Ok, lets do our dana 60 4x4 king pins
03-22-2016, 08:12 PM
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My steering is the best it's ever been, along with less noise under the truck. Just seems a tad different, noise wise. Gotta say, though, has to be up there with some of the toughest things I've done. Physically, slightly, but more mentally for me cause I try to make every move count. Made a ton of mistakes on the first side. I couldn't have swapped out the upper KP's w/o the help from my son
03-22-2016, 08:19 PM
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I can't justify (in my little mind) being that close and not doing the rest.
03-22-2016, 10:45 PM
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sounds like me. i need new brakes sooooooo, tearing it all the way down for all new bearings, axle joints, and brakes. should have it done this weekend!
03-23-2016, 08:14 AM
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Glad I'm not the only one. I have a suspicion there are quit a few like that here though.
03-23-2016, 08:53 AM
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03-23-2016, 09:08 AM
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I have grown to hate redoing things that I could have avoided by doing right in the first place.
03-23-2016, 11:30 AM
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03-23-2016, 11:43 AM
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03-23-2016, 03:04 PM
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I'm with you on that one T, I have taken to rebuild OEM parts, rather than replace them. Usually you are never going to have a better part than the original. I recently put back together a 1981 MB 240d (not restored, per se) and I find that every part on that car is designed to be rebuilt, I gotta hand it to MB, they have it down. On a side note, the plastic that they did use is top notch, it just doesn't break. The factory pull ties that hold down the wiring just don't break, you can open and close them a gajillion times (that's a lot )...Mark
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03-23-2016, 03:48 PM
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That's my current feeling as well. Anything goes wrong, I'm having it, or rebuilding it myself. Tired of all this parts swapping time and time again. I wish I had never thrown out quite a few parts on my vehicles. Heck, it didn't even have to be a vehicle. My Looneymount snow plow motor. I should have had that rebuilt. New one cost $69 plus shipping. Lasted a year. The original one ? Lasted 19 years. I threw it in my scrap pile, and now it's a maytag washer, or a hover board... who knows what happens to stuff once it's scrapped....
03-23-2016, 06:10 PM
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One of the first things that I did when I got my first gen was replace the starter. I am so glad that I kept the original, because I had it professionally re-manufactured by a great shop nearby. It is currently back where it belongs, same thing with the original alternator...Mark
03-23-2016, 06:37 PM
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03-23-2016, 07:00 PM
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Makes me feel good then, that I kept my original A/C compressor and Master Cylinder instead of turning it in for a core. One of these days, I'll rebuild them myself. Just have to beat the wife to those "sitting around parts, collecting dust, Sanford and Son, etc." items before she gets her hands on them. I've learned to move my "stuff" from one stash area to another, to cause confusion, and deception. I tell ya, if something sits for too long, ITS NOT NEEDED, she says! I think with age, comes hoarding, cause I've gotten bad
03-23-2016, 09:39 PM
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Makes me feel good then, that I kept my original A/C compressor and Master Cylinder instead of turning it in for a core. One of these days, I'll rebuild them myself. Just have to beat the wife to those "sitting around parts, collecting dust, Sanford and Son, etc." items before she gets her hands on them. I've learned to move my "stuff" from one stash area to another, to cause confusion, and deception. I tell ya, if something sits for too long, ITS NOT NEEDED, she says! I think with age, comes hoarding, cause I've gotten bad
