Gunshot's Taco Build and Washington Debauchery Log...

My parents use one of those owls to keep Dove's out of their pool! If the owl doesn't work give something like this a try!

$27 Bird B Gone - Reflect-A-Bird - Reflective Spinning Deterrent - Repels Pigeons, Sparrows, & Woodpeckers - Wind Powered - for Gardens, Railings, Roofs, Etc - Weatherproof Aluminum - Adjustable Neck

https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Gone-RFLT-1-Reflect-Deterrent/dp/B06VSQ9FXS

 

Conner is up & ready for action!

I had to clean a lot of pigeon shit from the 2nd story balcony. The damn things had made their nest above the cantera columns.

 

If Conner starts to lose his effectiveness, move him once in a while. Keep the flying rats on their toes!

 

I can scoot him to the next corner. Good idea Daniel

 

Well the arms and alignment hardware needed replacing anyways, but it looks like something else is bent as the out of whack camber issue is still present.

Chronically pulls the the right, and even at full adjustment, camber will likely be about a degree off when they get it close enough. Trying to figure out what's next. I'm thinking either passenger tie rod or spindle.

Tie rod is a lot easier to fix so I may start there. But I'm thinking I may have bent a spindle a while back thanks to a little terrain mishap.

 

They sent it out the door incomplete or you pulled it?

 

Tie rod wouldn’t have that much of an impact on camber. My money is on a spindle.

Plus the only time I’ve seen a bent tie rod is when it’s like, BENT. Like “the truck is undrivable” bent. I think it’s all or nothing when it comes to bending those.

 

They called me and we're still getting it close, but its probably gonna be out of spec even after they get it good enough.

Pretty sure I bent the spindle out in Wendover supporting a race. Hit a little swail that was hard to see way too quick and made a pretty big hit.

 

Yeah, I've reached the same conclusion. Which sucks because a tie rod is way easier to fix.

 

Finally got my truck back. Big ups to Corey and Travis at Big O yet again for getting things done right. Travis put a lot of work in on it today and I'm more than satisfied based on inputs/outputs.

Trucks still slightly bent but new cam hardware and lower arms makes it MILES better than it was even still. Gonna find a spindle and fix it myself to get the final incremental I was hoping for and they would had to have to done at my expense anyways. Easy stuff just time consuming.

New tires as well since the way out of whack front alignment wore them out. Trucks all beefy again.

 

They weren’t able to determine the issue?

 

+1

 

If you want to test your spindles before throwing money at it, take them both off and hold them against the floor. You’ll be able to easily discern if there’s a difference. This is a pic of my buddies tweaked spindle.

 

My truck took so much time to get the arms cut off and they had my truck on the alignment rack 3 times getting things right. I didn't ask for spindle measurements because they had tied up so many resources.

As soon as I said it was likely a spindle since they couldn't get it in spec after all that work, they all agreed that was very likely the cause considering what I told them about the likely incident that did it and then being toyota needs as well.

Turns out of you drive into a disguised riverbed at 44mph you'll bend something. Who knew.

 

Do you have a better way than a pry bar and brite force to get bearings+hubs outta spindles? After doing @Kpatt9 s passenger side only a few weeks ago, I don't have the heart to spend a whole day prying both out for just a comparison.

 

Poly performance makes a good product. Even the tech I had work on it said they liked how simple and easy they were.

 

Not really. Only time I remove the hubs is when I’m replacing them, so I just beat on them with a hammer. But, you could leave the hubs on the spindles for this test. Something to think about.

 

Which tires did you replace the old ones with?

 

ST Maxx. Same as before. It'll take an act of God to get me off these tires. I love them.