CWLONGSHOT Posted March 7, 2010 Posted March 7, 2010 Wheel fell of going 60 on the freeway. Turns out the unit bearing came apart. WOW.. You OK man??? That's one freak in scary experience!!!! CW
mvusse Posted March 7, 2010 Posted March 7, 2010 Both my daughter and I are fine. I was amazed how stable the truck was and how easy it was to control even though I was missing a wheel and skiing on the lower ball joint. It seems the bearing ceased, which explains why it was pulling to the right. Once I had it pulled off the road and stopped, the left over part of the outer axle shaft was glowing red for about 10 minutes. Grease was boiling out off the upper ball joint, and the pavement around the knuckle (which had dug in by then) was burning. A friend of mine has most all parts needed to fix it and should have them ready for me to pick up in Cleveland tomorrow evening. With a bit of luck (yeah, right! All my luck us bad luck...) the truck should be back on 4 wheels and drivable by the end of the week.
TooTall Posted March 7, 2010 Posted March 7, 2010 Well after much sanding and sanding and welding i spayed my bed liner in and wow its alot nicere looking than exspected and most of all done right!picts later!
89mjpioneer Posted March 8, 2010 Posted March 8, 2010 Got bored so I pulled the carpet which led to removing everything. Found a nice hole. Replaced the heater core. Tommarow I will POR15.
deziped Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 How about a floor first then POR 15. It'll hold up better.
89eliminator Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 cleaned it, rolled it off the trailer into the garage.
89mjpioneer Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 How about a floor first then POR 15. It'll hold up better. I am but I have to wait a week before I can get the floor done. i want to do the rest of the floor so I can put the dash back in.
Geonovast Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 How about a floor first then POR 15. It'll hold up better. I still want to see someone replace their floor with plexiglass.
Rymanrph Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 I drove around with the windows down... all of them. I took the back window out to clean up before the new slider goes in. Hard not to enjoy at 72°.
Lenard Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Found out my power steering pump is leaking :fs1: Also it decided to grow some cob-webs, so i took it out on the hwy and blew em out :D
beaterjeep Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Got a tracking number for Baby's new front end. It should be here either this weekend, or early next week. :clapping:
Lenard Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Parked it till next week. Found that my hub assembly and bearings and whatever are shot on my RF. You can move the wheel about 6" back and forth when its jacked up. :wall:
comanchedude Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 Parked it till next week. Found that my hub assembly and bearings and whatever are shot on my RF. You can move the wheel about 6" back and forth when its jacked up. :wall: 6" ?? thats beyond shot
Lenard Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 Parked it till next week. Found that my hub assembly and bearings and whatever are shot on my RF. You can move the wheel about 6" back and forth when its jacked up. :wall: 6" ?? thats beyond shot All that's holding it is the U-joint and maybe the brake line :doh:
MCF90 Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 I gutted my interior to check the rust damage to the drivers floor and discovered a leaky clutch master cylinder in addition to some rot. :mad: Matt
Oizarod115 Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 i installed the shifter and had to kill my hand-throttle cable to do so, so i'll be needing another one of those. (bike shop!) also decided to hammer the floor more before i decide to cut it.
ComancheKid45 Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 Installed a new Alternator.....Hope my electrical gremlins will leave
GreenF350 Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 Went to a local junkyard and got my 3rd spare tailgate and a comanche specific hitch. Yes, the taillights were already gone.
swoop Posted March 15, 2010 Posted March 15, 2010 i went to the junk yard and scored some tail lights interior lights and a factory swb bed mat.
86MJ2WD Posted March 15, 2010 Posted March 15, 2010 Took the wheeler off it that has been living on it sense my last trip to the camp . Put it in 2wd and bagged the snot out of it then done it again in 4h then again it 4L . Then stood outside of it had a smoke while it sat there humming like a sherman tank and giggled as i grin remembering why i love the thing so f()a(kn much ! ! !
1990 Pioneer 4x4 Posted March 19, 2010 Posted March 19, 2010 Thought I better stop procrastinating and finially mount the front licence plate. First time this truck has ever seen a front license plate. :D Looked better w/o it.
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