Recent content by Yooper

I changed a thermostat and fan hub in a motel parking lot during a prairie dog hunt several years ago. Dang if it wasn’t on a Dodge too! Doubt I would tackle a differential though. An old timer at our sportsman’s club likes to say prairie dog hunting is the most fun you can have with your pants...

Another plus with Alro is they handle just about any kind of metal. That brass you got is a nice score!

Pull the cover and give it a visual.

Three jaw chucks can be all over the place as you are finding out. They vary because of the scroll that works the jaws can have variations that will transfer to the jaws. Was the runout consistent with the different diameters? If so, I have seen where the jaws were trued up with a grinder...

Just curious. Does it live outside or is it stored inside?

Here is what I would do: chuck up a piece of round stock with the jaws the standard way and measure run out. Do it with several diameters. Winner of the contest gets to stay the same and the other gets flipped.

It’s only a one wheel drive!

Heat dome and polar vortex are the new catch phrases. I remember the the days of too effing hot and too effing cold.

So far so good! I have three of this brand installed on my mill. It’s been too long for me to remember installing them, but I know somewhere along the line you use shims to get the clearance right. I saved all my leftover ones so if you need them send me a pm.

Head scratcher for sure! One thing you could try as an experiment is straight weight high viscosity oil such as 50w ‘racing’ oil. Maybe there is an oil formulated for diesel in a straight weight high viscosity?

I’m guessing something got caught on the guard rail and acted like a paddle wheel to twist it up? Amazing!

Oh believe me, I knew the answer to my questions! I thought someone would bite and bring up the CYA aspect that was insisted on by a lawyer somewhere along the pipeline.

Bill, I have some left over shims from the very same manufacturer. I installed them on all three axis on my mill. They’re yours if you need them.

If you buy a new trailer, were the brakes burnished/seated at the factory? Or does the axle manufacturer have a process before they leave their factory?

Went to the range today to shake down the new setup. Didn't take much to dial in the scope and this is my ten shot group at 100 yards. This is the best the gun has shot but I have to caution myself on drawing any conclusions. I just bought a Garmin chrono and I discovered my reloads are...