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 Post subject: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:22 pm 
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Shortly I'll be headed out Jeff's (JAK04) to take advantage of his garage and skills. Working in parallel we're hoping to get get a few smallish jobs finished off. OEM replacement break pads, Bolder Ironworks – Shock Skids, and PRG's U-Bolt Flip kit w/ the Bash Plates.

I was under the X this weekend to plan the shock skid install and realized the U-bolts are about the lowest clearance and the four spikes sticking down (2 places) can't be good for sliding over rocks. Should have done the flip kit with the Dakar leaf spring install - chock it up to "live and learn."

Hopefully we can get it all done in one shot. Why does every job seam to take twice as long as it should?

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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:46 pm 
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I know what you mean - a small list can easily turn into several unexpected hours. Good luck!

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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:30 pm 
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Yeah now since the weather is nice, my summer xterra to-do list is getting longer everyday.

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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:44 pm 
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We wrapped it up in just over 3 hours. Everything done and well done. I wish I had read that the flip kit interfered with the ABS wire's brackets. We had to grind one side free and rotate it out of the way. Came out fine but cost some time trying to get it to work, before firing up the grinder. Pictures to follow probably tomorrow.

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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
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Pre breakfast tease. Skids on driver side flipped, getting ready to flip passenger. Shows how neat the flip kit makes the rear axle assy. Flipp'n 9/16" U-Bolts are massive!

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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:07 pm 
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First off, a HUGE thanks To Jeff; as normal his garage, skills and willingness to help gets us through the installs with minimal issues. Last night was no exception. I started this thread under maintenance because the need to get done were the break pads. But the post is ending up being all about the upgrades. Jeff took care of the breaks while I was under the car doing the shock skids. I know he took both front tires off consecutively and I ended up with worn pads in the box, but otherwise I'm taking his word it's done :shock:

Skid shocks went well, I cut off the two driver side mount tabs (4.5" angle grinder w/ cut off wheel) and removed the lwr shock bolt to find out there was probably room to straighten and fit the ears inside the skid. Oh well! Temporally mounted the skid to the shock mount with the lwr shock bolt, using the skid as the template, I located and drilled the required bolt hole in the shock mount. I was going to use hot dipped galvanized bolts but darn if the SS bolts weren't close to the same price.

When I got to the passenger side I was going to straighten the tabs, which now faced forward. But found that they were banged up and pointing out to the sides. No way I was straightening them in place (under the X). Grabbed the grinder & problem gone. Drilled the mount and installed the skid using the same methods as the driver side. It was on to the U-Bolt Flip Kits.

Jeff got a jump on the U-Bolts as I was finishing up the skids. With the X jacked up on the frame to remove the wheel, the spring started to separate from the axle as the U-Bolts were backed off. We ended up using a second Jack under the leaf springs to keep proper contact with the axle. Dry fitting the top plate and U-Bolts reviled an interference with the brackets, as noted in a previous post. The following pictures show the bracket after we cut the inboard end off the axle tube and twisted into a non-interfering location in line with the wire's route. The tube was dressed and hit with some paint. The rest was easy, well except for the final torque on the passenger shock bolt. Laying under the X trying to generate 140 ft-lb downward on the torque wrench. Thankfully I'm not a little guy, and I was able to get there.

Driver side shock skid and flip kit.
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Passenger side, skid on with standard orientation U-Bolts. You can see I was lazy about trimming them back when we changed out the springs. At least one has been whacked pretty good. Not to mention the paint well beaten off the plate too.

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adjusted bracket:

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Tightening up the flipped U-Bolts evenly, note bracket location:

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Ma-Bell I'm trying to get ready!

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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:49 pm 
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Nice,I've been running the same setup,you will like it. That extra protection is nice to have,especially in the rocks.


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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 3:51 pm 
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Tony,

You've Got To join us on one of our local runs so I can pick your brains on what I "need" next. Next up should be to mount my CB antenna. I'm thinking rear hatch frame, passenger side. As a hand held, it just doesn't have the range inside the X.

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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
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I'm game. .the cb is tricky,I played with a few different options before I had a tire carrier. Glad to help,making time is the hard part.


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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:36 pm 
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Scott Farris wrote:
We wrapped it up in just over 3 hours. Everything done and well done.

I think if we had to do it all again, we could get it done in 2 hours - but isn't that the way every project goes. I think I spent more time cleaning the mud out of the front brakes than actually changing the pads!!

Scott's X is usually in good company when we're wrenching. That big empty spot in the middle is Scott's, until he lifts it too high to fit in the door, then he's on his own:

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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
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Sweet garage, that a mopar I see....


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 Post subject: Re: Tonight - Front Pads, Shock Skids & U-Bolt Flip Kit
PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:07 pm 
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^^No, just a Subaru ...

Hehehe. It's a 68 Camaro convertible. I might even drive it some day.

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