Barbecue and breakage

[microbe]

I'd like to make it up there. Any room for one more body chop?

[Itanius]

I may be able to make this as well if there's still enough BBQ to go around.

[BellyDoc]

crazycarwes previously said:

Jake: Go to the BBQ! And WTF is that avatar of yours? I know what it is but why

Doc what can we bring for sides and what kinda of beer would you like to drink?

I'm personally partial to various kinds of microbrew, ales, lagers, porters... anything rich. I don't drink a lot of light beer. I think I'll be obtaining a supply of "chili beer" as my contribution to the beer supply... I'm really not extremely picky.

As for sides, Anything goes. Several people will probably be interested in bringing stuff so there will probably be plenty to go around. Do whatever you think of. That goes for anyone.

SpeshulEd previously said:

Same here, I suck at cooking though, but I can bring chips, cookies, plates, cups - you name it, I'll bring it.

Also, its hard to keep track of who's who when you all have the same avatar.

Plates and cups and such... not a bad idea. I'll post again in a couple of hours after I get through to Linda and ask how our supply is. We had stacks and stacks last I checked, but then again... they tend to disappear.

Pilotpit previously said:

I may be able to lend some insight. Do you have everything you're going to need? Is he replacing the axle seal while you're in there? Often forgotten, sometimes regretted.

That's actually a really good point! I don't know if the stock part comes with a seal on it, but the one that I used was a USED part that had a perfectly intact seal in place. We have a few options, but the biggest question is whether or not there's one in place on the spare already. There are 3 parts on this assembly which are probably designated as "one-time" use. These include the C-clip, the seal at the differential housing, and the seal at the knuckle.

The seal on the knuckle is press-fit into the knuckle, so it's not going to be on the spare axle. If I'm remembering correctly though, the seal at the other end, where the tulip joint plugs in, RETAINS the seal when the part comes out. As long as we don't cheese it up, if we have to move it from one axle to another, we can do that. Otherwise we'd have to go get one.

The C clip is a reusable part. If the new axle doesn't have one, we can unsnap the old one and move it over.

Wes? Can you take a look?

speedy previously said:

What the he**! I must have missed out on a lot of action while I was gone. I always thought I was due for one and I have been reading up on the CV change for when the unfortunate happens. So if you all don't mind then I would like to be there for this from the beginning to take notes and pictures.



Cheers,

You're more than welcome!

microbe previously said:

I'd like to make it up there. Any room for one more body chop?

I'm thinking we can do one or two things in parallel. I KNOW I can do a chop pretty fast and I have everything I need. Tibaal's project will take a little bit longer than just a chop, but I bet it won't be horrendous. Ed just needs a chop. Wes's project will be the voyage of discovery, but it should go quite a bit faster than mine did!

The worst case scenario is that we don't get it done at this time... in which case we'll git'er'done next time.

Itanius previously said:

I may be able to make this as well if there's still enough BBQ to go around.

THE ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE... is that there will be enough meat.

[SpeshulEd]

There's gonna be a lot of metal hitting the ground at this party.

I'll bring whatever. If you're all set on cups, plates, and utensils I'll find something else to bring. I'm sure there's gotta be some kind of desert/side dish at the grocery store that'll work out. ha.

[Katfish]

BellyDoc previously said:

THE ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE... is that there will be enough meat.

...don't forget that a preggo will be there........

[tibaal89]

Wow, you really do live on the west side of the end of the universe...

I might attempt a western loop of an offroad odyssey to get there... I have an eastern loop of dirt that I can take into Chandler, Florence, etc. but not one to the west side of things! hmmm.....

[BellyDoc]

tibaal89 previously said:

Wow, you really do live on the west side of the end of the universe...

I might attempt a western loop of an offroad odyssey to get there... I have an eastern loop of dirt that I can take into Chandler, Florence, etc. but not one to the west side of things! hmmm.....

If you try to loop west of Casa Grande, and then come up into civilization via the region west of Buckeye... they'll probably think you're mounting a clandestine assault at Palo Verde and just shoot you with some sort of hidden Phalanx weapon.

[BellyDoc]

Katfish previously said:

...don't forget that a preggo will be there........

Thats right. Thank you for reminding me. I have to bring my doppler home so that people can find your fetal heartbeat as a party game.

[tibaal89]

Ooh, more action!

I think I will do that, though... I've been itching to figure a way to loop west of everything to get to Table Mesa on dirt from Tucson since crossing the city SUCKS, especially since I'm southeast of everything down here.

hmmm...

[BellyDoc]

tibaal89 previously said:

Ooh, more action!

I think I will do that, though... I've been itching to figure a way to loop west of everything to get to Table Mesa on dirt from Tucson since crossing the city SUCKS, especially since I'm southeast of everything down here.

hmmm...

I'll be interested as to what you come up with. My experience is that the google maps aren't well up to date and there are a lot of developments out west/south of me that are not on the satellite images. I don't know what's private and what's not. I've abandoned that region. I know it's not all private though. There remains some talk about cutting a highway around the west side of South Mountain.