The Lair

Yes & yes. What time are you coming over?

 

Did a front end rebuild on Pauls truck today. Total chaos cam tab gussets, gusseted spindles, new lca’s, UCA’s, wheel bearing assemblies, and bilstein 6112s with new top hats. Original CV’s but once we got a closer look at them, the boots are pretty rotted so we’ll rebuild them at some point. Pro tip, when total chaos says you need wheel spacers on stock wheels for their spindle gussets, they’re not joking. That thought didn’t even cross our mind until he went to back out and the front tires wouldn’t move. The wheel weights were gouging into the spindle. Luckily a buddy 10 min away has a spare set of spacers so he saved the day.

 

George in the Garage!!!!

Is he trying to climb back into the tool chest drawer???

 

He’s a little big for that one now! Guess I need to buy a larger toolbox.

 

If the boots are cracked, I have a spare OEM inner boot I can bring you to band aid it

 

I appreciate that but the axles need all new boots. Luckily they’re not actually torn or slinging grease, but their days are numbered.

 

So that’s what my JBA UCA’s should look like… I guess we were right @y=mx+b … something didn’t look correct after greasing

 

do you mean the one that was bulging on the end? I wonder if there was a bubble or the old grease was stuck in there, did you ever see if it worked itself out?

 

@EatSleepTacos I think I know what it is/what it’s doing but what’s that tools name?

 

That’s called a box wrench

 

It’s a coil compressor. I really like this one, I’ve tried a few others that were just too sketchy. This one is solid.

$64 KAKO Strut Spring Compressor Tool, Coil Spring Compressor Tool, Strut Spring Compressor, Ultra Rugged Coil Spring Compressor with Safety Guard and Carrying Case(2 Pcs)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KCT1B5S

 

Very nice, I have never seen or heard or one like that but I like it.

I haven’t looked recently enough to remember, my guess is that it still looks pretty fugly
This tool

 

It’s like the shitty auto store rentals but on steroids.

 

Just spent $110 on drill bits. Let’s see if the price increase is worth it versus buying dewalt bits semi regularly.

$115 Chicago Latrobe 57714 150 Series High-Speed Steel Jobber Length Drill Bit Set with Metal Case, Black Oxide Finish, 118 Degree Conventional Point, Inch, 29-piece, 1/16" - 1/2" in 1/64" increments

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LDH1LC?_encoding=UTF8

 

Chicago Latrobe are nice. I think that's the utility line of Cle-Line.

 

I'll be there as soon as you find me one of these

https://www.ebay.com/motors/blog/this-rare-1970-datsun-is-a-jdm-hot-rod-pickup-mashup/

 

That thing is sweet!

 

Got the lightbar mounted today and it’s seriously a perfect fit. Didn’t drill the prinsu at all because even the mounting holes lined up with where the crossbar was. I also got the control box mocked up. I’ll add edge trim around it and mount it as flush as I can, that’ll happen sometime next week.

 

But Randall! Where do you keep your sunglasses now!!

 

Howdy Ryan

You sound very good That's fantastic Brother! No shit!? You drive those for real? That's freaking awesome! I need a job like that!

Dogs are great, getting fatter every day. Like me LOL.

So, serious question, do the wheels on the bus really go round and round?