Rytheric posted:

The problem is that I do have professionals giving me advise and designing things for me.

Rytheric posted:

Well more unfortunate news. I accidently depleted the groverBattery to the point my inverter doesn't want to charge it (Left my outlets on and the inverter drains the battery anyway.) And I'm too lazy to crank up the engine right now and don't want to wake the neighbors anyway. Luckily it's raining so it's going to stay roughly 39 throughout the night. So roughly 50-55 in the box so I should be good. Need a switch to disconnect everything so I don't accidently drain my battery in the future.

Motronic posted:

300 ft lbs is like.....not any sort of big deal on a vehicle. With hand tools.

Rytheric posted:

Rytheric posted:

Yeah, so disclaimer this is all youtube stuff. But the idea is to just lift it up until the suspension droops, take off the shock then pull the spring out. Ive used people use c clamps or just a screw driver.

Here is a video of them taking it off between the 4 and 5 minute mark. Note that some of it doesn't look safe. I don't like the lack of attention to where their hands and arms are.

https://youtu.be/C_HAnqPw_TY

UCS Hellmaker posted:

DO NOT DO THIS DEAR loving GOD NO DO NOT USE CLAMPS OR ANYTHING NOT RATED FOR THE SPRING OR THE GODDAMN JOB

THESE ARE NOT TOYS THEY WILL loving KILL YOU.

Pay someone with a lift and the tools to do this job, it is not worth the risk of injury. Or the risk that you might not know the correct way to do something and make your car into a ticking time bomb that kills you or someone else. I do not give a poo poo if your PFC buddy says he knows, or you have the manuals for repairs, this is specifically a job for a trained mechanic that knows F350s and understands the quirks. PAY SOMEONE

Rytheric posted:

Thats a good piece of information. The guy was a bit more concerned about how tuff he was to give decent information, but after you pointed it out. It looks like they were using the bottle jack to slowly lower the spring. But I can see that if you accidently let the pressure out of the jack too fast or didn't jack the vehicle up enough you'll have problems.

I seen plenty of safety issues in that video that concerned me. So no worries I'm not following that guy.

Yawgmoth posted:

I just want everyone to know that everyone in this thread has been saying reign (to rule over) when they mean rein (that thing you use to guide a horse). The phrase "free rein" means to let the horse go where it wants to.

Rytheric posted:

All that aside. Could someone tell me what the exhaust is suppose to look like. It just ends. In the middle. Under the truck. That doesn't seem natural. My grandpa busted out laughing when I told him that over christmas.

StarkRavingMad posted:

This thread was a lot of fun before people decided to endlessly wet blanket all over it

OP, repost the thread in GBS so people can watch the insanity of you building a fire pit in a truck instead of having posters endlessly arguing about the proper jib cuts and torque wrenches or whatever the hell they are always on about

beep-beep car is go posted:

First smart thing I’ve seen in this thread. Now sell the telescope and buy a clapped out RV for 2 grand and live in that!

Rytheric posted:

And now we peer into the dark, mysterious recesses of the GroverTruk underbelly. Timg-ed for your pleasure.


Spring pack isolators are healthy looking. Bushing in the eyelet where the mount to frame is off center, suggest new bushings on the springs. Replace the shock.




Ujoints and slip yoke look dry. Grease those. Center support bearing looks pretty crusty but can be ignored for now.


The inner Twin Traction Beam to cross member bushings suck to replace, farm that out. Shock bushing is shot, replace both shocks. The spring can be ignored


Better view of the lovely shock bush. Again replace both. Not pictured is the radius arm to frame bushing. Farm that out with the ttb-pivot bushing. They too suck to replace in the field.