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Old 07-10-2023, 09:54 AM
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Doesn't sound like you have too much vibration but you can loosen the bolt connecting the two halves a little to eliminate some if it was bad enough.
Old 07-10-2023, 10:14 AM
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Ya, good call. I read that in AFP install instructions. Got them snug enough I can turn both parts by hand but not loose.
it's not bad at all. As to be expected for these bushings style mounts.
Old 04-20-2024, 10:14 PM
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So, I'm well overdue on trans flush and filter.
I've had this pan for about 100k miles now and when I had the first trans flush I asked if they could install this but they told me they tried bit couldn't get it to fit with the crossover pipe off the headers. So this time around I had a game plan to reroute the piping.
I got the crossover out and started cutting down the pipe and the cat out of it while the trans cooled down so I could drop the pan. Once I got the pan off I had them both on my table and noticed there was no height difference where the exhaust passed through! Those bastards probably didn't even try! I get the pan on and now remaking the cross over the same way I just cut it apart.

I look up and notice my front tires are worn on the insides and pretty good. I get out from under the truck good and stressed out and see my back tire is near flat too with a nail in it🤦‍♂️
I swing by the local alignment shop and they gave me quite the quote.

$2k for upper control arms and lower ball joints. So I bought some Cognito uppers and Moog lower joints.

Everything should be in on Wednesday. So I will need to install that night/Thursday so I can get it back to alignment shop Friday amd hope it's good because I'm leaving to California Friday night with a trailer.

From here on I am not going to fix anything because if I never wanted to change my trans fluid I would have never messed with the exhaust and the front tires would not have been worn or ball joints bad and not flat tire! Lol
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Old 04-22-2024, 10:27 AM
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Hahaha that sounds about right...
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Old 04-26-2024, 04:15 PM
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Parts came in and got it all installed last night and at alignment shop now.

Homie says, everything looks good and just needs to get the toe adjusted.

I was excited for those Cognito uppers and love seeing them on lifted truck. When I got everything done and put the tires back on I was little sad to see them disappear out of sight.
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Time for a lifted truck then!
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Haha. Tempting but I like getting 20mpg and a lift/bigger tires would kill that.
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I know dat feel
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