AZ BS Thread 4²0

Reason #2,579 of why to not go into California.

 

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Unfortunately California is coming to us...

 

1. Allow a few hundred thousand immigrants in, but with stipulations.

2. Create the largest National Guard ever.

3. Deport anyone who has moved here in the last 10 years.

4. Capture and control the Colorado River.

5. Celebrate Arizona's own independence day.

 

It'll be like Brexit, except we'll be land locked.

 

Yea. I’d say 50% of the gas and petroleum industry have transferred in the last 10yrs.
Plus the refinery in PHX already can’t keep up and over half the states fuel comes from out of state. So, yea; good luck with that?

 

Shhh, no logic please.

 

I think my tie rod might be messed up somehow... I get a slight click when you push and pull the passenger front wheel at the 3 and 9 o clock positions, and it also looks like it's tilted compared to the drivers side.

 

On second glance, could it possibly be an inner tie rod?? Would those get beat up from wheeling?

Outer tie rod looks fine upon getting a mirror in there, doesn't move a bit when the wheel moves. However, the inner tie rod on the right seems like it has the tiniest bit of play to it. It's hard to tell because some of that is the steering wheel actually wiggling back and forth inside the cabin.

This whole thing came about because I keep getting an odd "POP!" when I make a right turn, and only right turns. Seems like if you unload the passenger's front wheel just enough you get a single pop. Won't happen in the driveway with a jack or wiggling it by jumping up and down. CV boots look fine, ball joint boots all look fine, everything appears totally kosher in there except for that noise.

I guess my next step is get a torque wrench on the upper & lower UCA bolts??

 

record it via video? Your still under warranty

 

Yeah that's probably what I will do. Just hit all the UCA/LCA/Strut bolts to their recommended torque, scrubbed any clods of dirt outta there, and put the wheel back on. Nothing seemed out of place.

Now that I'm sitting here after getting ready for a Halloween party with my coworkers I realize I didn't take a look at the endlink bolts. But that would clunk in either direction because it ties the wheels together, in essence.

 

Well that's fascinating... driving off with the gunk still "moist" from being scrubbed = no noise whatsoever, on the way back home from the party after it had plenty of time to dry out, it's back but more creaky than a pop.

So it's just bullshit crud stuck somewhere in there, I think. I'll have to hose it all down when I do an oil change next weekend.

 

Got a pre-order put in for this guy today.

Hate the ridiculous price tag that some of these skottles come with, but man that multi-function was pretty hard to pass up. Figured I'd share for you to either judge me or join me.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...er-modular-outdoor-cooking-system/description

 

I judge you, but have a special order partner steel three burner stove so I can’t say much lol.

 

We spent quite a while at the Tembo Tusk booth at expo. Almost pulled the trigger on one but were in the same boat as @prise and already have an AT Combo slide with JK Partner stove so its quite hard to justify. That being said, itll still probably happen one day.

 

Well thanks for making me feel a little better. I've got a coleman two burner that does the job, but was ready for an upgrade, and still want to keep the platform relatively tight, from a packup perspective.

The plan is to do a 2-week West Coast up and down with the mutt Spring '23. The list just keeps growing.

 

This whole cat theft thing is getting out of hand!

 

The good news is you will look the part on the west coast with it. Lol also good news, I really liked their table and the ability to hang it over a fire old timey like as well. so it seems to be more versatile than a Skottle.

 

This is what convinced me to purchase, and I suppose "west coast" is a bit inaccurate, as I don't plan to spend time on the coast at all. More mountain pass camping than anything. I just consider anything West of the Mississippi "West Coast" coming from GA. I have -3 desire to hang out with surf bros and broverlanders.

 

But dudemanbro you are missing out on an excellent chance to compare how many credit cards it took to build out your rig with the other influencers.

I hope you find all the deserted spots woth no one around ever!

 

God you hit the nail on the head of so many different people. Looking at you, 70% of TW.

Here's to hoping! I will be planning out my waypoints starting next year. Gonna try to do this trip up right!