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JG: can you report out now with some miles on the flipped centers how you like them and how they have performed? New wheels are on my to-do list, and I am trying to decide between flipped centers and recentered HEMTT's (but those suckers are spendy!)

I am interested in the outcome of this one: please be sure to update the thread as you make progress on it. I expect you'll get some benefit from balancing and polishing, that's a big, heavy chunk of metal slinging around in the block.......

:ditto: After a serious resto-mod on a '69 FJ40, my method became to buy good take-out parts, and install them so I could enjoy my vehicle, and in the meantime rebuild the serviceable pieces I took out of my truck. It was gratifying to take my time and do the work correctly. Also I work...

I had this same issue on an old landcruiser I rebuilt. I took the cable off to scrap it, and while I was off doing something else my bro dumped WD40 down both ends, pulled the cable all the way free of it's sheath and cleaned it, lubed it, and re-sheathed it. It took him maybe 15mins to do the...

Well, dangit. Although not sure why the first few posts remained, but then the subsequent ones were deleted?

Echo, That looks really nice, well done mate. What size tires are you running in that 3rd pic? Do you have any tire rub on the bed under full stuff? Cheers....

:ditto: Seemed like we were having some really intriguing conversation? It certainly had my wheels spinning about adding an exhaust brake to my truck.......

FYI, I disassembled and cleaned my airpack (old, long style) a few weeks ago and it was a relatively simple affair. I used the TM and followed the steps, but it was neither complicated nor difficult. I ran into 1 or 2 hiccups (which you should expect given how hold these are) but got it all...

No tricks or surprises. It just unbolts and pulls off. I pulled mine off very slowly and very carefully - wary of anything small and spring-loaded that could go flying off and disappear forever. It turned out to just be the stop cable attached to a bracket. Clean it up and put on a new...

I had this exact same leak on mine. Came on very suddenly and for no apparent reason. I replaced that bolt with a good take-off, tightened it to spec and it's never leaked since. I could not visually see any problem with the old, or any difference b/n the old bolt and the new. I think I used a...

Nice job! I love the tires, and you did well getting your bed centered. I am jealous of your shop space, and impressed you were willing to do this in the snow. I did mine in the summer heat, but it was pretty shaded, so not bad working conditions. Where did you get your jackstands? Those...

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Linky no worky. Can you post a pic? I have this in my future as well and would like to see what others are doing.....

Looks real good, you're making me nostalgic for the days I spent bobbing my deuce. I would love to have enough land to have a parts truck, I could pay for the truck with selling just a matched set of rockwell's, everything else would be gravy. Sigh. Oh well........ I found that I had the...

I've spent a lot of time thinking about it this week.......7,000 miles away :-|. Sabbatical starts in 4wks though, I should be able to get a lot done then! On the list: 12v alt and battery, wired up with fuse block steam clean the engine, and paint turn up the fuel (now that I have the...

Bienvenidos from CA. That's a heck of a bumper, was anyone else's first thought 'Holy Mad Max!'?

Any pic's of the bull bar or light rack? What route did you go on the alt - fab the brackets or buy premade? Any pic's of it installed?

Finished a quick bracket for the pyro. It's not perfect, but it works just fine.

Norsemen: here are a couple of the best pic's I could find on my SSD while at work - I can take more when I get home. I would not have gone any longer on the blocks, the extra 1/2" of lift was not worth the aesthetic of being 'more level' in my opinion. And be aware - the u-bolts are CRAZY...

I built the blocks out of 3.5" square tubing (1/4" wall) and cut them 4.5" long. It was just scrap piece that I got from the steel yard, once notched for the seam on the axle they worked perfectly. I probably could have gone 1/2" longer and gotten a little more level, but I wanted the blocks...