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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,406
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    F1nut - you built some off-road rigs at one point, didn't you? Of the FJ flavor

    Sure did, FJ40 was one. Lots of guys with 4x4's back then put on lift kits, stiff springs and "off road" shocks. I'd laugh watching them bounce all over the place. When your truck is in the air half the time the tires aren't getting you anywhere.
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  • msg
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    msg wrote: »
    One tip - be sure not to overtighten the mounting hardware. If you over compress the bushings it can contribute to vibe transfer to the chassis.
    Tony - you prob know all this, but I meant to say...
    wrt over-tightening the hardware - in some connections, the bushing needs to be able to move on the mount point. Over tightening not only preloads, but it can cause the bushings to bind on the mount. Check your install documentation to see whether they recommend grease. It's been a while, but I think I always put heavy synthetic grease (I like the green 'waterproof' stuff) or antiseize on the points that the bushings needed to be able to move or rotate on the mount. Rear shocks primarily, both ends. And at the control arm up front.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 12,015
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    No, I didn't know about greasing the bushing where they get mounted. I see your point. The bolts going through these socks are smaller than the tubes by a little. I don't think they would need greasing but hey, a little grease would make for no friction in the rotation of all mounting points. It's brilliant! I should've done it!
    I also have grease, not the green though.

    I didn't grease anything. There were no directions or advice in any box. :#

    I can see where the bushing would flex/twist back and forth if not greased.

    But...I believe these shocks, where there are tubed bushings, they have steel tubes that prevent tightening the bushings. The bushing tubes fit tight in their brackets. ;) The bushings are free to rotate, but they still might rub the brackets maybe... ;)

    This new shock for the front, has a different top thread length from the original.

    Now, the original had thinner bushings, and I believe a longer threading. The new shock has thicker bushings and a I believe a shorter threading. I knew to not squeeze the heck out of the new bushings, so I paid close attention while tightening that top nut. When I felt and also looking at the bulge of the bottom bushing, that I should stop, the treading happened to end. I couldn't tighten the nut anymore. I really didn't want to anyway. It was awesome. I think they have it figured out in the new design. I think I could still turn the top portion of the shock with my hands If I tried hard enough.

    It seems Advance is shipping that new shock pretty fast. It's traveling from hub to hub quickly! I like that. B)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 12,015
    edited June 12
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    I change my shocks at about 20,000-25,000 miles. I've changed some out at 12-15,000 because they were done. Struts can go a lot longer about 75,000, some more.
    I was always taught to articulate the new shock completely through its travel a few times before installing. Some, it made a huge difference, and you could feel the shock turn to a constant push and pull through its full travel. Some were that way from the start.

    Since I won't be putting the next one in and taking it out many times, I'll put the shock through multiple actions before installing it. I'll see if the actions change.

    It was a challenge compressing the one and trying to get the top rod through the hole before it extended so fast. I really had to contort myself inside that wheel-well use all my strength to pull down the top part and then TRY to look up to see where the hole in the bushing that was stuck on mounting plate was. :s And to do that 4 or 5 times or more was quite a work-out. :D

    I typed about me getting a chisel to chisel the old bushings off but it deleted somehow. I went to chisel at the frame area and the darn bushings popped of with ease. I hit that bottom bushing with hammer blows and it didn't want to come off in the beginning. Weird!

    It took hours...sitting on a rolling garden cart/stool hunched over my split legs, in and out so many times...I almost should've paid somebody else to do the front ones. :#

    Crazy moments. :D

    It's 5 am.....LOL, that song Radar Love comes to mind...and my neck is sore...
    I think that song starts with...It's 3 am and my hands wet on the wheel..lol. I just looked at the lyrics and he say it's half past four...

    I thought it started saying it's 3 am though. I'm going to listen right now how it starts again. Then I'm going back to bed. :(
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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  • BlueBirdMusic
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    Photo of the Sphinx in the late 1800s. It was taken from a hot air balloon and it was still covered by sand

    (I wonder if it had old shocks)
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    treitz3 wrote: »
    Or a bigger woman...

    Tom

    Talk about mudflaps, my girl's got'em
    B)
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  • mhardy6647
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  • agingboomer
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    The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Dang. Lets me out.
    I dumb all the time.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 12,015
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • Tony M
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Tony M wrote: »
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    Fifty-one.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
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    (Interesting Corvette)
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • TEAforONE
    TEAforONE Posts: 1,101
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Tony M wrote: »
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    Fifty-one.
    Sure,use math to prove your point.

    See my profile for list of gear.
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  • mhardy6647
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    I can guarantee you all that I am pointless. :#
    That said, and speaking of old(er) things...
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  • SCompRacer
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    Ed the SRT King and I met in PA to visit Carl. I came home with some projects....

    An Eico 667 from Carl in pretty nice condition for its age. The Sony TC-440 R2R was out of a console. Ed found a wood cabinet for it.

    The exterior could use a paint job. Or leave it as is...

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    The Sony TC-440 is a four track two channel stereo deck with three speeds, 1&7/8, 3.75 and 7.5ips. It sports a Roto Bi-Lateral Head system which physically rotates the head stack to allow true bi-directional (auto-reverse) recording and playback using one record and one playback head. Typical bi-directional record/playback decks have six heads, two erase, two record and two playback. This one has two fixed erase heads and they rotate the one record/one playback heads for reverse.

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    Carl had some extra knobs from a Sony.

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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    One can never have too many tube testers.
    There I said it....

    ... or tape heads.
    B)
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,463
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    Looking for all kinds of stuff? I've probably driven by this place hundreds of times. I heard of it years ago, then forgot about it. Lots to browse through on their web site.

    I didn't realize how close I was to it.

    https://www.surplussales.com/
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  • msg
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    The url just screams, "Hoarders, come inside, we promise, it's all stuff that you need."

    So I'm not clicking it. Even though I'm just a prepareder, a collector - not a hoarder.

    Great, now I need to call my sponsor.
    @mhardy6647 - I've been tempted and I'm not sure I can... Doc? Are you there Doc?

    = Doc is lost in browsing and will not be available for a few days. =
    aprazer402 wrote: »
    Looking for all kinds of stuff? Lots to browse through on their web site.
    https://www.surplussales.com/

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Tony M wrote: »
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  • mhardy6647
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    (ASR)
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,364
    edited June 17
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    (ASR)

    But to think the world's first trillionare is crazy. That a **** tons of cash. Wow can't say caca that starts with P.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,650
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    Willow wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    (ASR)

    But to think the world's first trillionare is crazy. That a **** tons of cash. Wow can't say caca that starts with P.
    I had to test this for myself...
    Testing: paca

    Edit
    Testing 2: pcaca
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  • SeleniumFalcon
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  • audioluvr
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    What kind of Dreadnaught would this one make?

    https://www.surplussales.com/items/99246/3000va-high-isolation-toroidal-transformer-100120220240v-to-two-110v-25-amps/

    I draw the line on needing an appliance dolly to move it.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 6,079
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    Willow wrote: »
    Wow can't say caca that starts with P.

    P00P!
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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