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recieved a big happy package from Ruff stuff today. it twas one ton steering kit. jumped right to it and got everything measured, cut welded and put together. looks good. might have some slight clerance issues between the tie rod and drag link so i'll throw it on the ramp as soon as i get a chance to check. if I dont have time i will just have to trail check it. no pictures right now as i was too busy workin to stop and take any. i'm sure it will be visable in the pics this weekend.
all that is left to do now is
replace axle joint on the driverside (AGAIN)
replace rear/rear u-joint (AGAIN)
relocate axle side trac-bar
rearrange cargo area.
possiably make a spare tire carrier
After all of that it should be ready to rip for this weekend. did a little pre-trip scouting/camp hopping this past weekend and ALL of the snow is gone up north. to the point that we were kickin up dust down most of the roads. So we plan to run some trails to get up there. never have ran them this early in the seasone and am slightly concerned about the river crossings on both of them. the one we checked looked to be around 4 feet deep in the worst spot (normally 1-2 feet) . hopefully the river will calm some and go down since there is no more snow melting now. the river we checked is the easier of the two as you enter headed down stream and cross at a big diagnol headed downstream the whole time. it is a fairly wide river and gradually drops and comes back up the same. the other river you cross straight and it has steep rock banks on both sides and is about two truck lengths across. if it is even possiable it will be intresting to say the least.
all that is left to do now is
replace axle joint on the driverside (AGAIN)
replace rear/rear u-joint (AGAIN)
relocate axle side trac-bar
rearrange cargo area.
possiably make a spare tire carrier
After all of that it should be ready to rip for this weekend. did a little pre-trip scouting/camp hopping this past weekend and ALL of the snow is gone up north. to the point that we were kickin up dust down most of the roads. So we plan to run some trails to get up there. never have ran them this early in the seasone and am slightly concerned about the river crossings on both of them. the one we checked looked to be around 4 feet deep in the worst spot (normally 1-2 feet) . hopefully the river will calm some and go down since there is no more snow melting now. the river we checked is the easier of the two as you enter headed down stream and cross at a big diagnol headed downstream the whole time. it is a fairly wide river and gradually drops and comes back up the same. the other river you cross straight and it has steep rock banks on both sides and is about two truck lengths across. if it is even possiable it will be intresting to say the least.