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Out near Superior, a little southwest of there, in the Mineral Mountains.

You may be able to push it out with a stout c-clamp.

I'm not implying that you should buy them, I'm stating that there is absolutely no reason why I should not have.

The difference in cross section between a 12x1.25 and a 12x1.5 is only 5%, can't say that this really concerns me much, especially when the 1.5's tensile strength is up around 151,000 psi, x 6 studs.

Oops, I overlooked your last sentence about the hubs.

Dorman manufactures a bunch of different wheel studs, go on their site and find the specs for your stock studs, then find the same spec but longer. I put longer studs in mine because I didn't fell that 7/16" thread engagement was adequate, I also changed from 1.25mm pitch to 1.5 which provides for a little deeper thread. I don't remember the part number, but Dorman has a pretty good site, you'll be able to figure it out.

CV joint?

I rented a Rubicon from Barlow Jeeps in Sedona 2 years ago, that's when I decided to buy a 4x4. An 04 Pathy may not be quite as modifiable as some other 4x4's, but so far I've been able to get through everything that I've tried, and every now and again I surprise the Jeep guys that I occasionally wheel with. And, I do it with leather seats and a killer Bose sound system

I've got the medium springs on front and I've also got NX4 spacers installed, but I milled them down to only 1/2" thick.

Thanks. The mods are minimal, EMU suspension, 245-75 Duratracs, rock sliders, manual hubs, Fleury's skid plates. Here's another short crawling vid, someone had stuffed an old tire in a hole that I just about got hung up on, but otherwise it was some three-wheeled fun. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x7gv6drH6sM?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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Did you have your rotors resurfaced when you changed your pads?

Consider the cost everything around you, $1300 for steering doesn't seem that unreasonable. I need a new 5 speed for my Mustang, $1700. Just bought new bifocals, $800. Groceries for a week and a half, $220. Health insurance, $700/month. On and on. The value of the dollar has dropped hard, we're comparing to when a buck was actually worth something. Nice truck, by the way.

So much for my theory, LOL, no vehicle is meant to hit a curb at 65mph. Glad you weren't hurt, or anybody else for that matter. I was really wanting to hear the story though of how you were simultaneously pulling 10 stuck Jeeps and Tacoma's up a 70 degree incline strewn with refrigerator sizes boulders, and then it broke.