Can you EVEN drive on 33X12.5 on a stock truck ?

[FROADER]

I cant do a TT or a shackle because I dont own a blue wrench,

I have a feeling this will come in handy for this thread.....

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46226

 

[jfman]

I have a feeling this will come in handy for this thread.....

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46226

I know ALL about that ! The bolts a rusted on. I have beeen treating the truck wiht PB for 3 motnhs now and I tried to heat it up with a propane torch many times. I gave up because it felt like it was about to break off.

 

[jfman]

wut does the holes in the body have to do with doing a tt?
its 2 bolts that u tightn underneath the truck and thats it
u take a couple of measurments b4 and after and ur good

if u want to go takin a mallet to it by all means go ahead but i wouldnt b surprised if while hitn the fender, somethin else might go wrong!!

You cannot even begin to comprehend the extent of the rust on that thing. I started doing the BL after treaing it with pb for a week and 2 of the body mont bolt broke clean off. I dont want the same thing to happen to my torstion adjuster bolts. I bought all new hardware and I will have to cut off all the monting bolts and install new body mounts along with the BL.

The rubber mallet thing was a joke btw.

 

[gluvsave35]

The rubber mallet thing was a joke btw.
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hey thats cool!! but u never know with people
ive seen some crazy stuff!!!

well keep us posted with this!

 

[jfman]

The rubber mallet thing was a joke btw.
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hey thats cool!! but u never know with people
ive seen some crazy stuff!!!

well keep us posted with this!

Sure will !

On friday, I'll post pics if it's not yet dark when I get home I'll try them on for kicks.

 

[Texplorer]

Those look exactly like my bolts when I did my body lift.

 

[jfman]

Those look exactly like my bolts when I did my body lift.

Even the snapped one

 

[Texplorer]

I snapped 4 of them and had to drill out 2. Only 2 came out relatively smoothly. My 4 foot breaker bar helped a lil.

 

[jfman]

I snapped 4 of them and had to drill out 2. Only 2 came out relatively smoothly. My 4 foot breaker bar helped a lil.

Did you do the TT yet ? Did they break ? On my X, the bolts feel like they are about to break off when I am applying force to them..

 

[Texplorer]

I did the TT years ago, they were certainly hard to turn and creaked the whole time but everything turned out ok.

 

[jfman]

Picked up me wheels... well they look bigger than I expected.... :roll:

I like the new cragar wheels that SImmit carries. For $42 each, they look great.

I did the TT years ago, they were certainly hard to turn and creaked the whole time but everything turned out ok.

Mine will not budge. Even with a 3ft breaker bar. Actualy it feels like it about to break, people that have broken bolts know what I mean. That feeling you get just before the bolt snaps clean off :thumbdwn:


I wish I had a torch kit... that is not 1500 miles away.

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

well did you try and put them on?....ore relize that 15x10's are to big?

 

[jfman]

well did you try and put them on?....ore relize that 15x10's are to big?

I'm still gonna try but yeah when they were carting them towards my X at Summit, the reality started to settle in BAD. It was hurting more than the $722 charge to my VISA.

Anybody with a torch set in the Atlanta area ??

 

[jfman]

Well the rear is... hmmm OK I guess..

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

wow......i cant belive you crammed that on....take the side moldings off though that will add a little clearance infornt of the tires.....what about the front?.....does it rub like a biatch?

 

[jfman]

wow......i cant belive you crammed that on....take the side moldings off though that will add a little clearance infornt of the tires.....

What side moldings ? My X in an XL... no moldings.

what about the front?.....does it rub like a biatch?

I'll tell ya in a minute

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

yes it does i can see the side moldings......there the little angled pieces that come off the body.....if you didnt have them there would be a bunch of holes.

 

[jfman]

yes it does i can see the side moldings......there the little angled pieces that come off the body.....if you didnt have them there would be a bunch of holes.

AH OK ,, the side skirts... Yeah I will pull the littl ones ont he front fender but for the rear, I will be fine.


To my surprise, the front is not too bad either.

a little close

ok room here

 

[jfman]

ok got it

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

sweet im telling you pull the side skirts it will give wou a bit more room to flex and it will look cooler too......while your at it pull the lower air dam.