Enthusiast II
Not today but last weekend me and the wife took a ride up to Green Mountain National Forest for a quick overnight trip. Beautiful area.
What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?
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Pathfinder I
I took apart my rear brakes for ohh the 12th time to clean all the lube I had previously applied to quiet the squeak when off-road. I decided to try just a very light film on the pad backing plates but no dice. Even after replacing the oem rotors and pads with Powerstop units the squeak is still there and horribly annoying. They are now making the noise on road as well until you apply moderate braking pressure. @Magic Mike this is what I had to listen to all weekend. Now it does it on pavement too. lol
Pathfinder I
Turns out I have a bent rear axle which is causing the brakes to squeak. :(
Member III
WHAT. like. Did you bend the axle flange? Or the housing? How the heck did you do that...
Pathfinder I
Not sure but I've had the vibration and brake squeak since day 1. I always thought it was my tires. My 2016 had a similar squeak but brake lube always cured it for a few months so I thought this truck was the same. I got rid of the P-metric Wildpeaks because I was sure at least 1 was bad. Unfortunately my truck is so heavily geared up for off-road it will appear to be user error. My dealer is cool and will try to avoid letting GM know about all the mods because the dealer knows I've had this problem for a long time and prior to the mods.
You've seen me wheel. Can someone be more delicate? LOL
Member III
yeah, you're pretty gentle on stuff. huh.
How'd you trouble shoot? Housing or axle shaft?
Member III
Spend some time doing some Auto-CAD mockups of a engine/front skid plate for our 2wd truck... and started working on a couple ideas for a mini-tube bumper to go under the steel one. There is almost no aftermarket for these trucks so everything like this is either lots of $$$ because one vendor makes it or custom. Gonna go shopping for metals this weekend and hopefully start bending metal soon...
Traveler II
Pathfinder I
A couple weeks ago I installed the snorkel on my taco was tired of cleaning the filter on the intake air
Pathfinder I
Pathfinder I
I agree I was just up that way a couple of weeks ago making a delivery of power line poles
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Pathfinder I
well I spent the day installing a new leitner rack on my taco
Pathfinder I
I crawled around under the truck checking for loose bolts or anything that looked out of place. I helped recover a Bronco that was high centered in snow last weekend and when I gave him a low speed snatch with the static strap I heard a loud clank which I was pretty sure was just the hitch receiver and bow shackle. I just wanted to make 100% sure I didn't damage anything. I didn't. :)
If this little snatch didn't work I was prepared to swap out the static strap for the ARB kinetic strap. I'm glad we happened upon the poor folks when we did. They were going to be digging for awhile if we hadn't.
Video captured by @Magic Mike
If this little snatch didn't work I was prepared to swap out the static strap for the ARB kinetic strap. I'm glad we happened upon the poor folks when we did. They were going to be digging for awhile if we hadn't.
Video captured by @Magic Mike
Expedition Master I
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I hit the beach in Corolla NC. The heat was unbearable but when the opportunity came to give my 1 year old a nap time drive I headed straight for 4X4 beach. The Subaru did amazing as always and despite the dozens of stuck vehicles up and down the beach we didn’t have any problems.
Pathfinder I
Member III
Got my rear dust lamp mounted and got the wires routed, I'll prob do the wiring on it tomorrow.
Traveler III
I re-affirmed the value of checking over your rig before going to the bush. I was checking and topping up the oil (she's 20 years old, so she oozes a bit of oil) I noticed some liquid puddling on top of the transmission. A quick inspection confirmed it was coolant, and the culprit was a big, nasty split in the upper rad hose. A $30 part and 10 seconds of my own labor installing it averted what could have been a major disaster if we overheated way in the back country.
Instead of a disaster, my wife, our baby and I had a lovely day driving along Chilliwack lake and then launching the Overwatering rig and going for a little cruise to nearly the end of the lake. The rest of the kiddos were at Grandma's, so it was just us three for a change :)
Instead of a disaster, my wife, our baby and I had a lovely day driving along Chilliwack lake and then launching the Overwatering rig and going for a little cruise to nearly the end of the lake. The rest of the kiddos were at Grandma's, so it was just us three for a change :)
Enthusiast III
Friday I ordered the cap and roof rack. Today we ordered the tent... One step closer. Tomorrow...
Influencer II
I'm still waiting on the powersteering reservoir cap, mine has gone missing.
I'm also saving up to get the powersteering pump replaced at the Hyundai dealership as they were the only shop (of the 3 I visited) that actually took the time to look at it and give me a quote.
I'm also saving up to get the powersteering pump replaced at the Hyundai dealership as they were the only shop (of the 3 I visited) that actually took the time to look at it and give me a quote.
Pathfinder I
Got a high lift jack from red rock first day used it to help do some adjustment on my mower also had to use my winch to pull the mower forward a couple of inches
