Lockwood/Miller saturday after turkey day

[troyboy162]

WOW that was a great day! miller jeep trail is hours of enjoyable wheeling followed up by one mile of butt puckering rock nightmare. i was certain my rocker panels would be relocated somewhere up by my roof rack lol. if my 4Runnner has nine lives, she left 7 of them on that trail. another great group of people and California provided another perfect day.

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[Scuba]

Could not have said it better troy..lolz.

Do you have the pic of me fixing that front Driveshaft ?

Left to right, Eric and then Troy, Scott is behind the volvo...
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Troy, Eric, Then Scott up in front
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Pre run, ME
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Me, Danny right behind me, Then dannys brother, (forgot your name buddy, sorry
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Eric and his sweet runner, Elocker rear = made this run look like cake
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Dannys brother
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X2
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Me, Danny's bro
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Eric left, Troy right
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Danny's runner, Radiator hole + jb weld = No problem :D
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Scott, E locked rear also
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Troy
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Scott making it look easy
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Danny
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x2
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Show off
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Eric
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Playin around
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x2
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Thats All folks..
Loses: Scott ripped a hole in front passenger sidewall..I sheared my front driveshaft bolts, Danny's radiator got a hole, then later on it wouldnt start.
Oh and, My steering wheel twisted so fast it sprained my pinkie..Very swollen.

Gains, Way more driving experience..



Great time though :D

[troyboy162]

you mean the picture of you thawing out your nitrous valve right before you jumped the creek? yup, ive got it lol
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[troyboy162]

Troy, Eric, Then Scott up in front
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haha my truck look like a R/C with that antenna.

[slosurfer]

Looks like you guys had fun. Sorry I couldn't make it. :(

Didn't Scott rip a sidewall on Garcia Ridge during the Pismo 4runner Jamboree too?

Scuba, what happened to your front driveshaft?

[Scooter25]

Sorry I took off as soon as we hit pavement. I had to get my buddy Tim back for his surprise 30th b-day that his mom and bro were throwing. We ended up only being an hour and a half late. :D
Had a blast on the run though. It really is a fun trail. Hey Steven let's figure out some shocks for you to free up that rear axle a bit more and keep those tires planted.

[troyboy162]

oh it was his surprize 30th? lol i missed that in the conversation. id say you gave him the best present to bring him along for the day in your unstoppable tank.

i followed you south by accident but i think it only added 15 minutes to my drive. then eric showed up at the burgerking down the road. that guy in the '85 talking about burgers all day....i had to go talk to the king haha

[Scuba]

Chris, Somehow I lost the Tcase side bolts on the drive shaft, Im going up this lttle hill/ ledge and all of a sudden I hear POP, Im thinking i snapped a cv but no, just lost the bolts...

Scott, Im already trying to figure that out...Search...search..Idk, Im confused, might hit up ORW and talk to the peeps.

Hah troy, Im going thinking were going to go an exit north and go eat..But no, You went south, So I was like...hmm and went south, then just stoped at that first city and ate, then Eric happened to come air up at the same place I was airing up...

[troyboy162]

somehow broke? haha isnt that the same shaft we noticed was down to three bolts a few weeks ago?

i agree miller trail was a great place to asses your vehicles capability's and weakneses along with a real eye open for me about what i should be bringing with me for tools/spare parts.

that 85 yota was a sweet rig!

anyone else notice how long it took the jeep crew to make it up there? must have killed them to see us successful and airing up lol. they werent too bad a crew but the type that would have been unbearable if they actually had to tow one of us.

[Scooter25]

Hey Steven google old man emu for your truck. They valve their shocks relatively soft and tend to have longer strokes than others. I think you'd run the n98

[Scuba]

Hey Steven google old man emu for your truck. They valve their shocks relatively soft and tend to have longer strokes than others. I think you'd run the n98


Even with a ~~2" lift..?
Like, I knew my shocks were on their way out, and im bout to do my lift, so i figured id just get new shocks once the lift was on..

