AZ BS Thread 4²0

debadged and ready to roll…well almost. Needs the lightbar and flashers.

 

Really? I spent 4 yrs in East Texas, drove to Shreveport since the drinking age was 18 in bars, but man the swamp butt in the summer, not a fan of humidity.

 

Only place I've lived outside of AZ for any significant length of time was in VA Beach, courtesy of the US Navy. That changed this month, though...

And by "Eastern CA", I mean AZ

 

Yep, Lake Charles. Humidity didn't bother me much. The mosquitos did though.

LOL.. Eastern CA.. nice

 

Internet mechanics I call upon your help. Race support Elantra stopped moving yesterday on my way home. Cruising at 65 and went straight to red line. No loud noises or anything. Pulled over, engine sounds fine, but when in gear and let the clutch out, can feel the trans rotating but the car wouldn’t move.

Fast forward to today. Pulled the trans and clutch. Something had been spinning around inside the clutch and caused it to fail it seems. Found these little springs loose floating around the clutch assembly and you can see where they caused some damage. I have no clue where they came from, can’t see anything on the flywheel side or trans side that would be missing something like this. The only part inside this are other than the clutch is the starter up by the flywheel but that appears fine as well.

Anyone know where these springs could be from? Ordered a clutch kit that will be here Friday but would hate to put it back together without knowing the source.

 

I must be reading that wrong because that sounds like your diff or axles have grenaded. If the flywheel spins the clutch, and the transmission input and output shaft rotate but no forward motion is obtained, your issue is past the clutch.

But then you shouldn't find bits in where the clutch is... unless there were windows.

Have you looked at the throwout bearing? Is it maybe some kind of funky ass seal or spring in there for "reasons"

EDIT... speaking of seal... check your rear main?? Did the little spring inside the seal disintegrate and this is just a secondary issue?

 

I’m no pro mechanic but those look like the springs on the clutch, right?

 

Engine spins fine. Trans seems to spin fine. But they don’t seem to be connected. So clutch. Buddy just found this image and the size of the springs seems to be appropriate. Idle/low torque damper springs. But cannot confirm without destroying the clutch plate. Gonna do that after inspecting the new parts.

 

Not visible on the good ole Hyundai. But yeah the small springs seem to be suspect.

 

Anybody happen to know whether or not 4 peaks is still gonna be snowy this weekend? I'm kinda jonesing to see some snow but I also have my AR to test fire with its new fancy LMT bolt carrier and A5 buffer.

 

Id be surprised, its been so warm and its supposed to get into the mid to upper 70s for the next few days.

 

Doubtful after this week mostly temps. There was a visible decrease just on Saturday between going to and coming home from box canyon. I think even the last little north facing slope part of the road before the upper junction is probably clear now

 

Figured as much. Oh well, no biggie. Some other time.

 

Still have some trim work for the building to do. The powder coat company is out here and almost done building the oven. Will start building the spray booth tomorrow. Electrical gets pulled in on saturday. Propane on monday. Should be up and running in a few weeks.

 

From my house it looks the lower hills are all melted and I'm Off Idaho rd. Cant see it much different on the Peaks.. Should be good n muddy to add to the Box Canyon trip if you havent sprayed the 4R off! Get to taste two different trips if you roll under to wrench on things afterwards! lol Full experience

 

Soooo... AZTW pricing on powdercoat?

Exactly. I swear even if I do spray it I end up with grit in my mouth or eyes somehow.

 

Oh hell yeah there is aztw pricing!

 

Anybody in the market for a tesla swapped mini truck?
https://carsandbids.com/auctions/9lYe2vxz/2002-toyota-tacoma-regular-cab

 

Uhhhhh....

Trailer for R1250 by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

Uh oh

Trailer for R1250 by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

Oh no

Trailer for R1250 by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

What the???

Trailer for R1250 by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

Oh yes please

BMW R1250GSA 2 by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

2023 BMW R1250GS Adventure in Triple Black

Will be the tow behind fast traveler. Half the horsepower of the truck at 1/12th the weight. Thing fucking rips.

We aren't entirely sure how well it will fit into our lifestyle, but we decided it was worth the effort to at least give it a shot.

Also not sure how long the dinky trailer will last, but at least it's very light and easily maneuverable (main purchasing reason). I'm already working on the design of a more stout, custom, version for the future.

 

The build thread is on here. Dudes a member. Its fucking cool.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tesla-swapped-2wd-1st-gen-build.807147/