..and had a few minutes to look at the Ranger for maintenance requirements..
...Torn tranny mount big time
...went to repack front bearings and this now turned into starting on replacing the front rotors
.. I know I need to either tighten up or possibly replace the nylatron bushings in the Ballistic joints.
..I've got a hint of a clunk in the front end which I am suspecting to be the axle pivot bushing
..and a styrofoam squeak at the steering wheel..
...The grease, I can't remember...
..What's up with you having to tighten yours so often? I haven't had that much trouble with them and I don't have another set of bushings to throw in yet...I do have another set of joints attached to another set of RA's that I ran for a couple months on the Ranger that are slated to go on the X...
I ran into that too.. I stopped by and I gave them the date I bought them and showed them a pic and they sold me replacements.. I haven't taken apart my orig ones to see if they are the right ones yet... If you need me to grab them I can. They are on the way to Truckhaven..I was thinking about sweet talking you into picking me up some bushings at Ballistic during TH season but when I talked to them quite a while ago they acted like there may be more than one style nylatron bushing so it sounded like a pain to figure out so I haven't yet...You would think they could verify from my past orders but..
...Along the same lines, I was talking with Dan out at Glen Helen and he said RuffStuff has their own line of similar joints with Nylatron bushings..I'm not sure if everything is compatible but looking to find out more about them as I know they take good care of their customers..
..Well, I wore another fuel filler hose out..
..I would blame it on Moab but since it was a few months ago I won't..
..Tonight when filling up before leaving town I thought to myself, this is the first time in a long time I didn't have to fidget with the nozzle several times to fill up...They must have fixed the nozzles...
...A few minutes later something was dripping under the truck..
..2wd or 4wd?
..If it were I, I would pull a set of used 4:10 geared axles (I suggest 2nd gen rear for disc brakes ) as they would be the easiest and cheapest way to do some testing on what you would personally desire for what type of driving/hauling (not mentioned) you will be doing with your truck..
..The difference would be noticeable while the cost would be minimal giving you time to discover the difference and contemplate what mod is next..:biggthump