NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Thanks!

 

Call and ask him. It would be a custom length for them, but it might be something they can just bust out real quick today.

 

"Mechanic" may be a bit of an exaggeration. "You home parts replacers" is more fitting, for most of us haha.

 

*Mule's mouth.

 

Sliders??!!
You don’t need sliders!
You are JIM SNELL for God’s sake!
Trees and stumps actually move out of your way!
Sliders.
Hmphhh,

 

I have some quarter panels that really wish that were true

 

Someone here get stuck up the North fork breaking trail over the weekend and loose a shackle Bell?

 

Well shit, I woulda gone up there with you.

 

Went out wit some buddies that go wheeling all the time( my first time in the snow with the new truck) Still stock wheels, no lift, running boards.
We were on some forrest service roads near crystal mountain with the plan to camp over night and take some photos(All 3 of us are photographers)
A lot of the roads had been plowed recently but There was still tons of fresh snow. We even stopped and chatted with the plow guy who was wondering if we had seen his co worker on the way.
Turned down an unplowed road on the way to a ridge that over looks a lake the other two had camped at two weeks earlier when my buddy got stopped by a 4 foot wall of snow and got his jeep stuck. Then I got stuck, then our 3rd jeep got stuck trying to help us out.

We only had shovels, 2 maxxtrax and 2 recovery straps.

It was a long slow moving 8.5 hours total we were stuck on that road


Finally We got free and decided to head home instead of setting up camp at 1am. Still had a blast!

PS: Removed my running boards the next day and had a buddy that does a ton of custom car work offer to fab some sliders for me.

 

That Brynsen in the Jeep?

 

The white Jeep is Brad's
https://www.instagram.com/bradleycastaneda/

 

Brynsen has a Rubicon and a Gobi rack! And doesn’t ever wheel his, right @Greddy ?

 

A flat webbing come along and 30ft solid strap, not a snatch strap come in very hand on things like this. You can burry your spare tire and pull straight back.

 

I just went up to go shooting, didnt think about saying something cause most people work weekdays lol. Its probably a good thing you didnt if you had shit to day. Opposite of a 99% percent normal scenario, when I was packing up at 730. It had warmed up slightly, then started down pouring. It took me 10 hrs to get down. Digging out the wet heavy snow in the center 30ft at a time. Riding out of the ruts was not a choice, you can see the 2ft jump of what turned into wet shitty powder.

Having extra gas, clothes and my emergency bag saved my ass.

 

Winches for everyone!
Oprah

 

Mine arrived Monday! Not free unfortunately.

 

I wish you buying. They dont work to well for pulling backwards while solo unfortunatly.

 

Been having issues with my truck lately, steering wheel would shake under light braking. While that is a classic sign of "warped" rotors (or uneven pad deposits, depending on which school of thought you subscribe to), it wasn't consistent. Sometimes it would shake like hell, other items it was fairly smooth. Well, "smooth" for a Taco, which wouldn't be smooth for a Cadillac.....

With very light brake pressure at slow speeds while coming to a final stop, it would almost feel like the brakes were grabbing in one spot, causing a bit of a "surging" sensation. I had the brakes redone by Michael's back in August 2016 with 35,000 miles on the original rotors/pads, and the "new" ones have roughly 20,000 miles on them. OEM rotors and TRD Performance pads, thinking that was the ticket for heavy 33" tires.

Anyway, I've been trying to track down the damn problem for months. Re-bed the pads to the rotors. No change. Took it to Les Schwab for their "free" brake inspection. Said they found nothing, everything looks great. Ok. Had an alignment done. Nope, not that. Bought a dial indicator and magnetic base. Checked both rotors, very minimal runout and even thickness. What the hell? Replaced the right front bearing, thinking it was going out. Nope, problem still existed. Checked the tie rods (they're good) and all ball joints (same.) WHAT. THE. FUCK!!!



A few days ago I said "fuck it" and ordered the

$212 Power Stop K137 Power Stop Brake Kit For 2007-2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser, 2005-2022 Toyota Tacoma 6 Lug, 2003-2009 4Runner 12.56" Rotors - Front Carbon-Fiber Ceramic Brake Pads & Drilled Slotted Rotors Replacement, K137

Power Stop K137 front kit from Amazon. $174 for 2 rotors and pads, delivered? Even if they are total shit (probably are, with those cross drilled rotors and all...), it was cheap enough to give it a try. Took me about 2 hours today from start to finish (including clean up) to swap the rotors and install the new pads. The right side was easy, since I had recently replaced that bearing, but I was shocked by the amount of dust and crud that had built up on the left side. Like "holy shit that is a lot of brake dust and crud buildup....."

Anyway, the TRD pads look like they have a ton of life left. But after getting the new rotors and pads installed, the truck brakes nice and smooth again. So it was definitely a rotor/pad related problem, most likely the rotors.

I hope this brings back some sanity while driving the Taco. I was ready to crash it into a wall and walk away, it was driving me crazy. Still might dump it for a full size truck (Plan B), but Plan A is to keep it and buy a used Porsche 911.

 

Glad you got i figured out

 

lOVE my powerstops! Once seated and scorched, they are WAY better than stock. Had mine for about 20k now.