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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 11:23 AM
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Thanks again for the welcome! I'm in wonderful and exciting town of Waco. Bring on the Branch Davidian and Baylor jokes!
I ordered the Moog sway bar end links, an ABS sensor and brake pads last night. Hopefully I'll spend Friday getting to know this guy.
While replacing the ABS sensor and working on the brakes, get yourself one of these to grease the wheel bearings:

Front ABS Grease-able Block Off Fitting - Riffraff Diesel Performance

It's really easy with things that far apart and you know it's done so you don't have to replace a wheel bearing down the road.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
While replacing the ABS sensor and working on the brakes, get yourself one of these to grease the wheel bearings:

Front ABS Grease-able Block Off Fitting - Riffraff Diesel Performance

It's really easy with things that far apart and you know it's done so you don't have to replace a wheel bearing down the road.
Hey thanks for that! It's on order now lol I didn't waste any time once I saw it. I've done this before on a Mountaineer and used a needle to grease the bearing, but this is really great. You gotta love it when people actually solve a problem or make something easier. I'll support that all day long.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
While replacing the ABS sensor and working on the brakes, get yourself one of these to grease the wheel bearings: Front ABS Grease-able Block Off Fitting - Riffraff Diesel Performance It's really easy with things that far apart and you know it's done so you don't have to replace a wheel bearing down the road.
WTF, where were you with this back in, oh, say... June? You know back when I called you because my bearing seized and threw me and the trailer off the road?
 
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JuanHuevos
Hey thanks for that! It's on order now lol I didn't waste any time once I saw it. I've done this before on a Mountaineer and used a needle to grease the bearing, but this is really great. You gotta love it when people actually solve a problem or make something easier. I'll support that all day long.
This only the beginning of the how easy Clay makes it to own and mod a 7.3...

My 7.3 is VERY heavily modded because of Mr.Riffraff Diesel himself, Clay.

My wallet is also noticably lighter too....

It's about to get even lighter next month, he came up with some new "must have" mods for my Well Riffraff'd 7.3 Excursion. <-Bittersweet "wallet lightening" ceremony, lol!
 
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WTF, where were you with this back in, oh, say... June? You know back when I called you because my bearing seized and threw me and the trailer off the road?
Oddly enough, I had one back then, it just became misplaced, then I finally have up and had to order another one....

Which makes me wonder if I had this amazing tool when we worked on your brakes earlier this month or last.

Reagrdless, your front wheel bearings have a double date with my grease gun and grease fitting.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 01:34 PM
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Oddly enough, I had one back then, it just became misplaced, then I finally have up and had to order another one.... Which makes me wonder if I had this amazing tool when we worked on your brakes earlier this month or last. Reagrdless, your front wheel bearings have a double date with my grease gun and grease fitting.
I'm just ordering one when I get paid. Makes more sense with the distance between us and fuel prices.

More goodies from Clay you say? Our wallets can lighten together my friend.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 01:40 PM
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I'm just ordering one when I get paid. Makes more sense with the distance between us and fuel prices.

More goodies from Clay you say? Our wallets can lighten together my friend.
Indeed they will, this next round is some "must do/have" mods and upgrades to freshen up and keep the engine happy at 404K.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
This only the beginning of the how easy Clay makes it to own and mod a 7.3...

My 7.3 is VERY heavily modded because of Mr.Riffraff Diesel himself, Clay.

My wallet is also noticably lighter too....

It's about to get even lighter next month, he came up with some new "must have" mods for my Well Riffraff'd 7.3 Excursion. <-Bittersweet "wallet lightening" ceremony, lol!
Well now I'm screwed, I'll just throw my wallet away. This diesel stuff is way more interesting than I thought it'd be.
 
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Well now I'm screwed, I'll just throw my wallet away. This diesel stuff is way more expensive than I thought it'd be.
Corrected.
 
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Lol yes and then there's that! But you get what you pay. All the 5.0's I've built and run would've never been able to handle 500,000 hard miles.
 
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Great Deal on a 7.3 - good luck and enjoy the next 600k or so miles!
 
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
While replacing the ABS sensor and working on the brakes, get yourself one of these to grease the wheel bearings:

Front ABS Grease-able Block Off Fitting - Riffraff Diesel Performance

It's really easy with things that far apart and you know it's done so you don't have to replace a wheel bearing down the road.
It worked perfectly! Thanks!

 
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