The
first jeep ride of the season. I've been tending rear brake issues and
I think it's ready to get some use (more rear brake adjustment is
needed). I met Max in Lyons and we had a bit of free time before Matt
would arrive. We traveled the north portion of Bunce School road and
onto Ironclads to the ledge. There were two side-by-sides debating how
to get down the ledge. They tried to back up (two wheel drive - uphills
- only to spin tires) to get out of the way of us. In the end we guided
them how to get down the ledge and we u-turned out to get to the meet
for Matt.
Off to Miller Rock there was scant little snow left from the snowfall a
day prior. Matt caught his tie rod on a rock or root at a step and it
had a good bend. He had just recently installed this tie rod and had
the old unit sitting at home - a close 10 miles away. Lock up the jeep,
head out and home for the parts and tools. Ample sun when we came back
to the disabled jeep and it was a fairly straight forward task to tend
the replacement (pickle fork to pop one ball stud out, turn off the tie
rod from the other tie rod end, grab the old unit and reverse the
steps. Floor jack to lift the driver's wheel to easily align the ball
stud in its mounting hole. Toe-in eyeballed and was good enough for the
trail.
Off to Miller Rock for a scramble to the top - not terribly difficult or dangerous and it gives a nice 360 view!
Maps for a later time...
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