I came back from Goodman early, I have to refinish a dresser tomorrow! :rolleyes:

It was an honor and a privelage to hang out and wheel with such a great group of people. We did have one big down point Friday evening, but I will let that come out in it's own way (probably through the use of pictures!) Let's just say that the problem didn't get resolved till Saturday morning and involved a tow truck!

We had beer, brats, fireworks, fireballs, mud, and we even found a new use for the stock step rails! Pictures soon to follow in the MXO gallery!

Finally got the pics uploaded!

















More pics can be found in the MXO Picture Gallery

More pics can be found in the MXO Picture Gallery

The one that was stuck was Boom...

Thats a nice pic of the Bud Light can sitting in the passanger seat....

who ever has the Xterra with the ARB with no winch should be hung.


How much was the tow bill?

the tow bill DAMN it do you have to bring that up ... well it was a nice b-day present from my brother... but i was like 6 cases of BEER ... but that is alright im trying to get everything in order to make a good ins claim on all stuff that was broken well take car and VERY NICE PICS i say....

LATER
BOOM

That is me. When he got stuck, I started swearing at myself for not having my winch yet. It turned out though that there weren't any good trees to use, and he was so stuck that I don't know if I could have gotten him out. I probably would have snapped my cable. We broke 2 straps, 1 chain, and the tow truck driver snapped something I think.

Needless to say, a winch is next on my list.

I pulled a Tacoma out of something like that.

Nothing to tie to so I got a few trucks behind me and lashed us together with tow straps.. then I used a snatch block to double the winch power.

Get a winch.

BTW.. what kind of strap were you using? Walmart brand or a real one?

The front right end of his truck was infront of about 4 feet of earth, and his frame was dragging on the ground. I think I might have been able to extract him with your solution, but it would have been interesting!

Real one...it was drenched in mud and water...

that sucks.

How long of a drive is it to get up there? It looks to be about a 6 hour drive from MN.

Carlton my bro lives in Woodbury, MN and i think it took him like 5 or so to get there... and it took me like 2.5 hrs or so to get back.. oh yeah my truck was up to my older brother nut sack . with MUD.. but he gave his all to help like all the others.... I THANK YOU ALL> FOR HELPING AGAIN >>>>> other than that im up for another run.... very soon...

im trying to get an idea for some sliders off a could different web site.. like the size and shit.. hey mike sould you messure up your sliders for me .. i wanna try to make some with my buddy out of stainless.

talk to you later...
BOOM <<-- aka " go to the LEFT next time "

It's all good, we were glad to help. You have to provide the beer next time!

I think somewhere between 5-6 hours. You Minnesota guys could always stop at my house in Wausau (3 hours) and sleep, drink, ect...then leave in the morning. There is a place about 35 minutes or so away from Goodman that offers some more technical stuff. Excelegator just went up their a couple of days and said it is pretty decent. I am waiting on more info from him.

tell me what kind and i can bring some when the AUGUST party is going. on ...

im going to get that on teh calendar now so i can get that day AWAY from the house here...

so let me know later

Leinies Red........

its good for me also ...

what is that part to repack the front hub area??

let me know so i can get that part ordered...

thanks
BOOM

You don't need to order anything. You just need a set of spreading snap ring pliers, a bearing packer, grease, and a torque wrench. I may be missing something, but I assure you that you don't need to order anything.

There is a special socket to remove the nut that holds the bearings into the hub. It's just a socket with 2 prongs sticking out to grab hold of the nut (I've heard some people using a punch and hammer) but that tool makes it so you don't damage anything, you'll also need it to torque the nut down (can't torque it with a punch and hammer).
You also might want to pick up some grease seals for the inner bearing, they are very difficult to remove without destroying them, better to have the part then find out later you need them and all the shops are closed.
As for packing the bearings, I've always hand packed them.