muddfildvaynes

SO I ordered my winch last night, and have been doing some looking around for batteries and have concluded optima is the best brand.... I am having trouble deciding whether to get the yellow top or blue top.... they are pretty much the same batteries internally just the yellow top has 2 top mounts and 2 side mounts so I would need to convert the pathy to side mount and use the top mounts for the winch or the blue top has 4 top mounts; 2 big and 2 small that use wing nuts which would also be a good fit. What have other people done, I have read you should not run your winch to side mounts.

Well now I feel like a dope lol, I didn't even see the $50 rebate they are offering; I called them up and they would only offer the $50 rebate on the price they were selling them at which was $309.94 - $50 which would of been $259.94..... rather I decided to go with EBAY last night and get one for $289.99..... maybe I should just buy the one from them too and sell the EBAY winch when I get it? Or just live with the decision to not save $30....

I found the best deal I could, $289.99 on EBAY with a cover..... If you want one there are only 3 left. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350438065437&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT

hmm.... well the only other tires i have is swampers......

This is what I have decided to go with.... http://www.4wheelparts.com/Winches-and-Winch-Accessories/XRC8-Winch.aspx?t_c=18&t_s=300&t_pt=100702&t_pl=6426&t_pn=S%2fB97281&utm_source=google&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=product&emlprox=out

it is hard to balance big wheels to begin with, yet alone keep them balanced; but I know mine are balanced and rims are ok and know the normal ammount of vibrations I usually get from them and this is far greater. I am leaning towards the lower control arm bushings.... but it will be sat or sunday until I can have a look see at them.

So as you know I got my new bumper on and have my old bumper with the stock fog lights in it still, they are going for about $70 a piece just for the lights not including the plastic surrounding them on the net from doing some searches and that is without shipping. I and just asking $55 a piece and you pay for shipping which should be cheap like $20-$30 max for both the lights and the plastics and bulbs included.

update?

I know mine is tight in that movement, no clunking sound just a severe wobble left to right when going above 40mph

what are the symptoms of a blown strut? I will check everything over again this weekend.

34x10.5x15 Super Swampers

Couldn't be, I have manual hubs and they are unlocked at all times unless I am on the trail or going through snow.

The wheel bearings are tight and the ball joints are good when I looked at them/ruled them out, and yes it shakes violently at 45mph but then goes away when I brake and slow down. I have a little shake because of my tires but they are A/T's and alot better than my Super Swampers.... IDK what it would do if I put them back on, I took them off because they are not the best winter tire. I will most likely check everything out all over again. Maybe the control arm bushings? I will look at them....

looks like I need to return some bolts and get a tap and die set

So after finally getting my brush guard off and putting my bumper on I can now use this custom skid plate I got awhile ago; the problem is that the holes the counter sunk bolts go into are rusted a little or filled with mud and one of them has a bolt broken off in it from my brust guard brackets. I went to home depot and got some titanium drill bits and was going to drill out all these holes and use course thread lag screws/bolts with washers to secure the skid plate, these would pretty much self tap themselves once I get the holes drilled out. Would this be a good way to secure the skid plate or any other ideas? The bolts/screws pretty much look like the bottom one in this pic but with some washers.

BUMP. still for sale... let me know your mailing address and I will let you know the cost of shipping

No this is the front tires that have the death wobble; the rear is tight. When it happens because I got to see it when I had my brother drive my pathy and I drove behind him, the tire wobbles left to right violently and not up and down. It almost feels like a ball joint but it is brand new on the passenger side and still good on the driver side. I have no clue what it is, I will put it in the air again and try to see what else it could be but when I looked at it everything was tight other than the outer tie rod I replaced.

They are brand new, put them in when I put in the SFD

So i put my pathy in the air today because it has had the death wobble for about a week, while looking I checked the tie rods on both sides, ball joints, and wheel bearings. The only thing I found was the outer tie rod on the driver side was a little loose so I changed it thinking that would help the problem. It didn't, I can't think of what else it could be, it has a new inner tierod on the driver side and now a new outer, the ball joint on the passenger side is brand new and the outer tie rod on that side is new; both wheel bearing are new. It mainly does it when I go above 40mph and sometimes at lower speeds. Any ideas?

So i put my pathy in the air today because it has had the death wobble for about a week, while looking I checked the tie rods on both sides, ball joints, and wheel bearings. The only thing I found was the outer tie rod on the driver side was a little loose so I changed it thinking that would help the problem. It didn't, I can't think of what else it could be, it has a new inner tierod on the driver side and now a new outer, the ball joint on the passenger side is brand new and the outer tie rod on that side is new; both wheel bearing are new. It mainly does it when I go above 40mph and sometimes at lower speeds. Any ideas?

Yea gas has gotten expensive up here and my 98 chevy 2500 with the 5.7 vortec loves to suck it down lol. I love how the bumper looks and need to get my skid plate on; most likely going to be next weekend since it has started to snow up here again. I will let you know how it holds up when I get a winch on it; 6 points on contact to pull from so it is very sturdy and should hold up.

I got the 35watt 8ks

Will make adjustments when the bulbs get here and post some pics up, the main reason I got these bulbs is I use my fog lights alot andwith daily driving; they definitly help light the way and this bumper took them away so I was looking for a brighter bulb, and I can't run my offroad lights 24/7 I dont think the cops would like that. And on another note my pathy is not my DD, its my weekend worrior/wheeler; I drive my 98 chevy 2500 during the week and it has 6k HID's.

That is my buddies neighbors bike, they ride it in the winter..... don't ask idk.... lol

Yea it is real close to the body line, I like how sucked in it is; I tried to make it as tight a fit as I could.