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Ah, I missed the word wheelchair. I need to read more carefully! I saw ball joints and well, now I know it's nothing to do with the typical stair rail videos that make me cringe...
that IS cool!...and....I'm not gonna try that in the 4Runner. On purpose, at least!
Maybe we need to skip this whole thread page, the entire thing is made up of misunderstandings.
Bout time to change my oil as well...........thanks for the reminder!
Doesn't matter on the misunderstandings.... We all LOVE to visit you, even thought it's only in a cyber sense .... You gotta cool rig and your a pretty woman/busy mom/wife, etc..... You're 'OUR' type of YotaGal!! haha...
Yeah, that kid is COOL, eh? There's other longer videos of him, leading up to that as he trained, etc... It was a big deal, ya know? And he helps lots of handicapped kids, as I mentioned(they show some of that in the other videos).... Just admire his attitude and sense of "I CAN DO THIS!", ya know?
Not even close rworegon. It all began in kindergarten.......
The trials and tribulations to being of a different mindset.
I still want to know the freezey ball joint outcome.
Chef....too nice to me. You know, I visit a number of build threads and never say anything. You always come up with something. I like what you've got going on with the rack and the whatchmanuts. The whole build, very cool.
Hey hab just checking in and trying to catch up on few threads. Sounds like you get some good experience on the ball joint swap even if it didn't involve something as exciting as a frozen metal explosion from freezing with dry ice. Any way hope all is well with you and yours.
It seems that dry ice may remove hail dents from vehicles and is used to shrink metal for fittings among other uses including quick freezing produce....versatile stuff it is. http://www.dryiceinfo.com/other.htm
And, I'll admit, dry ice was featured in one of my Science Fair projects in middle school. Used it to power a Stirling Engine that I made from scratch. That little engine got lost when we moved from Cali to Oregon.
Hab, just catching up on your 30 page thread, you have done some nice work. I am occasionally getting some popping sounds on hard obstacles so I probably need to take a look at both my steering rack bushings as well as the ball joints. When the rack bushings go bad, would i notice the rack moving back and forth under the truck if someone were turning the steering wheel from inside? Probably better done when not moving, haha.
Oh, and I too stepped up to the cadillac brougham 4 note horn set a while back--aren't they way cool?
I'm baaaack! Got pics, will share when I catch up to everything.
jason- everything is very well and good. Hopefully the same goes for you!
Congrats Chef!!!!! 43 is soooo young!
rw- stirling engine sounds cool. It always bites to lose the cool stuff.
paddlenbike- thanks. Yeah, get under there and have someone wiggle the steering wheel back and forth. You'll be able to see the rack wiggle more than a wee bit. Definitely better at a stop and with someone you trust. Popping for me has been steering rack bushings, ball joints, end links, sway bar bushings (more on that soon) and while my tie rod ends got replaced before they gave me trouble you might give them a gander too.
Hmmmmmmmm, HURRY UP! hahaha..... Just love seeing good pics, whether trips or trippy projects, ya know? Take your time, was just kiddin..... kinda..... sorta...... hehe.
Hi Hab! Hope you guys had a great 4th. Looking forward to the next batch of pics.
BTW, the corn tassled out at 2.5 tall....oops, I thinks something wierd happened due to cold weather stunting it. Next batch will be planted tomorrow...maybe it will do better.
I got home to find 8' tall corn with ears that were ready to eat, so we had a couple each for dinner tonight. Mmmmmm. Usually I get spindly sad corn that the squirrels destroy before I get any. Good luck on your next batch!
Nice! hehe, glad the squirrels left you some. My favorite: bbq steak and fresh corn. We have a decently long growing season into October so this batch will get plenty of heat...it was 98 today, 102 tomorrow. Thankfully, we have low humidity east of the Cascade mountains...near desert here.
4,000 miles.
1 radiator cap
1 bent load bar
1 trashed sway bar bushing (right side)
2 trashed link bushings (left side)
a few thunk spots on the front and belly skids
a broken cup holder
a bunch of broken Thule bike straps
mountains and desert, Utah and Colorado, with something new and big added to this year's itinerary:
The Maze district in Canyonlands Nat'l park.
Soooo many pictures to pick from.
Lots of wheeling there, too much fun. More pics later, if you want.
X3 Of course, we want more pics or even a 2012 Hab's vacation thread. Please, please the masses are asking! Off to my second job in the summer, helping a friend during cherry harvest. I'm the irrigation fixer after the pickers move through a block.
06-21-2012, 02:58 AM
.... You gotta cool rig and your a pretty woman/busy mom/wife, etc..... You're 'OUR' type of YotaGal!! haha... 
