How close am I?

[rpenner54]

Don't know how well you can see it but I have shoved the nylon deal in as far as I can. Someone before me tried to do it as well and it's pretty ragged/messed up.

Any Hints would be good.

 

[RangerX]

If it's not separating, it's not in far enough. Rookie. :

 

[rpenner54]

LOL Fine! I gave up for the night anyway. Got to read to my son before bed. Other priorities.

It's hard to push further in due to it being all cut up/mangled so I might have to get the special tool. Or it might be better to just cut off all the hang nails off it and just try it then.

 

[RangerX]

I remember getting frustrated when I did mine, and tapped the screwdriver harder with the hammer and the ring went in farther than I thought it could, and 'bingo'.

I'm not even sure where the ring is in your pic. But if you can still see it, it's not far enough.

 

[4x4junkie]

But if you can still see it, it's not far enough.

Exactly.

From what I can see (reeeeaaaallly hard to tell in those pics), you still got another 1-2mm to go.

 

[rpenner54]

Just tried hitting it and man nothing. It just won't go in anymore. Thinking about cutting it and buying a new line. However I will give it one more shot here soon. Mine is so snagled up from someone using a pair of pliers on it that I don't think it can go in anymore. It was half ripped apart when I started and after going at it some more came off so I am thinking that enough of it was lost that I may not have enough there to shove further.

 

[rpenner54]

Dropped the whole thing today. Got the new slave installed. Now I have a bunch of cleaner sitting on it and am waiting the 10 minutes for it to soak before scrubbing it all off.

I ended up just prying off the old slave line and then busting it off. The line it self should be fine.

As soon as I get it hooked back up I might have to cruise around before I even weld the exhaust back on.