rod knock ? help please

[WNY964x4]

you should consider yourself lucky...a guy can never have too many projects.

idk wicked , sometimes having too many projects means that you do not pay enough attention to each of them

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

naaa, just gotta pace yourself

 

[Mutant Pony]

Oh, believe me, it is possible to have too many projects!!!
Too many may be more than you have imagined though.
Also, when you turn a crank it is undersized bearings that you need(not oversized) the size depends on how much has to be turned out to be made true.

 

[WNY964x4]

naaa, just gotta pace yourself

yea , that is why the cutlass and the 72 have been shelved for now and the ranger is my top priority seconded by the sploder , hopefully the ranger will be done at thanksgiving , and the sploder will be gettin some new body panels in january

 

[WNY964x4]

the truck on the trailer after i got it home from alfred , all the pics of the tear out are on the home comp

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

is it just me...or does that front tire look way bigger than the rear?

 

[WNY964x4]

is it just me...or does that front tire look way bigger than the rear?

it does look bigger , but that is just a combination of the camera angle and the fact that my rim is solid black with brake dust , and while on the topic what do you think are the best brakes , that produce the least amount of dust

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

couldnt tell you as ive only owned one vehicle with an automatic and i didnt own it long enough to change the brakes.

being that i use engine braking 90% of the time, i run the cheapest, softest, organic pads i can find. they cause the least wear on rotors meaning i can avoid replacing my $90 rotor by just replacing $20 pads instead

 

[WNY964x4]

yea , see i never had this problem with my 96 , it was a manual , so i rarely ever used the brakes , in fact i owned the truck and never replaced the pads , and i put new pads on the 2000 , they are ceramic , and now i have more brake dust on the rims than i did with the cheap pads on it

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

ceramic

ouch. makes me wince whenever people use that word in relation to brakes.

 

[WNY964x4]

ouch. makes me wince whenever people use that word in relation to brakes.

the only reason i bought these pads is the backing plate , when i use the regular pads they have a steel backing plate and new yorks choice of road deicing and friction material does not play well with those backing plates

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

IIRC, my cheapo napa pad material is riveted on...but i may be wrong...its been a while.

 

[WNY964x4]

i was just on summit racing and i found the ebc ultimax brake pads , idk wicked , what do you think of them

http://store.summitracing.com/partd...922533+4294839009+4294859529+115&autoview=sku

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

yep...them'r brake pads.

never heard of them, so i couldnt tell ya. they sound ok....

 

[WNY964x4]

idk either , i figure i could give them a try , i am already doing so much with my truck , the engine , and now i am replacing one of the leaf packs since i broke a leaf about 2 or 3 weeks ago , i might as well do pads too , and i have to power wash the frame this weekend since the engine is out , still aint clean from muddin a month and a half ago , so i am also gonna clean the rims so they aren't black