New England B.S. Thread

Thank you Audrey

 

Thank you sir!

 

My friend said the same about her wedding, plus that she starved since she didn't get but 3-4 minutes to eat. Said she'd never do it that way again if that happened.

Simple, they kept all the good shit for themselves

 

Happy Birthday @crashngiggles

 

Thank you sir!

 

Anyone experience a squeaky steering rack? My FJ sings the song of its people whenever I turn the wheel

Nothing is leaking (yet), so I don't care, just wondering if these things are prone to it. It's not like I have 205k on the truck or anything.. lol

 

Nope, my steering rack is quiet as a church mouse

 

Was it all the plasti-dip you added, heathen?

 

No plasti-dip here! Only Plasti-Dip I ever did was a set of King Ranch wheels I had on the F150 a few years back. First, last and only time I've ever used the stuff.

 

I remember the day you broke your anti-dip vows

 

Yeah... it was a sad day indeed... but the deal on the KR wheels was too good to pass up and it was the only way to hide the tan returns on the wheels that didn't match anything on my truck. I didn't even keep the wheels that long, they had Pirelli Scorpion ATRs mounted on them and those tires were absolutely terrible. I'd put them right up there with half-worn Dunflops. I think that wheel set only lasted a few months but cost me my Plasti-dip virginity. Some things you just can't get back...

 

Sometimes you just have to ask, is it worth it? And those Pirelli tires suuuuuck

 

Sigh.

Rebuilding driveshaft. The yoke absolutely WILL not come off to replace the carrier bearing. 3 hours of hammering, jaw puller, etcetera.

Found a local guy who said he'd have a go at it if I can get there half an hour before official opening time. Mechanics are booked out weeks and weeks around here. Guess I'm getting there in FWD only lmao

If he can't get it off, can I steal the shaft off my buddy's 3rd gen 4x4 while a new one shows up?

 

Yeah, I blew mine right the fuck up at about 250k doing some ill-advised shit on a closed dirt track.

 

Is it all just rusted together? The yolk shouldn't be a big to-do to get off. I had to fight the u-joints quite a bit, the yolk was the easy part!

 

It doesn't appear to be rusted from what I can see. It hasn't been apart in ~260k so who knows? I see people on the tubes just tap them off - no fuckin way. Got after it with the asking hammer and a 2x4 and my 2 ton jaw puller and no fuckin way is it coming.

 

You got the u joints pressed out and the nut off, right? I hope thats not insulting to ask, i have no idea what your mechanical aptitude is for this sort of work

 

Happy birthday, @crashngiggles !

 

Yep yep. I appreciate you doing a dummy check.

 

Does it slip at all but just not come out?