I thought I had posted these but here they are now!

 

 

 

 

 

Got my ladder bars ordered from XDP thanks to their price beat guarantee I got them for a good deal! I have not been able to do anything yet but may hop on it some this weekend.

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I just made and installed a set on my truck last weekend. Made a huge difference $0.00 gotta love work

 

Well good and bad news today. I guess I'll start with the good even though the bad outweighs it unfortunately.

The grind up front seems to be gone it was a brake pad that was lodged sideways and just disintegrating. Got is swamped out along with the rotor and all is good.

Time for the bad, went for a test drive to make sure the grind was gone and went to stop and blew the drivers side rear caliper apart and lost all my fluid. Also when I stopped to investigate I pulled into my driveway and saw a nice waterfall of oil pouring off the backside of the engine.

Investigation will start tomorrow to track down the leak and a new caliper.

 

Sounds like you may need a complete brake job.. Hope the oil leak is a gasket or hose etc.
Just think once you get all the BS done you will have something for sure.
Great job. Have been following you behind the scenes.



Dick

 

I tried to track down the leak before it got dark but the best grids I can come up with the the ebpv actuator. It looks like it is were the leak came from. I started the truck and let it idle and revved it up a bit and it wouldn't leak for me. But when I look in that area I'm pretty sure that's were it came from but not positive as it was probably a good half quart or two that came out. Can that rod leak that much that fast?

 

Ditch the ebpv and plug it with a 1/4 npt cap I believe it is, either way. I don't know how much you'd get from that hole but I can't imagine it would be that much.

 

Ok so both rear sides got new brackets and calipers today. Nice and shinny!

As far as the leak goes I cannot make it happen again but what I did do is unplug the ebpv solenoid wiring so that it can't think that it needs to open and shouldn't send any oil through. This is the only thing I can think of. I drove it for about 30 min and couldn't get it to leak like it did.

 

Need to install new traction bars. (may need new ubolts)
Need to replace lower radiator hose.
Need to replace thermostat and sensor
Need to replace 3 studs on front passenger hub
Need to cap off the EBPV actuator on pedestal
Need to buy the overboost fooler
Need to buy the F6 Chip (Need input on what tunes)

 

I was always taught never to reuse u-bolts. When you torque them down, they actually stretch. Plus, its cheap insurance. Having an axle come off would be some scary crap lol. And now you have the torque, gears, and tires to make that a reality