Hey guys, Ted(twg1966), Mike(Nicmike) and myself were planning on getting together at my shop and rebuilding the front suspensions on our trucks. No weekend has been officially picked, but it should be within the next few weekends. You guys are invited to come out and help, hangout, or work on your trucks too. I'm not really wanting people to stay over night unless they have to and that's why it's a mini GTG. That and I don't really have the room for campers and such. What I do have though is a 4 post lift, access to an air compressor and 220 if you needed any welding done. I run a small salvage yard operation out of my shop, so we should be able to tackle anything you need to do. That being said, there are many half parted vehicles on my property and it's not very kid friendly. If you're interested, text me at 512-925-9171 for directions.

 

Brother Woody, I will be there. I just know of a few where I will be tied up. One is when my daughter leaves for Europe with the school. Another will be training in Galveston.

 

Let me know an exact weekend. I hate that I missed the last one but hopefully I'll make this one.

I've got quite a list

Adjust front bumper
Install spare tire carrier
Install cab lights
Install rear trailer light plug
Install gooseneck safety chain rings
Replace tie rod ends
Replace pitman arm
Install amber grill lights
Install side steps
Replace front seat
Install headache rack
Replace sand blasted windows
Replace fuel tank sending unit
Bleed brakes

 

im interested. my friends truck has a massive exhaust leak before the turbo somewhere that's killing power, haven't checked the usual suspects yet tho cause i haven't had time, if i can find where its at and he can get the parts in time then maybe

 

Looks like we're going to have the gtg on June 14th at my place in Bastrop. I'm thinkin we'll get started around 8am and keep working until everyone's done. I figure around lunchtime we can get a pool together and order some pizza for lunch.?.

 

Sounds good. Looking forward to going to someone else's place for a change on my part. I love making my place available for large gatherings where campers are welcome.

 

Slowly accumulating parts for the 14th. Tie rods and ball joints arrived today.

 

Dang. Im notngonna make it. I haVe prior plans that week

 

Bummer. Tye, where do you live? You're more than welcome to come down some other day if you need some help.

 

San Angelo. Id like to come down to bastrop but thar is a good bit of a drive for just one thing. I think Id rather collrct several parts so I can do it all at once so I dont spend so much in fuel. Not to mention meeting some other members and having some extra help would be great. Thanks for the offer though!

 

I believe that this fall we will try to have another down at my place. Hopefully you can have most of you parts and supplies ready by then. We have a great
Time and work on several projects over a Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Some have gone into Sunday afternoon as well.

 

this sounds like a good idea. i need to have my inner differential seals done on my front axle. it's tat dang 4wd. also, i may decide to upgrade to a larger front differential cover. i'm gonna try to make this, but i'm not sure where i stand yet on getting parts and stuff. i just spent $3400 to replace the entire rear end and drive shaft.

 

Dom, those seals should only be a few $$ and there's a billion covers to choose from for the Dana 60. Because the dana 60 is so popular, covers are real cheap too. I'm guessing you're not doing any real hard core offroading so you really don't need anything super heavy duty. I'd go aluminum for your truck. $100-200 range for aluminum.

 

Woody, looks like I'll be missing out on your mini gtg. June is pretty busy for me. Hope to see you at the nest South Texas Tech and BS Day at Ted's.

 

thanks woody. there is a possibility tat i will need tat seal driver, and i may have to redo all the axle seals again. thanks for the suggestion!