy (@EddyRRT)