Troy..yes same drive shaft :D
Oh, and anyone remember that last loud clunk coming from my truck when i had to get strapped through that tight squeeze ? I looked under my truck this morning...theres only one bolt left and it fell down onto the Xmember like earlier that day...


I need sliders...I need a locker..Is what this run made me realize

[Scooter25]

Yup, their designed for 2-2.5" lifts.

[Scuba]

It says n98 is for front ifs...Not rear

[Marc P]

Sounds like someone need to learn how to tighten driveshaft bolts :wrenchin:

Glad you guys made it off the hill. Good thing you had a couple well prepared guys to help through the mishaps.

[cplvc]

Looks like you guys had a great time, sorry I couldn't make it.

[Scooter25]

My bad Steven. n85 is for rear. Any word from Danny?

[ecchamberlin]

I am really curious about how Danny and crew are doing with his rig also. Not a great situation at all.

Thought there would be more pics but then again we had our hands full most of the day.

[Scuba]

Yea actually, sorry i forgot to update on that...

He txted me earlier saying that he got a new AFM in it...Got it out and home, Then it died and started doing the same shiiat
I asked if anyone vandalized and he said all was good..
:D

Yeah I need to find a willing passenger that has the same wheeling photo obsession to ride along with me....

anyhow, It was a fun run guys :drink:

[Scuba]

Sounds like someone need to learn how to tighten driveshaft bolts :wrenchin:

Glad you guys made it off the hill. Good thing you had a couple well prepared guys to help through the mishaps.


Oh I had tools just not bolts and nuts...And yes, Some locktite will be going on new D-shaft bolts when I get a chance to visit a hardware store..

[troyboy162]

Yea actually, sorry i forgot to update on that...

He txted me earlier saying that he got a new AFM in it...Got it out and home, Then it died and started doing the same shiiat
I asked if anyone vandalized and he said all was good..
:D

Yeah I need to find a willing passenger that has the same wheeling photo obsession to ride along with me....

anyhow, It was a fun run guys :drink:





man thats great news! well stinks that it messed up another MAF but at least he can work on it without bears looking over his shoulder lol

[Scuba]

yeah tell me about it...
Oh so I think eric was the only one that knew, but the other night at that real tight squeez, Eric had to tug me.
Well since i dont have power steering my steering wheel whipped one way, I didnt have time to react...and my pinkie hit some part of the wheel.

Well immediatly after we got to the end of the trail erics wife (navy corpsman IIRC) Took a look at it...she said it wasnt broken (without xrays you cant really tell)
Any way so i call my mom whos a physician and she started yelling telling me to go to the ER.
grr i hate the hospital..
Get there and what do ya know...its broken...:(
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If you can see the little grey line on the pinkie you thats exactly where its broken... might need surgery..might not..
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[troyboy162]

damn did your girlfreind change her religon to muslim? /tasteless joke :)

sorry to hear that. how long till you can go down to a finger brace and loose the "anti-shift apparatus" on your arm? do what they say though. if you can avoid surgery you will be thankful you listened for the rest of your life.

oh and careful what bolts you put in your drive shaft. id guess you need grade 8 or better and not the common bolts you would find at the store.

[Scuba]

troy..funy but i dont get it...?

Ha, Actually, I can still shit pretty well..its not that big of a pita.

grade 8 is exactly what i was thinking, im sure the stelership will have em...

[ecchamberlin]

Dude. Sorry about the finger. Really didn't think it was broken but like you said especially on the little bones, the only real way to be sure is an xray.

Very cool that the guys got the Runner out of there that simply. Could have been much worse.

[04 Rocko Taco]

Nice trip, sounds like you guys had a handful of a day, no jokes intended, sorry to hear about the hand, hope all goes well over the next few days!!

[Scuba]

Uhh, I think thhis was the vicoden speaking :hillbill:


I can still shizzle pretty well..

Eric no worries, crap happens.
and yeah, when he txted me, it sounded like they went up the rest of the way, which would have been fun to see.