Posted in adventure on May 16th, 2012 1 Comment »
This story – the story of the worst weekend I’ve had in recent memory – really starts on Saturday morning. I go into the Jeep dealer and purchase a new slave cylinder. In the process I also go to pick up the bushings for the TJ, only to learn they are charging a fortune for [...]
Posted in adventure on May 5th, 2012 1 Comment »
So this was very exciting. I got word this week that my new rear bumper + load carrier was in at the 4wd shop in Lynnwood, so this morning I went and got the Jeep and headed out there. I left the shop looking at all my imported machines and actually thought “at least I [...]
Posted in adventure on Apr 21st, 2012 No Comments »
I thought to head out to the Naches area after hearing that NF-7080 is open and clear. I wanted to see if I could get over from NF-70, even though there are reports that NF-70 is closed at Pyramid due to a wash-out, I’d be coming over from the west side. Unfortunately, I got stopped [...]
Posted in adventure on Apr 16th, 2012 5 Comments »
Well, the weather was certainly cooperating this weekend, doubly so since I look outside right now and it’s raining. JG and I headed up to Beckler. One of the things I wanted to do is see if I could get into this other set of roads that looks like it’s west on the other side [...]
Posted in adventure on Apr 11th, 2012 No Comments »
The problem was with the remote pins not making good contact, sorted enough by spacing the spins a little and probably (moreso) adding some di-electric grease. Probably a good idea anyways because the way the socket is on the winch, it can trap a little water. Now it becomes a game to see if Superwinch [...]
Posted in adventure on Apr 7th, 2012 No Comments »
Beautiful day in the Seattle area today, hope everyone was able to take advantage of it. I know a lot of people were – I saw a ton of bikes out today. I even got a ride in, after the following mess; This morning I decided to head out to Beckler (since it looked sort [...]
Posted in adventure on Mar 31st, 2012 1 Comment »
This is supposed to be a story of a couple of anonymous riders hitting the 101 loop and working on corners, corners, and more corners with some straights thrown in for interstages. However, with a weather report threatening snow (and indeed some snow was found), that just didn’t seem like a productive idea. I can’t [...]
Posted in adventure on Feb 21st, 2012 No Comments »
Finally found some time to put the winch on. Some observations. Despite what different people have said on the Internet, the superwinch does fit in the Rugged Ridge HD bumper, so it does appear they have change the pattern of the cut-out to fit the larger size. The winch does line up properly using the [...]
Posted in adventure on Feb 11th, 2012 2 Comments »
So after several months of research and agonizing I’ve charted a course for upgrading Hanna. This process has resulted in a list of assumptions and conclusions about the JK: The JK is *not* the TJ and the rules are much different. I should take my own advice and protect the tub since that’s the one [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 15th, 2012 No Comments »
So after going around and around on this for weeks, I finally ordered a new bumper (pictured). The problem is the front frame rails on the JK are a lot different than the TJ, and results in some weird bumper situations, especially when you want a winch. With the TJ, you can run out and [...]