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What did you do to your GMT today?

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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by ErikSS » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:14 pm

JamesDowning wrote:I'm starting to think that way too Reg. I've been thinking of trying to find a way to prove that there is minimal difference with and without the rear. Just need to find a way to quantify it.

Maybe a Ramp Angle Index? On that note, anyone have tips on how to build one?
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by boog2006 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:27 am

Regulator1175 wrote:Just disco and remove both. I have for a couple years now and have no issues. I have also pulled a flat trailer with a truck on it and didn't notice mich difference.

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:Iagree: I've been running fully disco'd for prolly 9 months and towed a pop-up camper six hours to SMORR with no issues. I prefer fully disco'd as opposed to front on rear off. That just felt really weird when breaking and towing. Fully disco'd is much more predictable.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by ErikSS » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:43 am

I'm thinking everyone with front disco must have stiffer front springs. My truck flopped side to side with my front disco.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by jonbo2002 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:56 am

yea but from the last pic I saw of your SS the front suspension is toast
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by navigator » Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:00 am

I still have the front factory springs.
I took a little drive today down a pretty curvy road to my hunting land pulling a light 4X8 trailer and I can't say I can tell any difference.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by mikekey » Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:48 am

We originally just had our front disconnected during our whole Western Road Trip, no issues. When I removed the front and rear for TECORE with the bigger tires lots of issues. Car rides better with just the front connected. No more all over the road. The rear is fully removed.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by HARDTRAILZ » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:26 am

mikekey wrote:We originally just had our front disconnected during our whole Western Road Trip, no issues. When I removed the front and rear for TECORE with the bigger tires lots of issues. Car rides better with just the front connected. No more all over the road. The rear is fully removed.


Thats about my same findings by trying each seperate scenario. Not sure many others have actually tried every way.

I did spend a snowy winter with no swaybars and 33s without issue, but it did get a little unnerving at times.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by DirtyBacon04 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:34 pm

Organized my old/spare parts box!

Only two bolts I haven't been able to determine origin... the ones un-bagged right next to the diff... they look like something from the bumper, but not too important since they've been off since i replaced the bumper.

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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Gordinho80 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:38 pm

2nd bolts for the tow hooks?
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by navigator » Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:49 pm

Mario might be right. They look familiar to me.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by RyansTBLS » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:39 pm

They look familiar Bacon, but only because I have some sitting in my stuff. :finger: I think they are the bolts, beneath the grill, that hold the bumper cover on. They also should hold any support for a brush guard, but mine were short with that addition so I replaced them. :mechanic:

What I did today to my GMT was add some covers, to my new lights.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by ErikSS » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:56 pm

jonbo2002 wrote:yea but from the last pic I saw of your SS the front suspension is toast

It is. But when I had my front disco, they were not. Well, If they were, I didn't know yet. It sat level. I didn't have skids, bumper, winch, nothing on the front. It was at the same time I was experimenting with lifting with the air bags. Maybe a week or two after I lifted.
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What did you do to your GMT today?

by TBYODA » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:51 pm

Gordinho80 wrote:2nd bolts for the tow hooks?
they like the took hooks bolts also to me. I couldn't find a pic of the bolts other than this that I took when I bought the hooks The threads look right but the head does not but each years could be different.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Trail X » Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:49 pm

Good eye Mario.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by djthumper » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:29 pm

Dang! I missed the guess the bolts game...
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Opeth » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:08 pm

Bought all new seals, bearings, washers, and AWD sleeve for my disconnect. I think bearings are making a turn for the worse, have an odd out of round sound coming from the pass side while driving. Cv shaft moves up and down in disconnect housing a lot compared to driver side...
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by HARDTRAILZ » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:13 pm

Ordered some rear shocks finally.

Got the ext front brackets for the brake upgrade yesterday...Thanks Jonbo. Looking for some decent priced rotors and pads, but may hold off til spring cause everything on it is good still.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by Opeth » Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:08 am

HARDTRAILZ wrote:Ordered some rear shocks finally.

Got the ext front brackets for the brake upgrade yesterday...Thanks Jonbo. Looking for some decent priced rotors and pads, but may hold off til spring cause everything on it is good still.


Kyle, I got my rotors and pads from eBay vendor brakemotive when I did my swap. 4 rotors and 8 pads was like $189 for drilled and slotted with a zinc coating. Pads are ceramic stop tech.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by HARDTRAILZ » Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:19 am

Got newer rear rotors n ceramic pads, fronts are the d/s brakemotive actually but want the bigger brakes. Looks like 80 for reg rotors or 100 for drilled either w ceramic pads.
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Re: What did you do to your GMT today?

by jonbo2002 » Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:04 am

yea I paid like $80 and had to get pads too, but I was in a jamb grinding to a halt. I would have gotten the Brakemotive D/S if I had the chance
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