FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Slickrock this weekend...

Update:
We will be running Deer Valley and Slickrock from north to south, camping at Sandflats. If anyone wants to go, we'll be meeting at the north trailhead of Deer Valley at 9am.

Rigs:
Saturday:
mikerd400
daPitbull
C4B
Sol
sonof40
Sunday:
sonof40 (?)
mikerd400
C4B
daPtibull
Mrs. Bozly (maybe)
DHeigher (maybe)
pkelly (maybe)
Meeting place for Saturday's Run, 9:30am:
Directions to the north trailhead of Deer Valley:
From HWY 88
Take HWY 88, 12 miles East of Kirkwood to Blue Lakes Road. Turn right on Blue Lakes Road and travel 11.5 Miles to Lower Blue Lake (The last five miles being gravel road). You will come to the PG&E caretaker’s station/campground at Lower Blue Lake, you will know this because you just drove back on to asphalt. Go to the left below the dam following the creek, there is a sign marking the trail.

Meeting place for Sunday Run.
Tamarack Cir, Arnold, CA 95223
at 9:30am. Wait around for some time and leave for Corral Hollow.

Communications:
CB 31
FRS 7/31

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Permalink Reply by Mikerd400 on July 24, 2009 at 6:26pm

Dapit and Beast, what time do you want to meet in the AM, and where? I'll PM you my cell number as well.

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Permalink Reply by A.J.Cruiser on July 24, 2009 at 10:08pm

Wish I can go and first experience it but work as always....you guys have fun and be safe

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Permalink Reply by sbechtold on July 26, 2009 at 7:30am

I uploaded some pictures of the Saturday run.

http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c7/sbechtold/FJC/trips/2009%20Dee...

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on July 26, 2009 at 11:17am

nice! judging by the lighting, it looks like you guys breezed through relatively quickly.

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Permalink Reply by sbechtold on July 26, 2009 at 2:07pm

3 hours start to finish. :). We motored through at a pretty good pace.

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Permalink Reply by sbechtold on July 26, 2009 at 5:01pm

I figured out what the front end noise was... LOL! The lower knuckle bearing disintegrated.

Here is a quick video of the knuckle movement. It should NOT move at all. :)

Lower bearing cage completed destroyed...

Lower bearing caps destroyed...

All those spots are little pieces of metal I dug out of the knuckle...

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on July 26, 2009 at 6:17pm

WOW thats like on trail adjustable camber !!! hehehehe

Thank god you had a trailer and did not have to drive it..

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Permalink Reply by sbechtold on July 26, 2009 at 7:15pm

LOL! I figure not bad for 2 years of hard wheeling. I had this feeling I was going to need the trailer this weekend. I heard the noise last weekend wheeling and opted not to do anything about it. I've got spare bearings that I carry with me, so I should have it back together in a day or so. I might order the new 25mm Marlin bearings and caps as a quick upgrade in strength.