Ontario BS Thread

Basically Portalance Rd is a forest access road. It's a really nice drive along the Wanapitei River. It's a been a while since I've been up but there was a washout with a bypass around. Running parallel to the road is a powerline trail which should be a bit more challenging. A lot of people camp near the Capreol end but as you go farther north you won't have a problem. There are so many side trails in the area that you explore or camp along.

 

I do have this particular skill of breaking unbreakable things to be honest The times people told me it's impossible and their faces after

FTFY

Wife position is open, apply within

 

@Norilsk i found the overlanding set up with his tank

 

This is exactly what I want for my truck, but with the KC Smiley faces covers

 

Even if you can see it, it may not be considered broken. In aviation, it's called "damage tolerant design", i.e. things can have visible cracks and still be flying with passengers.

 

I'll go with that when I see my cracked and tilted radiator support

 

lets talk about the A-10 Warthog

and the B17s from WW2!

 

BRRRRRRRRTT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIJvPj_pjE

 

These fly over my place somewhat regularly at about 1000' in pairs. They follow the river on approach to Selfridge AFB. So very cool, and very loud

 

Well, season closed for me. Elkas shocks lasted under 2 years only… Parts availability? 2023…

 

under warranty??

@llamasmurf better slow down on those roads

 

>be me
>See "under warranty"
>panic
>sees the photos and bolts
>more panic
>see's "Norilsk"
>no panic



@Norilsk see if you got the extended warranty there would be no issues!

but fuuuuuuuuck does that suck loosing the Elkas.... Get them to give you the schematics and just turn your own on a lathe?

 

Got to practice my French fries, maybe then

 

Pffftt

I bought em to run em, they gonna run as hard as I want.

I will be sure to check my Elka's this weekend when I do my annual truck wash for undercoating.

 

I fixed it guys, back in game

 

Mine hasn't been washed in 3-4 weeks

 

So reached Elka, they told me in French to eat fries, called Krave Auto (Elka told me to deal with them), let’s wait if they have parts in stock. Very common thing apparently as they say.

 

Thanks for the info! I'm going to be going solo so I'm not going to get too crazy on the trails but I'm definitely going to do some exploring to find a few lakes to fish. Speaking of which, you wouldn't happen to know how the Wanapitei River is for fishing would you? Thinking about bringing my Waders and maybe a fly rod or two.

 

What's the bore size of the heim bearing? Try to measure it, even though the sphere portion got split in half If it's 5/8" (0.625 in.) (COM-10T bearing) like Icon, then there's a service kit widely available: . 4WP carries it, too, but with 3-wk lead time: https://www.4wheelparts.ca/p/icon-v...ver-bearing-spacer-kit-611067/_/R-FRDK-611067

I had to order this kit because my reducer bushing sheared off inside the heim bearing. My fault for installing the bolt backwards (so the weight was resting on the reduced-diameter porton of the bolt shank).