Raceday's pieces are surely worth the price he's asking. There is a good amount of work going into them. A few more pieces of the puzzle left for me to get the holset onto my 'burb.
I haven't heard back from him for a few days now. Not sure if it's dedicated family time or what.
I finished the one I started and thought I totally screwed up. 'twas not as easy as some of the pictures make it out to be. :)
How does it work over long distance trips? I could not stand the absolute crap reception I was getting from my sirius unit and opted to replace the radio completely. I opted for something that was satellite ready, for simplicity and no more cluster of wires around the dash. Yeah, it meant I had...
I'm not saying I'm going to run the stuff exclusively....but I may try it for the long hauls we make.....gotta save beer money somehow!
Thanks for the tips!
For the record, Yes, it would be for "off highway" use only..... For the record, I never-ever exceed the posted speed limits and I never download copywritten material from the internet. ;)
I found some interesting discussions after posting the thread, much of it completely echos sctrailrider's...
I was chatting with a friend the other day (he's a mercedes diesel driver) and at some point in the conversation, he brought up the idea of using home heating oil as an alternative to diesel. It was explained that the BTUs are similar or higher, lubricity is higher and prices are lower. It is...
Another update.....
The spindles will not work with the 8 lug setup. The ONLY set of drop spindles I found that will work are from Western Chassis. They are a bit pricey at $320-380....so who needs a $200 take-off HX35W to help me fund this????
Oh well, it needed new upper ball joints anyway.....these are original 198k mile pieces. Unfortunately, the spindles are made for a 1500 chassis. I have giant 2500-3500 sized joints on the upper arms and they don't even come close to seating far enough into the spindles..... :/
Update:
Last night we started operation stop-drop-n-roll. Ebay seller warrantied the suspect spindle, replacement appears to be much better in terms of casting quality. We propped the front up on stands to get going on disassembly and ended up having to literally beat the wheels off with a...
tDP was the first forum I joined and find the feeling kinda cold. I find the atmosphere over here much more like the many Subaru forums which I frequent.