What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

[Itisntevan]

Bought it!

 

[TorqueOfTheDevil]

I did truck stuff!!!

Fixed a fuel leak!

 

[BrianSD_42]

Packed the truck, 24 hours until Moab!

 

[BrianSD_42]

Could also ask what I did with my 14 year daughter today. Showed her how to Change the fuel filter.

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Not to mention about 2 hours getting the donor vehicle engine out so we can sell it. Ready to lift it out and the fork lift ran out of propane.

Should probably be wearing safety glasses, not trying to sound like a pain but that is a perfect situation for crud fall in her eyes. I've been in exact same situation before.

 

[TwoToneT4R]

This is what happened today :cry2: (if anyone could tell me how to flip a pic that would be great)

 

[BrianSD_42]

This is what happened today :cry2: (if anyone could tell me how to flip a pic that would be great)

Is that a failed UCA joint or a failed spindle?

 

[TwoToneT4R]

Is that a failed UCA joint or a failed spindle?

I'm not sure if it was the snap ring that failed or that big metal ring on the spindle. But either way I'm getting a new snap ring and UCA spindle adapter, taking it over to the dealership to get it fixed

 

[BrianSD_42]

It looks like the spindle to me and if so it's going to be expensive. Especially at a dealer.. ouch. You should look at buying beefed up spindle braces.

 

[Kotrin]

Packed the truck, 24 hours until Moab!

We were going to Moab but due to weather we changed it to Ouray, CO. Hot weather doesn't work for me..I prefer rain & cold.

 

[cstmg8]

I'm not sure if it was the snap ring that failed or that big metal ring on the spindle. But either way I'm getting a new snap ring and UCA spindle adapter, taking it over to the dealership to get it fixed

Could possibly just upgrade to uniball. Should eliminate both possibilities, due to the way it sandwiches the spindle with a bolt and washer.

Edit: that looks like a uniball already and the lip that rides on top of the spindle sheared off. I'd call camburg if that's theirs.

 

[Kotrin]

This is what happened today :cry2: (if anyone could tell me how to flip a pic that would be great)

Can you provide some back story to 'what' happened prior? I would be curious as I know some people who run them with zero problems and they are not nice to the trucks

 

[redstar]

Decided to *finally* take the running boards off and found a ton of rust on the dog legs and some idiotic s**t the PO did that probably caused most of it. He must've taken the rear fender flares off at some point, lost the screws, and replaced them with whatever kinda-sorta fit.






So, having never done body work before and needing to drive 2200km in 2 weeks, I started cutting... I'm an idiot that loves his truck too much. Thankfully I only did one side. I'll get to the other eventually.




I cut out all the rust, cleaned up everything I could by hand, air die grinder, glass blasting. Then painted the insides with rust converting primer(Corroseal), and Weld-Thru primer where I was going to weld. The dog leg I ordered from Wolf Steel over in Quebec didn't fit worth a s**t; so I beat the crap out of it till it fit. Welded that in and applied Bondo Glass and Bondo Hair. After that was smooth enough(I was losing my patience), I taped off where I would paint, prepared the surface and lather on three layers of Chassis Saver. I used Chassis saver cause I didn't have time to paint it properly, but still wanted good rust protection. It turned out better than expected, I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Mark_BC]

Welded that in and applied Bondo Glass and Bondo Hair. After that was smooth enough(I was losing my patience), I taped off where I would paint, prepared the surface and lather on three layers of Chassis Saver. I used Chassis saver cause I didn't have time to paint it properly, but still wanted good rust protection. It turned out better than expected, I'm pretty happy with it.

Nice. Just a question, how did you weld the bodywork without burning through the thin metal?

 

[BrianSD_42]

We were going to Moab but due to weather we changed it to Ouray, CO. Hot weather doesn't work for me..I prefer rain & cold.

I'm an optimist, besides there's a heat wave in San Diego right now. 85F with a high of 90F is no big deal to me.

 

[Kotrin]

I'm an optimist, besides there's a heat wave in San Diego right now. 85F with a high of 90F is no big deal to me.

I used to not care as much, but unfortunately due to my injury and in ability to do a lot, yeah I got extremely out of shape going from just over 200lbs and pretty well shaped, bu no means rippling with muscles but yeah now I am not happy with myself so I'm trying but its SO difficult. So I <3 Rain & Snow always have though being born and raised in the PNW!

 

[redstar]

Nice. Just a question, how did you weld the bodywork without burning through the thin metal?

You have to stick to quick spot welds and jump from one side to the other. Lots of practice definitely helps.

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[TwoToneT4R]

It looks like the spindle to me and if so it's going to be expensive. Especially at a dealer.. ouch. You should look at buying beefed up spindle braces.

Where can I find those spindle braces??

 

[TwoToneT4R]

Can you provide some back story to 'what' happened prior? I would be curious as I know some people who run them with zero problems and they are not nice to the trucks

Wasn't a failure on camburgs part, that part of the spindle is factory and sheared off for some reason.

 

[Sup41]

Post trail ride maintenance. I noticed a new metal rattle on the way home from work after this weekends trail ride. I took the passenger side tire off and played around with a mallet till I found the most likely culprit. Turns out my SPC LR UCAs must have gotten rattled a bit and needed to be re-torqued. I think that did it. I also had to come up with a temp fix for my drop down table that is clanging back and forth due to some latches getting damaged in shipping. They are allowing enough play back and forth with the heavy table to get pretty annoying. I jimmied something up so I don't have to listen to it on the commute. LOL.:lalala:

Oh, and snapped a wheel stud getting the UCAs re-torqued. yippie:frusty: fml.

When you say retorqued, do you mean loose?

 

[octanejunkie]

Repainted my satoshi grille (same color) and screen (bed liner) this weekend, washed the truck and ordered parts for the rear diff breather mod