1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Shit this just made me realize I haven't seen my axle seals come in yet, I bought those fuckers last week via 2 day prime shipping. Damn you Bezos

 

*last seen February 5th*

 

You're fucking right.

Materials alone as new development for houses has gone up a lot recently.

 

yeah i was thinking it'd be fun to do with paint

 

Yeah, I'm glad I never picked up the nasty habit of woodworking, bunch of necrophiliacs getting their rocks off reshaping dead tree carcasses. Steel is more affordable right now but not by a wide margin.

 

I guess shocks are hard to come by right now too.

like 7 months of waiting, in February anyway

 

guilty

though most of them have been organized into 17 gallon plastic tubs at this point

 

yup, gonna have to wait on my rears, thankfully I don't have a rear of a truck yet haha

 

in this case, no. The shafts are double ended splined since it's a full float setup.

 

Its partly why my wife is pushing hard for us to move within a year, I've got truck parts stashed in our daughter's room because there's no place else to put them.

 

Yep!

I've noticed all the complaints on here and social media about the turn arounds for shocks.

Rebuilds are coming by quick and easy; new shocks/coilovers though...don't hold your breath.

 

Seems like an easy fix, build her a nice little house in the lawn and fill up the room, sounds like she's in the way.

 

I did hear that 5100s were on backorder for a long time in one thread

Maybe I should sell mine with the 881s I have sitting in our storage shed, though I like to keep them as backup for when my Kings get rebuilt

 

*looks for pacifier in her crib*

"That's where my upper ball joint and cv axle nut went"

 

Oh I mean swapping the shafts from one wheel to the other. Thinking that if the leak moves with the shaft, maybe there's something wrong with it.

That assumes of course that the shafts have something to do with sealing. which the more I think about it, I don' think they do on a ff axle.

 

gotcha. In this case the shaft goes through the center of the seal... I did swap side to side when I had it apart last spring and I don't think I noticed any damage/burr on the shafts that would tear up the seal.

 

Our yard is fast becoming part storage too, I've already turned the side of the house into a graveyard of parts I've taken off but don't want to sell....even though I should.

Couple old tires, budbilt ifs and belly skid (cough @Kwikvette cough), my tailgate, AP Expo leaf springs...some other stuff I"m forgetting

Tailgate I don't want to part with, Nelson needs to come grab the skids and the tires are good for spares....the Expos are trash and I should just take them to the recycle center

 

Have you seen the price of lumber lately? Its getting crazy. A decent 2x4 is almost $10 now.

 

You know, I just need to swing by one of these Tuesdays when I'm in Sanger.

If I left at 7am, I'd get to you by 11am or so, and back to Sanger by 4pm in time when Steph gets home.

Hmm