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..............fried farts and pickled assholes..............growing up. My older sister used to tell me that all the time when I asked what was for dinner. The bitch. :CWL:
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Dunno, but they are a sweet sticky tire.
 

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Trying to remove my skid plates to install the new front driveshaft.................easy right????? FUCK to the no, 2 of the 3 rear capture nuts in the rear cross member broke loose.

So I'm going to have to lobe the bolts off, drill the cross member out and install 1/2 x 13 Rivnuts.

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Trying to remove my skid plates to install the new front driveshaft.................easy right????? FUCK to the no, 2 of the 3 rear capture nuts in the rear cross member broke loose.

So I'm going to have to lobe the bolts off, drill the cross member out and install 1/2 x 13 Rivnuts.
That sounds like a lot of fun.
 

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Trying to remove my skid plates to install the new front driveshaft.................easy right????? FUCK to the no, 2 of the 3 rear capture nuts in the rear cross member broke loose.

So I'm going to have to lobe the bolts off, drill the cross member out and install 1/2 x 13 Rivnuts.
Jeep Gladiator What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK] Facepalm
 

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..............fried farts and pickled assholes..............growing up. My older sister used to tell me that all the time when I asked what was for dinner. The bitch. :CWL:
as a youngster, if i asked my mother "what's for dinner?" and my father was in earshot the answer would be "take it or leave it" or "like it or lump it".
 

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That sounds like a lot of fun.
Yeah, a 2 minute job .....not so much.

So I had to order more rivnets......so they should be in tomorrow......Amazon FTW
 

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Finished the CavFab steering, Steer Smarts track bar brace, Dynatrac ball joints, Bora wheel spacers. Drives pretty great. Rubs the ends of the rock rails at full lock now, so those need shortened.

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Yeah, a 2 minute job .....not so much.

So I had to order more rivnets......so they should be in tomorrow......Amazon FTW
A 2 hour job is one broken bolt away from becoming a 3 day shit show.
 

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Over the past few weeks I've turned off some of the stupid with the tazer, leveled it with 1.5" kit, stuck a CB in it, tonneau cover, bed mat, and added a redarc brake controller.

We do trail runs with my wife's JKUR and when stuff gets real, my 1ton TJ. The JTW will be dedicated as a daily driver for myself, should be great in the snow and fun in the summer.

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A 2 hour job is one broken bolt away from becoming a 3 day shit show.
For sure. I tried to get them out for like 2 minutes and said fuck it. Ordered 1/2x13 rivnets and the mandrel for my rivnet setter and walked away.

In the morning I'll break out the cutoff wheel and be done. Work smarter not harder.
 

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For sure. I tried to get them out for like 2 minutes and said fuck it. Ordered 1/2x13 rivnets and the mandrel for my rivnet setter and walked away.

In the morning I'll break out the cutoff wheel and be done. Work smarter not harder.
Feels good to hack up those non team players
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