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Re: THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread
I'm hungry
I'm hungry
https://www.google.com/search?q=directions+to+panos+roast+beef+hudson+nhI'm hungry
Finally back from the honeymoon. What an awesome time.
So much good food, relaxing, clay shooting, kayaking, and just enjoying the view of the mountains.
Still have the rest of the week off. Back to reality come Monday. At least for a week before we get to party again.
is it cracked already? I'd at least recommend a plate on the inside face
"it is cracked yet" :wierd:
That doesn't really answer the question...
so i actually did stuff yesterday.
last week i noticed this:
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so i preemptively spent my tax return on PSC hydro assist. but first, had to address my cracking issue...
cleaned it all up, cut off the outer parts that were completely cracked off, found a very small crack in the inside part of the rail
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made a plate for the inner rail
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welded the rail together where the pieces cracked off
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cut a piece out of some 2x6x.25 my buddy had laying around
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cleaned up and welded on
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and a bottom piece welded on
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painted up and box mounted
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fancy tig'd PSC resi
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i even reused my factory aluminum spacer, which was good enough to not break when my frame cracked around it. my only issue was that the PSC pump was fully threaded in the center hole, so i only used two bolts to mount it. i couldnt get the factory long ass bolt to thread into the pump correctly so i left it out so i wouldnt break it. the ram was on backorder so that will get mounted when i get it. steering feels GREAT its so nice to not have to turn the wheel 10 degrees before anything happens. it feels heavy without the ram but doesnt feel like its struggling at all. cant wait to get the ram on there.
fixed what? you fixed nothing.
this is how i fixed my crack:
if it is cracked bad, it is my experience that it will crack again unless you get assist... even if you weld it up correctly.
you fix it like this.
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it was rolled with asphalt marks on the roof. So this thing saw the road like that. I didn't get your fuel level sender ken. It was all siliconed nasty in and a pocket knife wasn't getting it. I need to go back with an xacto knife so I can get it off.
The stock bolts are grade 8 (as I recall) and have an extra thick head, nothing wrong with reusing them if they are in good shape.
Shitty spacer... yeah I don't get that at all.