Yes. I did some data logging and worked with another engineer to revise the fuel map. Making slow progress.
Yes. I did some data logging and worked with another engineer to revise the fuel map. Making slow progress.
The last 2 rides I've been fighting a wandering alignment. I think I figured it out. Fairly confident I bent the upper a-arm bolt riding with the guys in the UP which kicked my steering wheel left. We played with the alignment but it still felt sloppy. I bought toe plates and thought I had it better but it still seemed to change steering wheel position on center once I started riding. 130 miles into a 160 mile ride on Thursday the culprit came out.
I skid to an abrupt stop about 1 vehicle width off a trail. The steering wheel was pulling hard right, I was steering right, the machine went left. The front tires were dragging so hard I barely had to brake.
In a state of confusion I looked at the left front tire and noticed it wasnt steering. No big deal we have spare tie rods.
That's not a bent tie rod
Upper a-arm bolt broke. Well I had a spare one of those too. I guess you could say the weld washers, beefed up a-arm tabs and grade 8.8 bolt worked. Bolt broke but the new one slipped right back in. Had it fixed in about 20 minutes
I skid to an abrupt stop about 1 vehicle width off a trail. The steering wheel was pulling hard right, I was steering right, the machine went left. The front tires were dragging so hard I barely had to brake.
In a state of confusion I looked at the left front tire and noticed it wasnt steering. No big deal we have spare tie rods.
That's not a bent tie rod
Upper a-arm bolt broke. Well I had a spare one of those too. I guess you could say the weld washers, beefed up a-arm tabs and grade 8.8 bolt worked. Bolt broke but the new one slipped right back in. Had it fixed in about 20 minutes
There's a chance next summer will be hard on parts. Out with the Quadboss QBT846 in a 28x10 and upgrading to EFX Motivators 30x9.5.
Old tires were 54 lbs mounted, new ones are 66 lbs mounted.
Looking forward to having some side lug for climbing ruts
Old tires were 54 lbs mounted, new ones are 66 lbs mounted.
Looking forward to having some side lug for climbing ruts
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How much air pressure are you running in these bad boys?
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The new tires look rock hard at 12psi. They have a 1250 lb rating at 15psi so by comparison the old tires were 535lbs at 24psi, I ran the 28s at 13.5. I'm guessing I'll be dropping the pressure to 8-10psi
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Ran my ITP's at 7.5 yesterday in rock crawling trail cruising mode, that included a couple of two foot rock ledges and a lot of nasty rocks. No winch was used. Today we revisited a trail that had been shut down for several years, it was rough, we were crawling over and down creek banks with two foot high rocks, got very interesting and no break downs. About flopped, had to gas it and hit the the big rock on the down hill side to keep me from going over. We had a blast
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Welcome to the 30” club, those look like they have great side bite.
Little bit of an articulation test. Lots of tire clearance front and rear.
Overall the arms look good and I look forward to trying them out with the new tires.
With my 28s and forward arms, I found my headlights were always dirty. I'm not convinced these will be a lot better but I added a-pillar cubes with daytime running lights. They are Rough Country lights and brackets.
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Let me know how you like those, I’ve been looking at a set of those to add up high for some side lighting.
They look good. I wanted another pair of X5s but RC doesn't sell them anymore
My garage products front a-arm bushings finally came in. Really nice product.
Pins and bushings are high quality and fit very well. I lubed everything as I installed them.
The stock bushings looked pretty rough. As I recall I installed the arms without removing the bushings and lubing all the surfaces.
I replaced both upper control arm bolts and added a jam nut. From what I can tell the right upper control arm bolt lost clamp load and started to bend as it wore through the threads
Let's hope this solves the problem. It's likely the broken driver side upper bolt from August was due to lost clamp load too.
Not 100% sure but I think I have zero additional modifications before I go riding again. Hoping to get to Mulberry Mountain in March and I have a trip planned to RRB the week after Takeover.
Pins and bushings are high quality and fit very well. I lubed everything as I installed them.
The stock bushings looked pretty rough. As I recall I installed the arms without removing the bushings and lubing all the surfaces.
I replaced both upper control arm bolts and added a jam nut. From what I can tell the right upper control arm bolt lost clamp load and started to bend as it wore through the threads
Let's hope this solves the problem. It's likely the broken driver side upper bolt from August was due to lost clamp load too.
Not 100% sure but I think I have zero additional modifications before I go riding again. Hoping to get to Mulberry Mountain in March and I have a trip planned to RRB the week after Takeover.
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My passenger side never loosens up. I added a jam nut on my drivers side and it still loosened up. I'll have to see if I still have the bolt, but it looked like it worked the nylock nut loose then stretched the threads and loosened up. That was before I put the RB3 bushings in that would actually take grease. New bolt, nylock nut, and no jam nut and it was still tight after 3 days in TN. I drilled out a bolt for a castle nut and cotter pin if/when this one works loose.
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It is. The mcmaster bolt is grade 12.9. I might have to make the switch
First run with the garage products front bushings and 30s went well. The Pioneer is a beast In the snow and ice.
Also took the Wildcat out for the first time.
Completed some repairs on the trailer too. New removable fenders, new subframe, 2 new subframe crossmembers
Also took the Wildcat out for the first time.
Completed some repairs on the trailer too. New removable fenders, new subframe, 2 new subframe crossmembers
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