The Build Thread of my Rocky !!!

[TheWraith]

Fixed my clunking problem.
I have ICON billet lower trailing arms. And I guess when I had the alignment done. They werent tighten to specs. And since its a 3/8" 12pt socket ( which I don't have in my tool chest) I couldn't fix it.

Today I went to autozone and dug thru a pile of weird sockets and found a whole set that would work with a 12pt socket. Grabbed my beloved Craftsman torque wrench and torque it down to 40lbs. And BAM !!! The heavens parted and it stop raining and the sun came out... LOL just joking!!!

Sound completely went away!!! Just plain AWESOMENESS!!! Thank you guys and ICON tech support for all the help...

 

[TheWraith]

First off I would like to thank [mention=562907] hoeftm2002[/mention] for this mod ... I did a diff breather mod and ran it into the where the jack is inside the cabin. Now I'm ready for Azusa Canyon Park tomorrow and do the water crossing ( if theres even water there )

 

[wfo9]

FYI, you might notice some stink from that location. The Gear oil I use is some really nasty smelling stuff. I routed to the gas tank filler area to avoid any possible stench in the cabin.

It might be fine, but I did not want to risk smelling it.

 

[TheWraith]

Videos and more pics to come !!! Water Forging in Azusa Canyon Off Road Park !!! Just need to edit and post em'

 

[TheWraith]

Spent the day with good people and family @ Azusa Canyon Off Road Park

Heres the pics:

My beautifull wife posing next to The Rig !!!!

 

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[carlomagne]

damn did you drive into the lake/reservoir?!

 

[TheWraith]

Water Forging !!!

Toyota Does and will take you places ...

 

[TheWraith]

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finished the day !!! @ Chicken & Ribs BBQ ...

20150607_140313 by rippspeed1, on Flickr

 

[TheWraith]

damn did you drive into the lake/reservoir?!

[MENTION=123578]carlomagne[/MENTION] yup saw the other trucks playing ... I didnt want to go to the mud pit. I didnt want to spend 3hrs at the coin op car wash. So I did the water forging ... Came out okay

only problem was the ABS, Traction Control off, rear locker, & 4Low lights was on till it dried up ...

 

[carlomagne]

damnnnn. did any water get inside?

 

[TheWraith]

damnnnn. did any water get inside?

[MENTION=123578]carlomagne[/MENTION]

Nope... door seals worked. Carpet dry as a bone.

 

[carlomagne]

good to know. might do azusa again in a couple weeks. went there 1 week after buying my trail edition to baptize it!

 

[wfo9]

I'm not going to talk down to you like some people here tend to do, so please don't take it that way... You do what you want with your truck....and you were there...vs us bozos just seeing pics, but it sure looks like you were very close to a hydrolock or full swamp situation. Just one hidden obstacle... and that would have been the end of Rocky. And I don't think he would have gotten back up to win the fight ;-)

Anyway, glad it all worked out.

 

[TheWraith]

good to know. might do azusa again in a couple weeks. went there 1 week after buying my trail edition to baptize it!

Yup let me know ... won't mind going back

 

[TheWraith]

I'm not going to talk down to you like some people here tend to do, so please don't take it that way... You do what you want with your truck....and you were there...vs us bozos just seeing pics, but it sure looks like you were very close to a hydrolock or full swamp situation. Just one hidden obstacle... and that would have been the end of Rocky. And I don't think he would have gotten back up to win the fight ;-)

Anyway, glad it all worked out.

Understood ...

It was only for a second or 2... when I got home checked the filter. Dry as a bone...

Let me add this thought. I didn't know it was that deep there. I thought I saw a small jeep with stock lift go thru that. Spoke to my buddy after and he said yes the Jeep went thru there just 20ft further up river more. Where it was shallow enough.

 

[wfo9]

Understood ...

It was only for a second or 2... when I got home checked the filter. Dry as a bone...

Let me add this thought. I didn't know it was that deep there. I thought I saw a small jeep with stock lift go thru that. Spoke to my buddy after and he said yes the Jeep went thru there just 20ft further up river more. Where it was shallow enough.

Yep, that is almost always the story. I've heard extremely experienced folks hydrolock following someone, but they were just 1 or 2 feet over....

On a related note. I was following somone on a mountain bike this weekend in a water crossing that I did earlier in the week with no issue. It was up to hist bottom bracket and I followed right behind.. I was 1 foot over and I ended up in water up to my waist. The reason was because someone had come through in a truck and created a huge rut under the water that was previously not there. There are just so many variables with what you can't see. And it can change from one day to the next.

 

[TheWraith]

Yep, that is almost always the story. I've heard extremely experienced folks hydrolock following someone, but they were just 1 or 2 feet over....

On a related note. I was following somone on a mountain bike this weekend in a water crossing that I did earlier in the week with no issue. It was up to hist bottom bracket and I followed right behind.. I was 1 foot over and I ended up in water up to my waist. The reason was because someone had come through in a truck and created a huge rut under the water that was previously not there. There are just so many variables with what you can't see. And it can change from one day to the next.

yup ... lesson learn

wont go do that again until I have my arb snorkle...

if you listen to the video ... my buddy did mention the stock jeep with the crazy driver.

 

[TheWraith]

matter of fact theres that jeep that I was talking about ... this guy was doing crazy $#IT