Jan 08. 4" springs, shackle flip, 35" hankooks, DPI rear bumper, 1st body cut.
And rear tire carrier.
Should have listened to Gotlabs and done some front trimming too, but paid for it on the trail and had to unleash the trunk monkey when the tire got into the fender and they got all jammed up. Luckily it didn't slice my tire open, but the fender paid the price.
A flex pic from earlier that weekend. Swaybar was ong gone at this point.
May 08. Came across a new set of 4.10s....but they were for a 10 and 12 bolt. Local junkyard did $40 for whaever you could carry across the scale. Gotlabs and I spent a Saturday pulling a 12bolt and all the spare parts we could fit in a couple of seabags and under our arms.
So we welded up the 12 bolt
, set up the 4.10s, put a lock rite in the front and went out for a test.
And promptly twisted the splines off the front drive shaft.
The first of problems with locked half tons and 35s.
My wife had painted up my diff cover for me.
Swapped in a 140 Amp alt I had picked up at the yard.
Also picked up rear cage from member Bushwhacker.
Posing
Also snagged up a soft top!
We're at May of 08. I drive 4 hours to wheel and camp at URE with the wife, kids, and dog. Rear diff lets go in McDonalds parking lot 5 miles from camp ground. Limped it to the campground, but on the way, the spiders grenade through the cover. Some how made it to the the camp ground in frontwheel drive without the rear shafts walking out. Make a late night phone call and the morning crew finds me a diff cover and spiders before they head up to meet us.
The dog helping with repairs.
Didn't do any wheeling all weekend. On the drive home, with a NOISY rear end, it started blowing smoke. Pulled in to a gas station, and discovered the power steering belt had slapped a bunch of pin holes in my oil cooler lines. duct tape and hose clamps and we made it home with out further issues. Except I had a plan brewing the whole ride.
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And thank you for serving!
