02 Base for my son
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OP
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Snowbound
Jim
Heading to Gatlingburg on Tuesday and then down to Chattanooga on Thursday to see family until Sunday.
pwtr02ss
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Safe travels and enjoy your visit
OP
OP
Snowbound
Jim
Replacing my backing plate and parking shoes with hardware. This is kicking my rear with this foot in tow.
That bracket was rusty as they come and my backing plate was pretty much gone.
Going to the drivers side now. Hope to get this done today so I can do the front end 2mrw.
That bracket was rusty as they come and my backing plate was pretty much gone.
Going to the drivers side now. Hope to get this done today so I can do the front end 2mrw.
OP
OP
Snowbound
Jim
It was a good thing I decided to dig into the drivers side. That backing plate was solid and I wasn’t really sure if I wanted to fight with the parking brake cable again and have to sandblast and the paint everything, wait for the paint to dry to put it back together. The truck is hanging half way out of the garage door with no way to move it. I had all these things in my favor to just be lazy and replace the brakes. But I didn’t. I pulled it all apart and did it like I should.
Pulled the axle and I see signs of silicone so I knew someone was in there. Right away I noticed, someone greased these bearings!! Who in Sam Hell is dumb enough to think you grease bearings that are bathed in oil? That explains why the gear lube was so dark. Now I have to pull the rear cover and clean out the diff! Some people shouldn’t be allowed to have tools, just like kids, there should be a application and interview process.
But I got it done regardless.
Didn’t get any other pics. Same as other side and Jess was rushing me to go to my buddy’s to sit by camp fire. So that’s what we did. I was outside on my foot all day until 7:30pm, but in order to make the warden happy I went.
Pulled the axle and I see signs of silicone so I knew someone was in there. Right away I noticed, someone greased these bearings!! Who in Sam Hell is dumb enough to think you grease bearings that are bathed in oil? That explains why the gear lube was so dark. Now I have to pull the rear cover and clean out the diff! Some people shouldn’t be allowed to have tools, just like kids, there should be a application and interview process.
But I got it done regardless.
Didn’t get any other pics. Same as other side and Jess was rushing me to go to my buddy’s to sit by camp fire. So that’s what we did. I was outside on my foot all day until 7:30pm, but in order to make the warden happy I went.
Tonyrodz
Resident Resident
How's the foot doing now? I'll tell ya, you're a trooper!
Looks all brand-new. Nice work!
OP
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Snowbound
Jim
Man, foot is still killing me! 3 cortisone shots and I waited for it to kick in and now I’m thinking it was kicked in because I’m almost back to not being able to walk on it.
Leaving in morning to head south. This weekend kicked my rear end. I did everything I could to just get thru changing the rear backing plates and putting the rear back together and get the diff cleaned out. Had the passenger side brake line leak at the caliper. Had to find smaller copper washers to get it to seal up. Having a hard time getting back out there today to do anything. But I need to put my new shocks on the front and at least check everything over real good.
Here’s a few pics of what I finished yesterday.
It’s back together and fluid topped off.
Tonyrodz
Resident Resident
You better take care of yourself 1st, before something worse happens from just ignoring the pain. Pain is the body's way of telling you something is wrong. I'm sure you know that already, but sometimes it takes other people to say it. Take care of your foot brother!
OP
OP
Snowbound
Jim
Thanks brother. I really appreciate that. I always try and work thru aches and pains thinking it’ll only get worse if I sit around and do nothing. Some of the time it puts me down and out longer than if I would have rested like my body was telling me to. This week is gonna be good for me. The 9 hr trip is gonna suck but once I’m there 2mrw afternoon, I’m going to kick back and enjoy some R&R.
Today I looked over the front suspension and if I wasn’t hurting I would have torn it apart and replaced everything but I only found very little play in passenger side outer tie rod and upper ball joint. Nothing that concerns me and I feel confident that I’ll have a trouble free road trip. I did replace the front shocks though.
