Houston area (along with DB's not from Houston) BS thread

Not for a few years now, i miss it quite a bit though but being an operator is hard to bitch about

 

Operations is what I'm aiming for right now.

 

I enjoy it, after breaking my back working Derricks for a few years having a job that i can take it easy at is greatly appreciated.

 

Gotcha gotcha. I see quite a few cars that were $35k 5 years ago fetching(or asking) $60k these days. You see the red roller that someone was asking $24k for? About died laughing at that shit cause the dude was serious too

 

Yeah I remember when he bought the car like 6 months ago lol.

 

Took a loan for $45k. Trashed the car. Then still owes $25k. Terrible.

 

You're so knowledgeable

 

Interesting night here. Supra dickology operations seems to be the subject.

 

I see you've caught up

 

my passenger side slider stopped clanking for a week and now it's clanking again, goddamn it

 

How does a slider clank?

 

What does the slider bolt to? Assuming bolt-ons... My son has a Chebby that the steps clunked on, ended up being the body bushings, since the steps bolted to the body mount bolts.

 

Yeah but steps and sliders are two different things. They’re either bolted or welded to the frame, never heard of one clanking or making noise those.

 

Yup, agreed, if they are welded or bolted directly to the frame, unless the bolts are loose, no reason to clank. I just wasn't sure if the bolt ons reused body mount bolts.

 

Me either. If it's clanking and bolt on then I would assume a bolt broke/backed out. I think you would notice it sagging or something when you walk around the vehicle though.

 

Mine came with a bolt kit.

 

So, weld the steps to the frame. Problem solved

 

...sorry, meant the body mount points, IOW slider bolts to same mount point as the body bushings with new bolts

 

They're mobtown bolt ons. I swear everything is tight but I think maybe they're just not quite hanging quite right. Mobtown does use these long-handled bolts to get up into the crossmember and I thought one of those was what was doing the clanking (they're long enough that they can kinda flap a little) but it doesn't seem to be. When I get some good weather and a little bit of time I'm gonna loosen everything back up and then retighten, it's possible they're very slightly crooked.

They only clank on stuff like railroad tracks where the whole truck is shaking pretty good.

I can't make them clank by jumping up and down on them.

It's also entirely possible that it's something else entirely clanking.

 

JB Weld?