Gavinstuckey
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Sweet!
Pulled my old Daystar switches and plugged in some new OTRATTW switches. Really happy with them. The text is amber when the vehicle is on and when I flick the switches, the top is green. I also finished wiring my rear/back up light. It comes on whenever I go in reverse but it'll also come on with the flick of the switch.
Nice job with the wiring! I'm kinda partial to good wiring. Trying to catch up on your rig since I've been away a bit.
Probably the last time I camp in sub-zero weather though....
.....Got back in Drive, started to idle forward, then drop. All my lug nuts sheared off and my tire stuffed into my fender. Luckily, it kept it from dropping all the way down, and I was idling forward...
Diggin the pics. Looks like a fun (but cold) trip. That sucks bad about the issue on the way home tho! Woah. Glad it was minimal damage though.Things weren't as smooth on the way home. On the way home, I noticed something felt a little weird but wasn't sure what. No shaking or noises, something was just off. Pulled over, looked at all the usual suspects, and everything looked fine. Got back in Drive, started to idle forward, then drop. All my lug nuts sheared off and my tire stuffed into my fender. Luckily, it kept it from dropping all the way down, and I was idling forward. The fender is a little bent but nothing serious, I should be able to pull it and give it some love back into place. Tomorrow, I'll go by Toyota and pick up some new studs and get it back on the road again. Best of something bad. Could've been on the interstate and busted a lot more stuff. New studs and lug nuts and I'll be as good as new.
Not sure if this is a result of the extreme temperature change or what, but I'll make sure to torque all my wheels before any sort of long drive for now on.
This all happened at night so no pictures but I'll get some tomorrow. It's on jack stands in the driveway which is as far as it's going for now.
I used to do that sort of thing, it's a young mans game. I remember trips where the cooler would freeze solid and I'd be screwed for breakfast in the morning unless I wanted to chip it out of the ice. Door jambs freezing shut, beer cans all burst from freezing, battery hating life as you start the engine... fun, fun, fun. One trip I fell in a river up to my thighs at the bottom of an 800 ft. deep canyon and had to hike 3 miles out with my clothes and boots frozen solid from the thighs down.
Good luck getting the ladies to attend a trip like that, right? And it didn't kill you, so you must be stronger now.
That's some crazy stuff losing all six wheel studs. How far were you from home? Do you suspect they were over/under torqued?
Diggin the pics. Looks like a fun (but cold) trip. That sucks bad about the issue on the way home tho! Woah. Glad it was minimal damage though.
I hope you saw some camping/wheeling pictures instead of it on the tow truck...So that’s who I saw on instagram. Awesome trip. JELOUS !
Looks like a pretty nice trip even if it was a bit on the chilly side. That's pretty interesting about your lug nuts coming off like that. Like you said the only good thing is it stayed in your wheel well. I hope the fender can easily be bent back into shape.
I've said the same thing about surfing in the winter. After doing it for years, I think it's time to hang up the thicker wetsuits and just stay in when it's freezing outside and the water is in the low 30s. Just too hard and the preparation for everything is so much more. That being said, we haven't gotten a good winter swell yet so we'll see how true I stay..............
I'd hate to think it's something as small as improper torque on the wheels causing them to fall off but I'm starting to think so. It's something I'll definitely start checking a little more often, especially before longer road trips.
Dang, you're definitely crazier than I am when it comes to the cold. You won't catch me swimming in 30 degree water, wetsuit or not.
That AAA Plus coverage is a lifesaver. I signed up after my starter imploded in the parking lot of a farmers market 113 miles from home. The friend that was riding with me had the 100 mile coverage and the tow truck driver dropped him off in one town, then took me the remaining 100+ miles home with no extra charges. I tipped that driver a crisp $100 bill when he dropped me off. Even if you use it just once, it pays for itself.
When you got the new wheels, did you paint them prior to install? I know that with newly finished wheels you're supposed to re-torque shortly after install because torquing against new paint/PC can cause the lugs to loosen up some.
Woe... glad you are alright man! That could have sucked way worse. Yeah, at some point in the single digit degrees it just seems to hurt and my fun return also drops to single digits. LOL. Glad you got it sorted.