What have you done for your Frontier today? - Page 1282

speedfoos · #**12811** (**permalink**) 11-19-2012, 06:46 PM

Got some new rubber installed (Falken Mountain ATS - cheapest they had at $850 OTD) then went to get an alignment only to discover that my front wheel bearings and my idler arm are shot. Hooray. Truck is up on jackstands all disassembled until parts come in tomorrow.

**KickinTires** · #**12812** (**permalink**) 11-19-2012, 07:03 PM

I spent about 1 hr swapping the order of the over-lap of my ShrockWorks Engine and Tranny skids. I had them off for 30k service about 3 months ago and when I put them back on I had the engine skid on first then the tranny skid. With that order, the tranny skid would bang LOUDLY against the frame rails and diagonal braces and make a racket on even small bumps. Now all is quiet...

**JeniorNV** · #**12813** (**permalink**) 11-19-2012, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sangster

re-installed my adjustable 5100's and OME HD springs. SOOOO much easier now with my 18v dewalt 1/2" cordless impact! LOVE this thing!

I need to get something like that. All I have is hand tools.

Why did you have your shocks and coils off?

**x_mods** · #**12814** (**permalink**) 11-19-2012, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by speedfoos

Got some new rubber installed (Falken Mountain ATS - cheapest they had at $850 OTD) then went to get an alignment only to discover that my front wheel bearings and my idler arm are shot. Hooray. Truck is up on jackstands all disassembled until parts come in tomorrow.

Looks good! I like them sidewalls

Love the touch of color.

Mathster · #**12815** (**permalink**) 11-19-2012, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero Six LE

Today's vehicles are just more advanced than yesterday's. Even though cars were simple back in the day, you had to do more upkeep because they had points for the ignition system that constantly worn down and changed the dwell angle. Carburetors were also inefficient. The hardest engines to work on are transverse mounted FWD engines. Most of the additional stuff added to modern engines is emissions related. Both gas and diesel. I have a lot of complaints about design engineers when I work on some things at my job. Sometimes I think it was deliberate.

carbs weren't that bad, just always adjusted wrong.
We make all our engineer spend time in the shop as much as we can. Its good to have them actually put the stuff together that they design. If we can, we get them in the machine shop or atleast make the machineist talk to them when they cant figure out a drawing... works better than their boss chewing their butts over the drawings.

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Originally Posted by speedfoos

Got some new rubber installed (Falken Mountain ATS - cheapest they had at $850 OTD) then went to get an alignment only to discover that my front wheel bearings and my idler arm are shot. Hooray. Truck is up on jackstands all disassembled until parts come in tomorrow.

Maybe I missed something, I thought you were getting rid of your truck?

**Zero Six LE** · #**12816** (**permalink**) 11-20-2012, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mathster

carbs weren't that bad, just always adjusted wrong.
We make all our engineer spend time in the shop as much as we can. Its good to have them actually put the stuff together that they design. If we can, we get them in the machine shop or atleast make the machineist talk to them when they cant figure out a drawing... works better than their boss chewing their butts over the drawings.

Maybe I missed something, I thought you were getting rid of your truck?

Carbs are not that bad but they are wasteful compared to fuel injectors. They work fine for small engines but not so well for automotive applications.

**the007forum** · #**12817** (**permalink**) 11-20-2012, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JeniorNV

I need to get something like that.

It's definitely a game changer.

I finally got to take my truck on a quick drive around the block. It feels so good to be back behind the wheel.

Sangster · #**12818** (**permalink**) 11-20-2012, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by JeniorNV

I need to get something like that. All I have is hand tools.

Why did you have your shocks and coils off?

One of my new Bilstein adjustables went bad so I had to put all the stock stuff back on while i waited for the warranty replacement to come.

**JeniorNV** · #**12819** (**permalink**) 11-20-2012, 09:07 AM

^Oh right...I think I do remember you mentioning that.

Mhannis · #**12820** (**permalink**) 11-20-2012, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Sangster

re-installed my adjustable 5100's and OME HD springs. SOOOO much easier now with my 18v dewalt 1/2" cordless impact! LOVE this thing!

be sure to torque them nuts/bolts with a torque wrench or long handle wrench afterwards. the breaking torque is higher than the tightening torque on those electric impacts and are largely effected by remaining voltage. i use one at work. they do well, but i always double check by hand.