NJ B.S. Thread

don’t know what your talking about. The only failures I’ve ever seen have been on TW and you know how credible some of the info here is

 

Awwweeeee well thank you @Subway4X4

 

I’m at the point where it was operator error; wasn’t keeping up on retorques. The brake phenomenon is a mystery, hopefully it’s not still there during my test drive in 5 minutes

 

The soft brakes are likely caused by the wheel bearings oscillating. The wheel oscillation kept pulling your pads apart as they turn, so you keep trying to close the gap by pumping them, but have a difficult time doing so since the gap keeps changing. I had a similar issue when the wheel bearing went on the front wheel of my motorcycle.

EDIT: Just saw you said the hub looked fine so

 

You nailed it though. The loose spacer was allowing the rotor to flop around and spread open the pistons

 

@cynicalrider How many u joints have you gone through? I did one 2 years ago and can feel another, or the same one, going out. Curious if its because of the 33s or just age

 

what spacer did u us ? im about to get spacers for the rear so i can clear my bypasses

 

My new Lab passed a rigorous NJ Dept of Health inspection today. No deficiencies or citations.
Woooo hooooooo!!!!!

 

Nice meeting you @MTopp. Enjoy the skids! With those sliders you got your trail ready.

 

Yeah, I just need to be more diligent.
Torque checked the whole damn truck after the hub swap today.

 

that’s the exact reason even if only one it bad I change all of them. If they are the same age then they will all probably where out roughly the same time. I don’t like chasing problems around

 

Went out for a stroll tonight..




Park ranger stopped to chat with me and Ziggy. Than wanted to check out the mods on the truck. I told him if he gets stuck give me a call

 

How did you attach those cable risers to the bumper hoops Jay?

 

Looped the cable around them iirc

 

Still all original or at least since I’ve owned it thinking about fully rebuilding my spare and CB and putting that on and keep this as my spare.

 

Pretty much followed this video after seeing it years ago.
https://youtu.be/dVXDuarZkKw

I can grab pics in the morn.

I recently sent the same info to @geekhouse23, not sure if he finished the install.

 

@Subway4X4

 

Nice! Thanks.
Now I need to figure out how to attach the cable to my OEM rack.

 

Where’d ya get the black coated cable? HD has the standard clear coated cable. Those are uncool

 

@Lux @JCjeeper @HolyHandGrenade

You’re still welcome to come over after your NNJ trail scouting trip for any welding that you need to do. On Saturday I’ll be home all afternoon after 1 pm. Sunday I’m home all day.

Gonna weld my Cam Tab gussets and fab up a rear swingout removable bike mount and propane tank holder. At least that’s the plan.

Also have a perfectly good leather loveseat that I’m kicking to the curb for the price of zero/nada if you want it. Wifey wants to change from brown to black leather, so out it goes!