TxFx04's Build Thread

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  1. TxFx04

    TxFx04 FFS Frequent Traveler

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    Yeah lol I'd rather do suspension. Let the haters hate on my hating :jester: where's the body lift king?!
     
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    Ain't seen him around in awhile :jester:
     
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    TxFx04 FFS Frequent Traveler

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    well, i sealed up the exhaust today. jacked the truck up and figured the clunk out (i'm pretty sure) started checking bolts and was able to tighten one of my lower A arm bolts about 3/4 of a turn, sway bar bracket was a little loose as well.. kept looking around and noticed the top bolt which holds my caliper to my knuckle was hanging on for dear life :facepalm: .... freaking ridiculous. no wonder it would clunk so loud when i drove over something, the dang caliper was shifting :grenade: i guess the vibrations slowly backed the bolt out. now i know why the instructions say to re-torque bolts after every couple of thousand miles.

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    Glad you got it figured out finally.

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    01f1502wd going up? yes i am.

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    My pass side lower caliper bolt jumped ship, felt grinding, and stopped after it was really affecting my braking... Yup it was pushing the caliper out and into the inside of my wheel... Had a nice groove all the way around. That sucked!
     
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    i don't think it did any damage, pads still look fine, rotors don't have grooves :shrug:
     
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    Same thing happened to me after the shop did my gears!! F***** idiots. It turned my wheel brown and I had to clean the **** out of it.

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    That caliper bolt coming loose deal is more common then you may think.


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  9. 01f1502wd

    01f1502wd going up? yes i am.

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    Did you have grooves on the inside of the wheel? Im glad it wasnt my good chrome wheels.
     
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    Yup. When I went into reverse it chewed up the inside even worse. I could hardly back up but there was 20" of snow on the ground so I just parked where I didn't have to reverse lol the color of the line is what my rim color is in comparison to the brown **** that it spit all over my wheel.

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