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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.

Not criticizing, just thinking out loud, so to speak. Way more stress and strain than the vehicle and parts were ever designed to withstand, due to the larger tires and wheel spacers? Are any of the parts that we buy really any beefier than OEM? Mine isn't nearly as extreme as yours 01silvapathy, but I sort of expect to break something in the drive train or steering, both because of what I've done to it and where I now take it. Hard to tell by the pics, but did you bust your axle too?

Nice set-up, albino. Great idea for your jack. Your cargo area looks a lot more useful than mine.

Inside the cargo area. Still trying to decide what to do with my spare, and of course my tire repair kit and recovery gear. Everything is tied down though.

Thanks TNWade. Personally, I prefer the look of factory wheels on most cars. I'm kind of into subtle. I was out wheeling last weekend and the hubs worked flawlessly. As it turns out, I lost about 1.5 mpg when I put the Duratracs on, and I pretty much gained it back with the hub install. I had no problems with my cv joints prior to installing the lift a couple/few months ago, and put the hubs on to prevent troubles. I did have to replace a torn boot, but the truck has 145K on it and it is an OEM axle, so maybe still the original. I only put the spacers on the front, and only because I needed them so the wheels would clear the hubs, as I said earlier there is about a 1/8" interference with out the spacers. I do want to stress though that you HAVE to use longer wheel studs. I was only getting about 8 full revolutions on my lug nuts when everything was factory. That's not even 7/16" of thread engagement, not enough IMO, and decreasing that by 1/4" with the spacer is unsafe. The longer studs that I installed were a very easy upgrade with a bench vise and a few different sized sockets. The 1.5mm pitch feels much more "engaged" than the 1.25mm OEM threads. The whole mod was pretty straight forward. It took me all day, but I replaced a boot, changed the studs, cleaned then greased my bearings, and installed the hubs.

I did a tire rotation a couple of weeks ago, my first on these tires, and had 1/16 more wear on the fronts than the rears. My toe is good, darn near 0, so I figure it's just a factor of weight and cornering a little too aggressively.

I'm running the EMU springs, mediums on the front, EMU rear shocks. At the time that I did the lift, the EMU struts weren't yet available, so I used the KYB. I had intended to upgrade when the EMU's became available, but the KYB seem to work pretty good, and the were a third the price. If I do upgrade, I'll probably throw a spacer in the front when I have it apart. The Duratracs are pretty soft, and I do probably 95% street driving, I'm hoping for 40K miles, about 3 years for my driving amount. I did buy a 5th tire for my spare, and use that in my rotations, so I expect reasonable tire life. The scary ones are the tires that I have on my Mustang, they last about 12K miles, but I only drive it about 4K miles a year so they still last 3 years. Between the UV and ozone, 3 years is about all a tire is supposed to really last anyway.

I was up to Flag Sunday, bombing around the back side of Mt Humphry. Not really wheeling, but fun none the less. Did a bit of mountain biking too, my other hobby. Actually my main hobby, I've got a bike that I paid more for than I did my Pathy. I like to hike also. Heck, I like anything that's outdoors in this awesome state.

The compressor and inflation kit was about $310.00 to my door from Amazon. It was a little expensive, but what is the ability to pump up a tire in the boondocks worth? I bought the ARB inflation kit because ARB claims that you need a special heat resistant hose because the output from the compressor gets a little warm. Who knows, but I'm not about to find out in the middle of nowhere. The hose just jacks in like a typical compressor, for now it's just for tires. I've been contemplating air lockers, but this little truck 4 wheels pretty impressively the way that it is and I haven't really felt the need yet to hop up the axles.

Thanks for the compliment, AZ, I'm in Ahwatukee. What's the contact for your club? There's some places that I'd like to go that in this state aren't the wisest to go into alone, there's a lot of desolation out there. When I'm out I have my hi-lift, tire repair kit, recovery kit, manual winch, 2 spare tires and on board air, but you never know when a ride may be handy.

accurrate1- here's your spacer pics