Haven't seen a thread like this here and was a little curious.

What spare parts do you carry on your rig whether it be only while wheeling or everyday.

So far I carry with me everyday for the simple fact that I have no other place to store it.

Driveshaft (mainly for the u-joints and the ease of swap if one breaks)
Manual Hubs
Pitman Arm (not in great shape but straight)
Alternator (I like my mud and have gone through several)
Idler Arm (not in great shape but straight)

 

In general: pretty complete set of metric tools, metric 4 lug, work gloves
Wheeling: a trailer

:wabbit2:

 

tools aren't parts wabbit. Unless you weld your welder to the frame.

BTW. I did start a thread about good tools to have as well.

 

Guess I don't carry any spare parts except American Express and VISA.

:wabbit2:

 

When they say air-freight they don't mean military food drop style. lol. But I don't expect your work to require spare parts anyway.

 

sway bar, some lug nuts, and various marker light bulbs.

 

I'm with Wabbit. Bring a trailer and some tools, always carry some plastic money. I do keep a spare CV joint but that is it.

 

Spare belts etc..

 

Spare CV, 1 each inner and outer tie rod end,
And a drilled and tapped AXLE STUB!!!
Haven't broken one since I started carrying a spare, go figure, but man those two times I had to wheel in 2WD low gear because my locker wouldn't send power to the good tire once I'd snapped my passenger side stub were no good. So now the one in the truck's got a bolt drilled in so I can pull it with a set of vice grips and a crowbar, and there's a tapped one ready to go in my toolbox.
IFS lockers...

 

Electrical crap... lots of electrical crap.

My belief is that anything else can be repaired vs replaced on the trail... so i also carry duct tape, zipties, JB weld... extra emphasis on the duct tape! A hillbilly girl's best friend, right there.

 

Any photos of this, it's got my interest.

 

I don't even have lockers, yet I carry a spare stub shaft too. As a matter of fact, that's the only spare part I carry(besides small stuff like lug nuts, lights, fuses, and a full size spare tire if that counts?). Must be a reason for that...

Thanks for sharing the drill and tap trick! I hadn't really even thought about how that might be next to impossible. I guess I figured I'd get by with just the vise grips and crowbar.

I'd bring an extra CV if I had one. And I've thought about bringing my spare front axle, but it's pretty heavy, and I can't imagine wanting to swap one out trailside.

Other than that, I've always got enough tools to do anything mechanical or otherwise that might come up on the trail. Chains, straps, shackles, 10k lb. come-along, 10k lb. electric winch, axe, saw, shovel, snorkel, diving mask, bottle jack, hi-lift jack, atleast one thing you've never heard of*, and A WHOLE LOT MORE. My truck is so full of what I call "wilderness survival gear", I only have some room in the bed left for anything else, much less spare parts.

*I found an old 5/8 dog, I've been waiting for an opportune time to make use of it. Looks like this. It's a trade secret what it's used for(pretty obvious though really).

EDIT: I had this gut feeling that I'd heard this drilled and tapped stub shafts idea before. So I went through some of my older posts. It turns out I had, over 3 1/2 years ago. I'd nearly forgotten it entirely.

Here's the excerpt:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f31/...shafts-132417/

Anyways, thanks for reminding me.

 

Spare tire ( 33x10.50 )
305 piece socket set
misc. lithium ion makita tools ( grinder, impact, drill, and a leaf blower )

plus like 4 black boxes of other tools... the list can go on.

 

I bring as much as I can. I am still increasing the stash of recovery gear and spare parts. I do keep my truck in general good repair.

 

-upper ball joint
-belt
-plugs
-dist. cap
-longest plug wire
-drive flanges(cant afford spare manual hub)
-Slave cylinder for a 22re yota

On longer trips i have a spare diff. And i still need to pick up a spare cv and drive shaft.

I have all the tools to change said parts too

 

I just finished up one of the three I've got. I used a 3/16" drill bit and a 1/4" 20 NC tap. I made the hole ~7/16" deep.

Looks like this when done correctly.


I'll probably use a shorter bolt 1/4" grade 8 bolt for pulling it. This one is for demonstration purposes.

 

that is a good idea. Should be added to the cheap mods thread.

 

Please tell me you don't really carry one of these as a spare....

 

haha... that, and mustang seats.

one of my first mods was to take the sway bar off. i put it in the bed and forgot about it. it's still in the bed, and has been on all the trips i go on. also, the day i went wheeling in gw forest, i picked up some mustang seats on my way out, so they went out with me, too.

no, it's not a "spare" or even something i'm putting back on. the end links are broken, and i like it better off. i'm just lazy

wondered how long it would take for someone to realize that...

 

I wasn't gonna say anything then I said screw it I am gonna call him out on it. Normally when i pull parts off like that they go in the trash can.