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Congratulations! Once your DB HD arrives, check through the materials. Mine did not have the spacers, but when I wrote to DB they sent them quickly and at no extra charge

The bed caps are actually pretty low cost - I bought the diamondback and the instructions for the spacer pads say to install when temps will stay above 50 for several days. Where in am in VT that's... not until July or August, so I have decided to install my Diamondback HD (hopefully this coming...

Hoping someone who has an already-installed AFE Rock Basher exhaust can help answer this. Reason for my question is that inspection requirements in my state = hard fail unless the exhaust exits further back than any portion of the passenger compartment. I can tell from the product description...

I continue to hope that a helical diff will eventually become available. Nitro Gear & Axle supports some other d44 variants so maybe they could also be encouraged to bring something out. I know less about their quality and track record than Eaton, although for all I know, Eaton may have theirs...

Brilliance!

I had a 2015 Ram 1500 diesel, earlier variant of the engine in the Gladiator - it started without difficulty all the way down to about -25f - and I have no reason to think that was the lower limit, that's just the coldest that I can specifically recall. Totally agree with the mentions of good...

Here in VT there's salt on the roads 4-6 months of the year, with wet salt slush spraying everywhere during much of that, and the unpaved back roads have calcium chloride dust control in the summer - very hostile corrosion environment. I have tried a variety of things on various vehicles, Fluid...

Agreed, every time I get in and drive my JT, it lifts my mood, even during times when other things in life are wearing or weighing me down (and there's been no shortage of those during the time since I bought the JT (terminal illness/loss of a parent, crazy work workload, and the general...

You're absolutely right. Seems like a weirdly-way-overcomplicated design for this application. There must be a lot going on within what looks like the pressure plate housing, but that also contains that captive second disk.

I don't think that this is actually a twin disc (I have another vehicle which is truly a twin disc, in which there are literally two completely separate double sided friction plates, with a solid plate in between), it's a dual mass flywheel, which is confirmed by jebiruph's photos and described...

Not pleased to learn of this but I'm going to be in a standby and monitor mode, until we start really learning more. I had the first clutch recall done and ended up with slightly better clutch feel in the friction zone, which I am glad for. If this next development truly ends up being verified...

Won't be able to do the install until warm weather, but for the FT-891 that I am going to install, I am putting in a front 2" receiver hitch and then an antenna insulated base in a 2" mount, with a 102" whip and an autotuner that'll go behind the plastic cowling of the lower air dam; I'll tie...

interesting, thanks!

What materials and techniques are used to turn an open deck block into a closed deck block? I know the difference between open and closed, but I am unfamiliar with the idea that you can turn an open into a closed. I think it would be cool if someone had a 'stroker kit' for the 3.6, to give it...

I am going to be putting in some L-track; I bought some lengths of L-track with no holes in it, not the generic stuff with holes in places that may be wrong for this application. My plan is to drill one hole at one end of a piece of track, then put in some M6x1 "transfer screws" (pointed tip) in...

I had the clutch recall done recently. I did not qualify for the large scale replacement of clutch disk and pressure plate, just the more minor work that includes a few more minor parts and a bleed of the clutch hydraulics. I am surprised that I can detect _some_ improvement in the feel and...

Got mine done this past week. I had not found the original steering super objectionable - the original felt like a typical non-rack & pinion recirculating ball USA steering box, which is exactly what it is - it was a little wander-y under some conditions, such as high side winds on interstate...

Received a ship date of January for my HD, which I was prepared for. Just ordered some L-Track and fittings to make some DIY bedrails and I have an idea in mind that (if it works when I try to do it) I believe will make the DB more securely attached, and maybe easier to take on and off

Just ordered my Diamondback HD yesterday, I assume it will be a while for it to be made and shipped and with VT winter coming on, it may be some months before I can actually install it, but I am really looking forward to it. Was on the fence between SE and HD, figured that in the long run I will...

I have had one vehicle with a Torsen-type rear axle, an 06 Ram 2500 with the Cummins 5.9 with 610 lb-ft of torque (and an auto transmission in that truck). BLD in my Gladiator is the best BLD of any vehicle that I have driven yet, but from what I have observed so far, BLD still has to perceive...