Random D1 and Offroad stuff so I stop thread-jacking
Recovery Vehicle
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From: Ankeny IA
You got your wheels yet?
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Three Wheeling
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From: Staten Island, NY
Well...the first hour or two (all I had time for tonight) of installing the lift is neither going as well as I had hoped nor as bad as I feared. Hopefully tomorrow goes a bit better. 
Mudding
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From: Harrison TN
I love my TreadWright tires. I currently am running Gaurddogs on my p38, Pumas on one of my D1s, Warden ATs on my Montero, and Crawler MTs on my Jeep. You can not beat their products for the money, period.
Winching
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From: northwest
and the roof rails probably need resealing anyway!
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Three Wheeling
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From: Staten Island, NY
Well...lift is installed. I am happy to say that the front went much more smoothly than the rear (installed the front shocks/springs, bled the brakes and flushed the PS fluid in less time that just the rear shocks/springs)...although the only real complication on the rear was having to re-cut the threads on the upper shock mounts with a die which wasted a lot of time. I will post the before and after pictures later. I also have my 235/85/r16 Treadwright Crawlers coming Tuesday, so hope to have them mounted on Wednesday most likely.
I did have one question on the front shocks. It seems like the threads are "too long". If I crank down the top and bottom nut to tight (I am pretty thin, so tight for me is very rarely over-tight) the "bolt" part of the shock makes contact on both the top and bottom (bottom is the axle and top is various hoses). Is that normal? Since they are nylock nuts do I just back them off a little to allow for more clearance?
Edit: and if I do back them off a bit, won't the bushings eventually wear and allow it to make contact anyway?
I did have one question on the front shocks. It seems like the threads are "too long". If I crank down the top and bottom nut to tight (I am pretty thin, so tight for me is very rarely over-tight) the "bolt" part of the shock makes contact on both the top and bottom (bottom is the axle and top is various hoses). Is that normal? Since they are nylock nuts do I just back them off a little to allow for more clearance?
Edit: and if I do back them off a bit, won't the bushings eventually wear and allow it to make contact anyway?
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Recovery Vehicle
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,016
Likes: 2
From: Ankeny IA
Well...lift is installed. I am happy to say that the front went much more smoothly than the rear (installed the front shocks/springs, bled the brakes and flushed the PS fluid in less time that just the rear shocks/springs)...although the only real complication on the rear was having to re-cut the threads on the upper shock mounts with a die which wasted a lot of time. I will post the before and after pictures later. I also have my 235/85/r16 Treadwright Crawlers coming Tuesday, so hope to have them mounted on Wednesday most likely.
I did have one question on the front shocks. It seems like the threads are "too long". If I crank down the top and bottom nut to tight (I am pretty thin, so tight for me is very rarely over-tight) the "bolt" part of the shock makes contact on both the top and bottom (bottom is the axle and top is various hoses). Is that normal? Since they are nylock nuts do I just back them off a little to allow for more clearance?
Edit: and if I do back them off a bit, won't the bushings eventually wear and allow it to make contact anyway?
I did have one question on the front shocks. It seems like the threads are "too long". If I crank down the top and bottom nut to tight (I am pretty thin, so tight for me is very rarely over-tight) the "bolt" part of the shock makes contact on both the top and bottom (bottom is the axle and top is various hoses). Is that normal? Since they are nylock nuts do I just back them off a little to allow for more clearance?
Edit: and if I do back them off a bit, won't the bushings eventually wear and allow it to make contact anyway?