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Now my wife says she wants one of those 360-degree cameras, and she wants one monitor in the cab, and one in our box, so that we can see all around our truck from inside, even if we're in bed...
My seat air switch came today, so once I was able to air the seat up, I removed the only two bolts holding the driver's seat in. They were incorrectly sized, installed wrong-side up, and the threads bottomed out before the seat was even held down. Then I mounted the seat properly, by installing...
Cut the 4'x6' 3/4" thick horse stall mat to fit, and installed it today, including lining the box under the passenger seats with it. It seems quieter in the cab now...
Which vehicle are you asking about?
The speed ratings of the tires on my vehicles range from 55 mph to 186 mph. I may have exceeded the speed rating on the latter from time to time...
The 1/2" rubber plugs showed up today, and I got 54 of the 55 1/2" holes in the floor plugged. The last hole is under the driver's seat, so maybe after the seat air valve shows up, I'll use it to raise the seat enough to plug that last hole.
Next up is the horse stall mat recommended by Wes, to...
...I'm still gonma want something faster than the torque multiplier, for spinning them on and off after they're broken loose. What is the tool of choice there? Star wrench? Flex-head breaker bar? Sliding T-handle breaker bar? Ratchet?
Yeah. I'm probably not gonna be using a torque wrench set to 500 pounds to do the final torque. I've been torquing lug nuts by feel for decades- but I've always done it with a breaker bar, not a torque multiplier.
So are you using the torque multiplier to try to torque them by feel, or are you...
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