It’s a good day when you find something cool in your parts pile and can put it to use. I am probably more excited about these than I should be.
Andy
Andy
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The BluJay
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Haha, that's funny. I just sold a pair of those at the swap meet! A pair I didn't even know I had until I was cleaning out my shed.
God knows how much stuff like that I have that I don't remember.
I have been cleaning and finding all kinds of stuff
ive always thought the factory towhooks looked cool and tough
Silly question, but does the ORD brackets fix the caster angle the sas on the 2wd frame? I can't tell but do they drop lower then the factory 4wd core support and spring eye do?
That’s a good question … that I do not have an answer to. I would hope they took that into consideration. I guess I’ll know once I start driving this thing.
They appear to be but I can't tell, maybe you could measure both of your trucks? This issue is one of the reason I linked mine. @mrk5 ran into similar issues with his.
There does in fact appear to be a half inch difference. This first photo is of the red truck with a 4x4 frame. Measures 1 1/4”. The second photo is of the blue truck with the 2x4 frame. Measures 1 3/4”.
Andy
That is great news, I had a feeling they did. This would have been a lot cheaper on my truck. 
It’s a real 4x4 now. No more BTDS. Pinion angle looks decent too.
Andy
Andy
Looks really good, what size shackle do you have on it?
Whatever size ORD sells. It’s their heavy duty ones. Looks like 4.5” hole to hole.
I thought they were, didn't see the sticker.
Don’t have anything picture worthy … but we are days away from test driving this thing. Honestly, I could knock this punch list out in one day, but time is limited.
I have two lists. The window list is big picture “project” items. The digital list is the actual individual little tasks that need to be done to be able to drive this thing.
Andy
I have two lists. The window list is big picture “project” items. The digital list is the actual individual little tasks that need to be done to be able to drive this thing.
Andy
If a successful first test drive can be defined as starting, stopping, driving around the neighborhood, and returning home all under its own power; then the first test drive is a success.
I rank mine by just starting so in this case, it’s back to driver status.
Joking aside, I know that feeling and how nerve wracking it is. I bet if felt amazing checking that box.
Joking aside, I know that feeling and how nerve wracking it is. I bet if felt amazing checking that box.
Sure is!
Nerves of steel moments I guess, ha. There’s a whole lot to pay attention to on the first drive, so I think my focus was on how it was driving and not as much on that it was driving, lol. Some takeaways:
- The steering and braking need some work. I’ll be focused on that today.
- The ride felt pretty firm, which is what I was going for. More testing needed there.
- exhaust sounded pretty awesome, lol.
Second test drive is in the books. I’ll explain more later. I’m tired.
Andy
Andy
