Did another quick trip over to Hot Springs this past weekend and finally got to do the Mt Biking I wanted to do a few weeks ago, then we hit the Off-Road Park on Sunday before coming home. Friend of mine who never been wheeling before rode shotgun and he laughed the whole time! Ran some good trails and definitely showed him some hard stuff. Ended up slicing the sidewall on the Mickey Thompson tire on Gregg's Rock trail. Got it back to the parking lot and threw on the spare to continue wheeling the rest of the day. Total damage assessment was 1 tire and 1 rear sway bar link but it was well worth it, great weekend of mt biking and wheeling.
I finally got around to sending the Adam's drive shaft back to Adam's due to the excessive play in the slip joint. They told me that they would repair it at part cost (no labor) and cover shipping back to me. Once they received it they turned it in one day and I believe they just sent me a new shaft (no charge). So even though I was a little irritated with them before (see above somewhere), I was pretty happy with the quick turnaround!
I already installed the new Adam's shaft, fixed the rear sway bar link, and went ahead and removed the stock rear axle shaft that I installed after the Great American Crawl trip and reinstalled the chromoly shaft (with new bearing and seal). I also ordered a new tire, but not sure when it will arrive.
We are going to head to Hawk Pride in Alabama this Saturday and since I am already on my spare tire and I am not sure when my new tire will arrive I went ahead and borrowed a tire off my neighbors TJ to throw on my trailer (just in case).
Here is a few pics from a brewery that we stopped at on the way home this past weekend.
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They get major points for putting 110% of their effort into the beer and not the frivolous stuff like facility maintenance.
I want to point out that they were concerned with the proper hand washing.
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