DirtySocks wrote:
How did you get home without anything falling apart!
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It wasn't the truck moving that was the problem, it was getting it's motion to stop once it started... LOL.
Actually I underestimated how much fuel I'd use through the day and had to stop on my way home at around midnight... Much to my dismay, there are apparently no gas stations open in Hartford at that hour. After floundering around for 30 mins I said the hell with it and got back on 84. Luckily there's a 24 hour Noble gas station in Farmington.
The noise I thought was the coil spring creaking, or the front body mount, I now totally suspect was the wheel bearing. Also might explain the phantom ABS/SLIP lights on before we hit the trail. I've never heard bearing noise like this before but it damn sure is junk. Hosed it down with Aero Kroil last night. It can soak in until I can get to it Sunday.
I've been real lucky with this thing so far. It's broke, or I've noticed bad things in my driveway instead of 70mph down the highway. So glad that bearing stayed together as long as it did. Had that let fly on 84, I'd have been getting a new truck after I got out of the hospital. Thankfully that's not the case.
Build, wheel, break, fix, repeat.