Recent content by mrblaine

That is exactly why arms should NOT have wrench flats. If you don't have wrench flats, then you have to tighten the arms against the joints or scratch up the arms with a pipe wrench. Assuming we don't want scratched up arms, we need to use another method. Loosen the jam nuts, adjust the arm...

The problem with being a cut and dried enginerd is you miss the punny stuff. Sailboat is wind driven and there is a lass there on a winch, thus, windlass. In the oil field, they call that style of hoist, a cat head. They have mangled more than a few operators.

At least those side vents let out all the water that goes into through the grill when you drive in the rain.

Looks a whole bunch more like a windlass to me.

It is the good stuff.

Any screw with a flat or oval head is measured overall length. Any screw or fastener that is not flat or oval head is measured from under the head. The longer one would likely be called out as 1 5/8".

1" is too short. I clicked on the 1 1/4" but it didn't take for some reason and I didn't check it...

This is probably what they are if memory serves. A lot of the Jeep specialty screws are similar in that they have a smaller than normal head for the thread size. SEMS generally automatically means it has a captive washer...

Before you get carried away, do a test on a straight road without much camber. Try to drive it straight with the steering wheel on center. Pay attention to it not wanting to be centered as in as soon as it gets to center, it pops over ever so slightly to either side requiring constant correction...

The other way to think about "memory" steer is the breakaway torque is way too high on the pins in the balljoint body when they are loaded. What happens is the torque or force to move them rotationally is way too high but drops very low once they move. That leads to very wonky steering in that...

If you have the threaded plugs with holes in them, plug the holes.

16" kit 12.01" diameter rotor Dual 48mm piston caliper Super 16 12.27 diameter rotor Dual 54mm piston caliper The 54mm caliper is a more rigid caliper design due to being from the front of a 2008+ Ram 1500 and works far better than even the caliper from a 2005 Dodge 1500. It has to be run...

Winches are not rated for overhead lifting. A hoist can be used as a winch, a winch can not be used as a hoist.

The 99 knee blocker screws are much shorter than the later ones if that helps.

The electricical smart folks can correct this but I seem to recall that as the voltage drops, the amperage rises according to one of those silly meditation laws. You're mistreating it on several fronts. Heat drives up resistance, which drives up current draw, which lowers battery voltage, which...