NW WA Meet / BS Thread

i discovered after buying mine that it is an air filter from an air compressor. Like $15 worth of parts.

Ha! Clearly you never met Justin. More pride in usership I would say. Like my old truck, keep the cab nice and fuck the rest, although I admit I did wet sand and buff before I sold it.

 

What in the fresh fuckity fuck is going on here? I feel inceptionized

 

I'm going with a St Helens. I don't necessarily need one right now either, but for the price, I think I will struggle to find a hardshell for similar in a few months.

There was a discussion last month on canopy weight ratings, I called ARE and they don't rate them but the dude said 100% no worries it'll be plenty strong, so that's good to know

 

Not sure I will have enough time to take it to Snell. Curious where other people are going for their Shock rebuilds? My icons are getting pretty close to needing maintenance.

 

Same one I'd the go with when that day arrives. Compact, sturdy.

 

When I did mine I couldn't really find anywhere that was interested in doing rebuilds.

I ended up doing mine myself as much as I could but getting the springs off and on is no small task. I had to take them to Torfab twice to get this done which cost about $120 for an hour of shop time. Also I didn't have the stuff to nitrogen charge them so I had to take them to a motorcycle shop which was another $55.

The rest of it is easy, dump oil, change seals, cleanup and polish any rusty spots, fill oil and put it all back together.

With Jim having the spring compressor and nitrogen stuff he is really the best option around that I know of to get it done.

 

Lol, I have no idea WTF happened I quoted Justin’s post about the 13.5” light bar to ask where he found it and was stuck in 2015 after I posted it. Then I thought WTF I just quoted something from 2015, so I went ahead and edited my post so it didn’t look like I asked where you found your tent or I threw out some random shit from 2015. The edit posted didn’t show the screenshot I took of it going from 4/5/2015 to 31 minutes. Shit went sideways fast. Then it posted another screenshot. That’s when I decided fuck it and rebooted my phone.

 

I'm laughing so hard. But you have no proof, so it just appears you don't know how to internet. Fantastic

Edit: now I see the 2015 date. What the shit

 

My garage >.>

Really though the only hard part is spring removal and the nitrogen charge. More just finding someone to do it for you and not charge a ton. For the spring compressor I'd check local, small shops and they might just let you do it yourself. Anymore its one of those things they have but dont use often (cheaper to buy preassembled these days).

 

I also have loaners if you need unforeseen parts.

 

Thanks for the info guys. That may be what I have to do then. I will get back to you all on if I need a garage. There is one guy in town I can think of that would be closer. Will check on that and find out.

 

I need to do mine too. We should have a shop day here soon. If its as easy as the dudes who already did it say, then i am confident we can get it done. Especially with the great @JimSnell on our side.

 

Did your phone start smoking crack?

It’s a pioneer plus pch2, They’re expensive, i could get it for a significant discount through one of our vendors. It’s meant for the front of a fire truck/ emergency vehicle.

 

They really are simple. Assuming just swapping fluid and seals. If revalving it can be a bit more complex (just in making sure everything is oriented right). Otherwise its just disassembling everything and swapping a few o-rings, a wear band, and the shaft wipers. Setting the ifp is about the only "hard" part and its not really hard at all

it really is one of those thing that once you see it done youll realize how simple a shock is


o and if you are doing the fronts.....not a bad time to swap the spherical bearings for the top and bottom mounts

 

That reminds me that my Icons need a rebuild. One of them is leaking. They lasted 60k miles though.

 

I'm over 60k but they feel fine but would like to rebuild. I have a King soft jaw shaft clamp that I think I'll gift to Jim. I'll never use it unless I get a spring compressor.

 

Is it obvious when it’s time to rebuild (mushy ride, etc..)?

 

Almost need the diff breather mod to park at my place....

 

damn!!!!

 

Hmmm, maybe i dont need them rebuilt then, im pushing 60k on my icons, no leaks, still stout