Monthly So Cal Off-Road Run

That week I'm only free on the 28th Friday......looks like you got one taker. If you can do the 28th Friday I'm in. Anyone else??!!?

 

I Can make Friday work out as well! If we have 3-4 of us it should be a solid group. I'll have the drone ready for us too

 

Who's in for a run Friday the 28th. We got two so far!

 

Pretty sure I can make that date happen as well.

 

Damn I’m on vacation on the week of 28th, otherwise I’d be down to join

 

This is surely one of the best things I’ve read on TW

 

Thank you Dave, this is still making me laugh!

 

I will be in Gorman (Hungry Valley SVRA) on Saturday morning, playing in the valley for a couple of hours. PM me if you want to join me.

 

I've gotta swap my lower ball joints out this weekend otherwise I would.

Found some up/down play in them last night, and I don't want to become another failed LBJ 1st gen statistic Current ones only have 55k on them.

 

Dude thats scary...guess its time to check mine again.

 

yeah I first noticed that there was some grease moisture getting saturated underneath each of the joints, not oozing grease but it's wet enough to be apparent. That prompted me to jack the front end up and use the pry bar to check for play, sure enough both sides have a little. I know there's a small amount considered "normal" but I've heard that it's hardly supposed to be noticeable, and mine's noticeable. Would rather not take any chances given how I use the truck.

I ordered both sides (OEM) from www.toyotapartsdeal.com, got both and new bolts for $263 shipped. Which is pretty good for OEM, on Amazon both sides were $150 each.

 

Any noticeable play is too much. I cant remember the amount of play allowed to stay in spec but its so minute that anything you CAN notice is not "in spec". I got mine from camelback. It might be past its year warranty, but looks like thats going on my todo list tomorrow

 

Kind of makes me want to look into this uniball Solo LCAs I've heard about...actually I'm not sure if theyre even on the market yet but last I heard they were going to be stupid expensive.

I have no complaints about my LCAs in general but getting rid of the shitty 1st gen LBJ design for something more reliable would be nice. Having one fail is always in the back of my mind when I'm on the trail.

How many miles on yours? I got about 55k on this last set..had them put on under the warranty my truck came with shortly after I got it a few years ago. So this'll be my first time doing them myself, but from all accounts I've read it's not a hard job.

 

@Thorian This is the thread/run I was telling you about. Check out google doc linked in the first post for info on the upcoming runs. July 13 is the one we were talking about last night.

 

@Norsemanvike can I delete the info for last saturday's run? I'll keep the checklist up, as that's still useful, but do you need the info listed for that run for any reason?

 

Yes, please delete it.

 

@Shmellmopwho

Ryan check out the first post in this thread. The google doc has info about the MJT trip.

 

I wanna go! Gonna talk to the wifey about it

 

Can someone add me to the MJT run? I can’t edit the doc from my phone

 

Anyone gonna be in big bear this weekend? The big bear forest fest started today. Might head up and check out the vendors/ food trucks.

https://www.trailsoffroad.com/events/16-big-bear-forest-fest-22-june-1416-2019