Theres gonna be 3 or 4 of us Junkies. Then there will be a whole bunch of other guys from the Co 4x4 forum.

 

Cool well I'll be there. Just hope the rig will make it through everything!

 

Sweet. I look forward to it haha. I wouldnt think you have a problem but Ive never run this trail so I dont really know

 

Hey zack where is there some good trails that are not to hairy. Me an a guy I work with are going to go on Sunday and he dose not want anything to extreme as he is taking his stock xterra.

 

Hey sorry I missed this. I have been out Elk hunting for the past week. What did yall find for trails?

 

Couple pics from the Chinamans run last weekend.





Will post up some more as soon I can get MY camera unpacked from the camper

 

Few more
Stuck!!


And some vids
https://www.facebook.com/Waffles00#!...=2653745703657
Stuck vid. (I only hit the tow hook...)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...e=2&permPage=1
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...e=2&permPage=1
Al's jump in the parking lot
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...e=2&permPage=1

 

That's what I wanna wheel on I went up to rampart rang an the hardest trail we did was a 4.

 

Rampart isnt too bad. I havnt been down there in a while though. I saw your pics. Looked like a decent time. Chinamans is a great trail eventhough we didnt do the whole thing. I will have to let you know the next time we go up

 

Maybe if I could have gone on some more advanced trails it would have been way more fun. But I still had fun. I just wanna do more. The only thing is I work almost 7days a week. Either for the shop or my self. Like the last two times u went up on saturdays I had to work for the shop.

 

Great Pics, Zach! Happy Thanksgiving, man!

 

Thanks Chef! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!!

 

Gotta do the Idler arm and all the tie rods. Its all severly worn out and screwin up my tires.

 

heh, i just did the idler arm bushings last night. the hardest part was getting the dust cap back on.

i found it wasn't too bad if you leave the main housing on the frame. oh, and this is your friend

 

Did you rebulid the Idler? Was it easy and were the parts available at the auto store?

 

yes, kinda, yes.

"idler arm bushings"

-jack the passenger wheel up
-separate the idler arm from the relay rod (45450, the dashed line) 17mm & cotter pin
-remove dust cap, nut, and washer (45497, 45409c, 45409b) 19mm & large pliers
-use a rubber mallet to pound out the actual arm
-use whatever to get the old bushings out (one on top, one on bottom. 45409d)
-insert new bushings (very snug fit, mallet works well)
-grease and reinstall arm assembly. mallet, hammer, etc. to get it back in. the top bushing might pop out a bit
-put washer and nut on, tighten down to press in bushing the rest of the way
-dust cap back on <--(hardest part)

that's it. tie rod fork: ~$12 / bushings: ~$3.75 each, x2 / time: ~1 hour

 

Right on Ian! Thanks for the info man. Definitly gonna save me some money here haha

 

they had to order my bushings, but they were in the next day, so not too much of an issue.

and for the "tie-rod separator"- get the long-handled, narrow-fork one. it'll fit the components better. i used it to pull the linkages and pry the bushings out.

 

Ordered in new bushings to rebuild my idler from the stealership. $2.62 ea. not too bad I guess. Should be here Friday.

Thanks for the help Ian!

 

Finally got all the stuff to redo the steering on the truck yesterday. Pulled it in the shop and turned the heater on. Fixin to go out there and slap the crap on there.