Early October Trail Run - Colorado

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:25 pm

Looks like rear scrappage. Need that Rock Lizard Rear bumper for better departure angle.

Skyjump136 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 pm **Posts:** 1633

Never touched my rear bumper (that rock is actually off to the side), but my front got scraped up a little...nothing compared to John's though.

Skyjump136 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 pm **Posts:** 1633

John, where are your pics/video buddy. I'm dying to see them!

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:58 am

Skyjump136 wrote:

John, where are your pics/video buddy. I'm dying to see them!

Yeah, what's up with that. I know you shot atleast 150 pictures. Mine suck, what few I took. So I need someone else's to post on my website. :twisted:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:56 pm

Hey RockLizard I'll put my pics on a disc and get them to you this weekend,I'll call later in the week.This was a really kicka$% trail and being wet made it that much more fun,scratched my front bumber,darn rock jumped out in front of me :roll:

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Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:04 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

Hey RockLizard I'll put my pics on a disc and get them to you this weekend,I'll call later in the week.This was a really kicka$% trail and being wet made it that much more fun,scratched my front bumber,darn rock jumped out in front of me :roll:

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Awesome. I'll be out of town most of the day Saturday (Wedding Anniversary). Going to Denver to spend time away from the kids, and to pick up my Ford 8.8 rear axle [monstergaragevoice] FREEBIE FREEBIE FREEBIE [/monstergaragevoice]. Also getting some Ford 9" thirds from the same guy. Well, they not quite free, but not even close to the $500 one should have paid for those axles. :twisted:

Sorry, offtopic.

Sunday might be good. Maybe I'll have a rear bumper for you to try on, but we'll see.

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:27 pm

What are you going to do with those axles, Marty?

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:35 pm

RespectMyLibertay wrote:

What are you going to do with those axles, Marty?

I'm going to put the 8.8 with disc brakes in my XJ for now, after I throw in 4:88's and Aussie lockers front and rear. That will get me through Moab in April if I don't have my full width axles done by then ($$$$). The 8.25 in my XJ now will get the disc brakes off the wifes ZJ D35 (nearly complete bolt on), then I will mount it under the ZJ, since the wife wants to build her rig up for Moab as well, so the D35 axle has to go in the trash ASAP.

USAFCOP · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:02 pm

Troy, you had it easy... John and I got out rough... I found more damage... That tree busted the lens on one of my fog lights. And, I got a wierd vibration and noise at 45mph, but it is not constant, nor all of the time at that speed. I cannot replicate it on purpose, but it comes out. I am going to check my u joints on my next day off...

Anyone got ideas other than u-joints?

OH, and where are the Pics from last weekend?

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:07 pm

John posted some in the Past Trail Runs section without telling us. :shock:

When are you bringing your junk over to get that arm welded? Give me a call tonight if you are still on line right now. You know I'm usually up until atleast midnight.

Kugellager · **Posted:** Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:33 pm

I posted some but have not been able to get them to open up automatically. For the time being I have made them clickable URL's so that at least people can see them w/o cutting ans pasting.

http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/vie ... 948#130948

I still need to take my trail damage pics. I did find some additional scuffs as well.

My List of new scrapes and damage.

Front passenger turn signal lense trashed
Front passenger marker lense trashed
Small crack/tear and associated scrapes on lower front passenger bumper
Scrapes to passenger rear fender (on the plastic can be easily sanded)
Small Scrapes to driver side fender
Muffler dents
Mangled rear passenger upper control arm mount (now matches driver side mount :roll:

)

For the most part it is all minor/cosmetic

I did find a site that had the turn signals. I got both shipped to me for a total of $75.

http://www.partstrain.com/

John
];')

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:07 pm

Quote:

USAFCOP

Troy, you had it easy... John and I got out rough... I found more damage... That tree busted the lens on one of my fog lights. And, I got a wierd vibration and noise at 45mph, but it is not constant, nor all of the time at that speed. I cannot replicate it on purpose, but it comes out. I am going to check my u joints on my next day off...

Anyone got ideas other than u-joints?

OH, and where are the Pics from last weekend?

Yeah I know I got lucky,your vibrations could be your u-joints(like you are saying),wheel/s out off balance(as mud falls off?),driveshaft bent,or mud packed in rear drums and/or front rotor slots.Just ideas,it could be alot of things.

Kugellager · **Posted:** Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:53 pm

Finally edited my first post and wrote up a trail report in the thread on this run. Would have done it this past Sunday if it weren't for that dang Hawai'i earthquake.

John
];')

KW AV8R · **Posted:** Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:24 pm

Kugellager wrote:

Finally edited my first post and wrote up a trail report in the thread on this run. Would have done it this past Sunday if it weren't for that dang Hawai'i earthquake.

John
];')

I didn't realize the aftershocks reached here :wink:

Do you have family there?

Kugellager · **Posted:** Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:22 pm

No...I was on call for work...I work for the USGS at the earthquake center in Golden and ended up spending most of Sunday at work instead of goofing around at home.

John
];')

KW AV8R · **Posted:** Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:47 am

Ah ... that explains that ...

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