Colorado B.S. Thread

But maybe no fires this summer.

And awesome rafting.

 

You didn't need a tap, you needed a die.
Or did you ruin your castle nut trying to use it as a die?
If you didn't have a die for those threads you should've just used a mini hack saw to cut them.

 

I'm not one to talk though after I almost killed myself trying to install a 220 outlet in my garage.

 

Family tax return present this year is a inflatable kayak to float the rivers. I am super excited, all last summer my wife really wished we had one.

 

I should have clarified but this is for passenger side. I messed up the threads on the driver side tie rod bolt, but was able to file them back and get the nut on.

Now when I did passenger, I messed up the threads of the castle nut when I flipped it upside-down on the tie rod bolt to hit it with a sledge to separate it from the spindle.

The tap/die set I bought only goes up to M12x1.50 but I need a M16x1.50 to fix the castle nut. I tried for a few hours with the tip of a file to get the threads back in order enough to use the tie rod bolt of a tap, but started to ruin those so I stopped.

Only hope is the new castle nut. Although I also figured out my new spindles push up against the break dust shield and put pressure on my caliber at full flex. No idea on a flat stance. So I need to fix that as well somehow

 

need to bend or cut the dust shield. common with spindle gussets.
I feel like I might have one of those castle nuts from replacing my tie rods but don't know if I could find it.

 

Im going to wait on the dust shield stuff. Don't want to mess anything else up trying to do it myself.

I've got one castle nut reserved at Stevinson West Toyota, roommate is taking me over there to get it in the morning. Hopefully I can get the truck back together before the snow hits

 

I need to replace the bushings in mine I think

 

You don't need to stinking dust shields.

 

Did a google search for wheels. I think I found the winner!

 

@thefatkid whats the methoud to remove an ecgs bushing? Specifically the old style that is 3/4” bushing and 1/4inch metal?

After 2 hrs of hitting it with a slide hammer and destroying the remover tool it never moved....

Although the scars on the bushing seemed to help @Littles vibe issue a bit.

 

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Heed this advice and fix them now. I had to pull both tires and brake calipers a week after my install because I was rubbing. I had hammer the shields off the truck to make them fit around the gussets, then hammer them on the truck without the brake disk to mold them around the gussets.

 

Where is that station? Surprised you're way over here yet live in Golden

 

Welp guess I get to rip it all back apart tomorrow, hopefully before the snow hits

 

Yeah i had to do this too after putting my truck back together i had to hammer the shield as it was hitting the caliper. Let me know if you need somthing!

 

Dam so i take it did not go as planned

 

The bushing can't be removed the same way as the roller bearing?
Why does the bushing need removed?

 

Yea....

I guess not. The needle bearing will come out with a few hits of a slidehammer. This one never moved....

We were swapping it for the newer design. He still had some vide and after realizing he had it in there already we set out the swapping it. The new design has more bushing area as well as being longer.

 

I didn't use a slide hammer on the roller bearing.....
The threads on the tool slowly pull it out.
Is this a different kind of tool? Or are you just using it differently?

 

We tried the removal tool last, but because that bushing had more of a steel lip in there it bent the tool....

I’ve used a slide hammer on then needle bearing before. Last time the tool broke and w e had to get the needles out still. 2-3 good hits with the slide hammer and it’s out