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Look Around

Posted on October 6th, 2012

Whenever you are under your rig take a look around as you never know what you will find.  I was doing a brake and knuckle job on my wifes wagon and look what I found.  Fortunately it is not one of the two main leaves and I do have another pair of springs handy to replace these with.

But this is all the proof you need as to why you should look around at everything under your rig both before you leave on a run and after you have been…

Knuckle Job

Posted on October 6th, 2012

Big, Greasy Mess.  Just no other way to describe it.  And what adds to the unpleasantness of this job was that it was not even on my rig, it was on my wife’s.  But it could have been worse, it could have been raining!  Read more...

Rusted Cone Washers

Posted on October 6th, 2012

Until very recently I have never had a problem with removing the cone washers to do maintenance on the front axle.  Either by slipping a small screwdriver into the slot and getting them out the FSM way or gentle tapping on the aluminum hub housing has never failed to get them out.  Read more...

Leaking Head Gasket

Posted on November 19th, 2011

By Tony K

Well the rumor of aftermarket headgaskets (for the 3B) being less than desirable has come true on my wagon.  Saw some anti-freeze dripping off the crossmember that required a closer look.  Started up the motor and crawled underneath.  Thought I should be able to see a leaking hose but that turned out to not be the case at all.  Being that winter is upon us it’s pretty cold out so lucky for me as I looked up I could see steam coming off the back of the head.  Read more...

Saving a Clutch Fork

Posted on October 21st, 2011

By Tony K

Sad to say the clutch fork design on a BJ 60 is not the best.  Not only is the fork prone to some very specific wear, short of pulling the tranny there is no easy way to remove the fork to fix it.  But don’t despair as there is an easy way to work around this and it doesn’t require any sort of major tear down.   At worst all you will have to do is remove the slave cylinder.   And you only have to remove the bolts that hold it on, you can leave the lines attached so you don’t have to bleed it when you reinstall it.  Read more...

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