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I think that's a sweet truck. I'm gonna steal your offroad floorjack idea. Thanks!

Does he like how the duratracs handle on the hwy? I get that any tire pretty much will handle a gravel road, but some get a lot more loose and squirrelly than others. I know I'm overthinking this, but it's a lot of money now to buy 5 good quality tires. Even when you get them from...

I am getting back into cruising the forest roads and boondocking with a rtt and a clean old 1991 Nissan Pathfinder. The truck is mostly stock with factory LSD and warn manual locking hubs. I'm not planning on lifting it or going crazy with it like I have done in the past. Just looking for a...

My greentrails map shows 41 splits off into 4110 a few miles off the hwy. I'm going to head up there this weekend to recon. Hey Mark, I bought a transfercase from you a couple years ago. Much thanks!

Chop's probably thinking I might just be looking for a good place to cook up some meth or leave my garbage. Sadly, it's a reasonable thought considering how many shitbags are out there using the backcountry for nefarious purposes. Not this camper. I have been out of the world of wheeling...

Thanks for the advice, I spent a huge part of my teens and twenties driving up on North Mt and Swede Haven. I grew up in Arlington. I would like to go revisit those areas in Darrington, but I live closer to Granite falls now, so I'm thinking about driving out the 41 Road off Mt Loop. I'm...

I have been thinking about driving up one of the old logging/forest roads outside of Granite Falls or Darrington and staying overnight to take my kid star-watching and get away from electronic devices for a night. I have a discovery pass, and can't get far from the road with my 2wd vehicle, but...

Well, after much driving around showing the axle to various shops, I found a local heavy machinery shop that agreed to straighten it to a point where at least I can get the oil seal on. That's the problem, I have no doubt that lots of these axles are bent and run, but how do you get an oil seal...

Well, Poohbair, I am all ears here asking for suggestions.... So are you suggesting don't bother with the truss and just run it the way it is? My thought was to leave the axle mocked on the truck and tightened down with a floorjack under the center of the housing to keep tension on the...

Also, this new truss I want to weld on is a lot thicker (3/8") then my last one. I am afraid of warping the hell out of it again when I am welding it on. Any suggestions for me for welding it on? Little stitch welds with long cooling periods? I don't want to spend a week welding this on....

I actually thought about that idea. The only issue I can see is that my housing is an 85, and has the full length factory truss under it, preventing me from heating along the bottom. Should I try heating an area near the outside of the spring perch? The bottom is what needs the heat, to pull...

Because if I rolled it upside down it would still be holding to the edge of the oil seal cavity. If I force it to the center, the splines in the 3rd start to bind up just a touch past the center position... ...If any of that makes any sense at all. Hey, if you guys say its okay to run it like...

So you all don't see a problem running it? I have a really nicely made Ballistic Fab upper truss I haven't welded on yet... If there was a way I could put some downward pressure on the axle when i weld up the truss, i would feel just fine about it, but I don't see how I can apply that flex...

My SECOND toyota front axle housing for my SAS swap on my 4Runner appears to have a 2mm or so bend in the long side... Is there anything that can be done to fix this short of buying a new housing? Seems that it's getting harder to find a straight 25 year old axle housing....

I appreciate the heads-up, but NOT having someone show me firsthand is definitely gonna make the first one I try to setup a recipe for failure. I have read half-a-dozen writeups and the FSM directions. I have watched a couple youtube vids, I have the tools and shop to do it in, but what I...

I kind of figured the whole 4cyl - v6 pinion thing would help weed out the guy I am looking for.... :; Anyone interested, drop me a PM. I am in Arlington, but I don't mind a long drive to get this done right with the right person...

Anyone willing to tutor me on setting up a Yota 8" gear set and locker? I am looking for someone with EXPERIENCE setting up Toyota gears that would be willing to tutor me on the details. I am mechanically inclined, and can keep my mouth shut and my eyes open (that always seems to help around...

If you are seriously looking for the best LED worklight out there to use for this I would say that the SPEAKER brand led worklights would be the choice to go with. They are what Boeing just outfitted all their forklifts with. I work nights there, and let me tell ya, these babies are almost as...

I have always wanted an excuse to pickup a used already built prerunner (S. California is full of them) and try some faster offroad driving. Is there anywhere with the open space to take a prerunner and open it up a bit in this state? I know about Moses Lake, but isn't there anything on the...