stinger124
Well-Known Member
Well, I got tired of sitting around this 900 sq ft. duiplex waiting on my new house so we can move into it where I will have a shop to work on my buggy.. Soooo Lastnight, I made up my mind to move what I could around in the garage and make room so that I would have some room to work on it, and take care of some things that needed to be addressed.
Told my wife her car was gonna have to sit outside for awhile.. Now I got alittle wiggle room.
I jacked the buggy up, and found that the wheels seemed loose out at Devins one day, and I thought that the inners might be loose, but I found that they were not..
So today, I started taking it apart to see if the wheel studs were wollered out. Here is what I found. As you can see, I can actually stick a dime in the between the two areas,, That is how much slack there is..
This is another thing that I found on several of the areas right by the wheel studs.. Not sure if I need to replace these or what ... (( Whats your opinion ?? )) Just to be safe, I think I will replace the rotors.. Still want your opinions just to be sure. I have never ran into this before.
Also as luck would have it, I went to buy a new socket because I knew that my Dana 44 socket would not work so I went to buy the one for the Dana 60..... Well, once I got home with one that said it would work on a Chevy Dana 60 and tried to use it.. You guessed it... It was not the right one.. So now I will have to wait until Monday to take this one back to Main Auto Parts.. Maybe one of the other auto stores will have one.. If so, I will be able to continue on working tomorrow.
Oh well, thats just my luck... :wall:
I also taked to Jarod and Ryan at Rock and Roll OffRoad today, and they are gonna hook me up with some new slugs for a great price..
We have also come up with something that will really make the buggy look pretty cool ... I hope to have this once it gets made in the next couple of weeks. (( Not gonna spill the beans just yet. ))
I have also found that some of the Heims have some slack in them, and as some of you know.. I hate rattles... So I may or may not replace them...
I have never wheeled a rig with links and heims.. Should the be rattling or are they pretty quite ?? I know nothing about these things just yet. But I am learning.. I am also looking at a way to keep the air bumps from rattling everytime they hit the metal pads ..
Once I get the Atlas installed, I plan on sending the drive shafts off to be spruced up alittle bit too.
Anyway, I just got tired of sitting around this tiny place looking at the four walls.. I have been chomping at the bits to work on this thing but with no room, I have been putting it off and as of today... I am gonna clean things up and improve others..
I want this thing to be ready for a TOUGH year of wheelin ...
I will update things as I make progress..
Any comments are appreciated.
Told my wife her car was gonna have to sit outside for awhile.. Now I got alittle wiggle room.
I jacked the buggy up, and found that the wheels seemed loose out at Devins one day, and I thought that the inners might be loose, but I found that they were not..
So today, I started taking it apart to see if the wheel studs were wollered out. Here is what I found. As you can see, I can actually stick a dime in the between the two areas,, That is how much slack there is..
This is another thing that I found on several of the areas right by the wheel studs.. Not sure if I need to replace these or what ... (( Whats your opinion ?? )) Just to be safe, I think I will replace the rotors.. Still want your opinions just to be sure. I have never ran into this before.
Also as luck would have it, I went to buy a new socket because I knew that my Dana 44 socket would not work so I went to buy the one for the Dana 60..... Well, once I got home with one that said it would work on a Chevy Dana 60 and tried to use it.. You guessed it... It was not the right one.. So now I will have to wait until Monday to take this one back to Main Auto Parts.. Maybe one of the other auto stores will have one.. If so, I will be able to continue on working tomorrow.
Oh well, thats just my luck... :wall:
I also taked to Jarod and Ryan at Rock and Roll OffRoad today, and they are gonna hook me up with some new slugs for a great price..
We have also come up with something that will really make the buggy look pretty cool ... I hope to have this once it gets made in the next couple of weeks. (( Not gonna spill the beans just yet. ))
I have also found that some of the Heims have some slack in them, and as some of you know.. I hate rattles... So I may or may not replace them...
I have never wheeled a rig with links and heims.. Should the be rattling or are they pretty quite ?? I know nothing about these things just yet. But I am learning.. I am also looking at a way to keep the air bumps from rattling everytime they hit the metal pads ..
Once I get the Atlas installed, I plan on sending the drive shafts off to be spruced up alittle bit too.
Anyway, I just got tired of sitting around this tiny place looking at the four walls.. I have been chomping at the bits to work on this thing but with no room, I have been putting it off and as of today... I am gonna clean things up and improve others..
I want this thing to be ready for a TOUGH year of wheelin ...
I will update things as I make progress..
Any comments are appreciated.