Good for u..happy endings

 

Here Ya go....

http://www.polybushings.com/

 

where you get your core support/rad. support rubber with new bolt and nut?

 

They came in the new poly body bushing kit. Nuts and bolts were just new ones fro the hardware store.

 

Rear brakes have been squealing and giving me issues since I got back from my winter haul trip. I tried adjusting up the star wheels, but only one side would hold the adjustment. So I decided to get new adjustment hardware kits for both sides.

I decided today I would get this done...friggin rained like crazy, but oh well...if you live on the 'wet" coast and are afraid to get wet, then you will never get anything done on your vehicle.

Here's the kit and the parts I replaced.



When I pulled the LH side I found the inner seal is shot already. It appears that the inner bearing is starting to go. Think on my winter haul trip things got hot enough to cook the inner seal....thank goodness for the arctic weather we were driving in or I could have toasted that hub!

I will be ordering all new inner and outer bearings, and seals, and probably a spindle nut kit to get rid of the nylock nuts and keepers.

 

Did you get those parts local or from amazon and ebay where those links go? My passenger side won't hold adjustment and i've just been using my sticky e-brake to keep it somewhat adjusted for the time being

When I adjust the one side the thing stops amazing for about a day.

 

Where did you get the spindle nut kit? That eliminates that big nylock?

 

I haven't bought the kit yet....You can get the spindle nut kit off E-bay, or any 4wd parts house that carry parts for Dana axles.

 

Today I decided to get my lazy a$$ in gear and get a few things done on teh crewcab.

I first swapped out the transmission mounts in poly back to the good old rubber.



Then I installed all new bearings, races, and seals on the rear hubs. I had one bad seal, and an inner bearing that looked a little dicey. I ordered everything in National Brand...since the info i could find on-line stated that these were still made in the USA.



And the brass drifts I purchased a year or so ago again came in handy when installing the new races. Brass drifts, and a 2lb brass hammer should be in everyone's tool box.

 

Also decided I would build some winter front inserts for the grille.

First I made templates out of some thin cardboard. You only need to make one for the upper, and one for the lower and then just flip them for the other side.



I grabbed some of that corrugated plastic sign material from a Home Depot when they were clearing out the seasonal summer plants....Free!



I just drilled a couple holes, and then used some long zip ties to hold them in place.

 

You doing all that in your house?!?!

I used the same recycled corrugated sign but I slipped mine in front of the radiator by lifting up the little cover on top.

Remind me again why you didn't like the poly bushings? I could cruise back through but there's 57 pages...

 

I'm a little curious too about the poly trans mounts. My rubber ones are shot and thought they might be a good addition.

 

I'd suspect a higher amount of vibration being felt since they are so stiff.

 

Exactly. I'm trying to dampen as many vibrations as I can. And with the rubber back in place there is a noticeable "smoothness" in the drive line now, especially on the hwy.

 

Thrashing, where did you locate the rubber trans mounts?

I would like to replace my old factory rubber ones on my crews, but I didn't want too use the poly ones for the reason, you just listed.