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I do know that... I have a quart of bleach packed in my camping stuff as well as filters.
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Carry an eye-dropper. One drop of pure non-scented bleach per gallon of water. Been doing this for years on my pack-in trips in the rockies. Keep the water out of direct sunlight and in cool storage. By the way, those storage cabinets are "cool". That Waterlox stuff is great. The beauty is, the finish can be refreshed over time by lightly scuffing and re-coating.
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What do you do when you’re tired of working on the M1010... My what big drums you have!!! Is that politically incorrect to say?!?!?! 
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They’re some Big ‘Uns for sure. Great jack stands! Shackle flip in progress?
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The shine off those wheel nuts (pic #3) makes me think stainless steel, Mad Texan, but that can't be...can it?
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Not stainless, just a gold zinc plating of some sort.
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Thanks, I've put other trucks up on 6 tons and never had total confidence. These are pretty solid...
Tools of the day... lots of sparks... a few burns. Cleaned the frame from the spring mounts back and coated with rust encapsulator. Installed the bump stops and the started on the new shackle brackets. The last two bolts
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Test fitting to check for shims to correct the pinion angle! Definitely some more room in the fender wells!
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New is nice!
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Nice! Frame's looking good. diy4x shackles have some serious beef. What size tire you going to fill the extra space with?
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I'm torn at the moment between 35's and 37's.Nice! Frame's looking good. diy4x shackles have some serious beef. What size tire you going to fill the extra space with?
I am happy with the DIY4X stuff and they essentially match the front shackles now. The other thing I liked, if the rear is a little low I can change to a little longer shackle for $26. ORD's super shackles are $133.
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You do have a lot of options in r17, fun to follow along and see what you chooseI'm torn at the moment between 35's and 37's.
. I hear you on the price, the fact they powder coat is nice too.
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Waiting to see how your conversion comes along! It's one of the reasons I picked the H2 wheels, I really like the way the H1's look but the tire selection and other issues people seem to have changed my mind. I bolted the H2's on and haven't really had an issue, a little rub at a hard right turn on the steering arm. But it's going away soon with crossover. The width let's me go bigger without any issues as well.You do have a lot of options in r17, fun to follow along and see what you choose
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So... my rear cover isn’t painted. It’s coated with gear oil. I don’t remember catching it on the floor jack, I’m usually pretty careful about that . 
But I wasn’t going to install another stock one. Solid nodular covers and some lubelocker gaskets are in order. Waiting on friction pads and a 8 degree shims, I cleaned up the springs so they’re ready to reassemble. As well as cleaning the rear axle for chassis saver.
But I wasn’t going to install another stock one. Solid nodular covers and some lubelocker gaskets are in order. Waiting on friction pads and a 8 degree shims, I cleaned up the springs so they’re ready to reassemble. As well as cleaning the rear axle for chassis saver. Attachments
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Sharecropper, I am sure that one drop is enough and your experience proves that.
Probably intentional overkill (as a safety factor), but for record I ran across this the other day:
https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water
What's funny is the article says something like bleach is "either 6% or 8%" (meaning the hypochlorite in solution).
I got a bottle of old common everyday Clorox:
- The label says "7.5%"
That's a hoot, right?!
Guess they should have added "or somewhere in between".
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Hmmmm.... The article stated that several drops-per-gallon are required. Guess I was doing it wrong all those years. Glad I never had an occasion or need to disinfect while in the mountains. Thanks for posting that.Sharecropper, I am sure that one drop is enough and your experience proves that.
Probably intentional overkill (as a safety factor), but for record I ran across this the other day:
https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water
What's funny is the article says something like bleach is "either 6% or 8%" (meaning the hypochlorite in solution).
I got a bottle of old common everyday Clorox:
- The label says "7.5%"
That's a hoot, right?!
Guess they should have added "or somewhere in between".
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I don't think you did it "wrong", I'm thinking it's all about factors of safety (you know, like structural engineering):
- 1-3 drops/ gallon likely gets the job done
- Recommending 6-8/ gallon is likely the safety factor
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Out of curiosity with a shim to turn the axle... 
It’s short of the upper mount but it can be rotated forward past the stud...
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Not sure I follow, Shock not long enough? or once axle is shimmed shock won't fit in OEM lower tabs?Out of curiosity with a shim to turn the axle...