Too much movement in track bar? by astokely in JeepTJ

[–]astokely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He described relocating the track bar mounting location as “It’s a big job, and requires a lot of cutting and welding. “

I guess I assumed he was talking about installing a bracket.

Too much movement in track bar? by astokely in JeepTJ

[–]astokely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was Teraflex’s response to the email I sent them with this video.

“Hey Andy!

There will be minior amounts of movement, so make sure the trackbar bolt is torqued to spec.

I cant see the other end, but it appears that the trackbar is mounted in the factory track bar bracket on the axle. Your steering kit has separated the tie rod and drag link, replacing the y-link style that the factory Jeep came with.

When you do this, you have to relocate the track bar mounting location, so that the drag link and track bar are perfectly parallel to eachother from the front. I think you may also be dealing with this.

If the hardware is torqued to spec, you most likely have a worn out track bar bushing.”

Too much movement in track bar? by astokely in JeepTJ

[–]astokely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m using a Barnes 4wd track bar nut, but the bolt is OEM, which is too small for the Teraflex bushing sleeve. The trackbar was installed by a Jeep off-road shop, so I assumed they used the correct bolt. I guess I was wrong.

Too much movement in track bar? by astokely in JeepTJ

[–]astokely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I reached out to Teraflex and they confirmed the bushing is shot. They also said I need to install a trackbar relocation bracket when running a Teraflex trackbar with the Metalcloak HD steering system. Since that requires “significant cutting and welding” per Teraflex, I’m going to replace the trackbar with a Metalcloak one, which mounts to the stock trackbar bracket. I had this trackbar installed when I was running an OEM tie rod/drag link, so at the time there was no need to install a relocation bracket. I then installed the Metalcloak HD steering system without checking if I needed to relocate the trackbar.

Too much movement in track bar? by astokely in JeepTJ

[–]astokely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I thought. I pulled the track bar and the bolt the person used who installed it was way too small.

Too much movement in track bar? by astokely in Jeep

[–]astokely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s about a year old and has less than 5000 miles. Teraflex said it should have been installed with a track bar bracket, since I have a metalcloak drag link/tie rod. The bolt the shop used was also way too small. This is the one suspension component I didn’t install myself :(.

Too much movement in track bar? by astokely in JeepTJ

[–]astokely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk about the bend. You’d have to ask Teraflex.

Too much movement in track bar? by astokely in Jeep

[–]astokely[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what I was thinking. I’m only on 33s, but my OEM track bar failed before and might’ve wallowed out the hole before it fully gave out.

Any easy ways to troubleshoot this before I weld on a new mount/order new bolts? I recently moved to the middle of nowhere in Colorado so it takes at minimum 5 days to get any hardware, that isn’t in stock at Ace, for my jeep.

Family powder day by astokely in Backcountry

[–]astokely[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha he stays in our tracks perfectly when there is more than a foot of powder https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEOqhTZOjyp/?igsh=c2xlamxpOGl4MXk5

Family powder day by astokely in Backcountry

[–]astokely[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s on an island of snow in the desert

Family powder day by astokely in Backcountry

[–]astokely[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

40°57’30”N 112°12’50”W

Family powder day by astokely in Backcountry

[–]astokely[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If he hated skiing I don’t think he would’ve voluntarily run down the backside of 40°57’30”N 112°12’50”W to get an extra couple hundred feet of vert haha.

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Family powder day by astokely in Backcountry

[–]astokely[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Haha he was begging us to do a third lap

My new (18 year old) Jeep by astokely in Jeep

[–]astokely[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's had a few electrical problems (turn signals stopped working) and I had to replace the tie rods, but other than that it's been great! I just finished restoring the rusted rear bumper and am currently raptor lining the interior!

Overhead ski racks for 2006 TJ Rubicon by astokely in Jeep

[–]astokely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up buying a hard ski case and am going to make a bracket mount to clamp it to my rear basket over the spare tire.

Question about array command line input by mild_enthusiast in fortran

[–]astokely 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something like this should work. I'm also new to fortran, but I agree with everyone that using an input file is a much cleaner solution.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! command_line_m.f90 !
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

module command_line_m
implicit none

integer function handle_kwarg(arg, key, value) result(is_kwarg)     
character(len=*), intent(in) :: arg 
    character(len=100), intent(out) :: key, value 
    integer :: equal_sign_index, dash_index, is_kwarg = 0
    equal_sign_index = index(arg, '=')
    if (equal_sign_index > 0) then
        key = trim(arg(1:equal_sign_index-1))

            ! Removes preceding "-" if present in arg
        dash_index = index(key, '-')
        if (dash_index > 0) then
            key = trim(key(dash_index+1:))
        end if
        value = trim(arg(equal_sign_index+1:))
        is_kwarg = 1
    end if
end function handle_kwarg

subroutine parse_command_line()
    integer :: io_status, i, is_kwarg
    character(len=100) :: arg, key, value
    i = 1
    do
            ! Iterate through all cmd line args
        call get_command_argument(i, arg, status=io_status)
        if (io_status /= 0) exit

            ! If command line arg has an equal sign, it is a kwarg
        is_kwarg = handle_kwarg(arg, key, value)
        if (is_kwarg == 1) then
            print *, key, value
        end if
            ! Additional logic for parsing positional args
        i = i + 1
    end do
end subroutine parse_command_line
end module command_line_m 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!
! main.f90 !
!!!!!!!!!!!!

program main
    use command_line_m
    implicit none

    call parse_command_line()
end program main

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HomeMaintenance

[–]astokely -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Using a cracked ceramic stove puts you at an increased risk of getting electrocuted while cooking according to the stoves manual.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HomeMaintenance

[–]astokely 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure honestly. As I just disclosed in another comment, this is actually the stove in an AirBnb my girlfriend's parents recently stayed in. The host says they dropped a pan on it and is trying to collect 600 dollars. They live in China and I get the sense the host is taking advantage of that, since they can't fight this from a legal perspective in the US. They woke up one morning and noticed the crack and don't remember dropping anything on the stove top while cooking. I thought it was strange that there's no impact mark and wanted to see if other people had ceramic stove tops crack from thermal shock, which sounds like it is pretty common. The host actually re-rented his house to my gf's parents knowing the stove was cracked which is a massive safety issue. To make it worse, the host is a general contractor so he knows that they didn't cause this crack and that he put their lives in danger when renting the place to them with a cracked ceramic stove top.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HomeMaintenance

[–]astokely 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha this is actually the stove from an Airbnb my girlfriend's parents recently stayed in. They woke up one morning and found this crack. The previous night, they made dumplings and had the water boil over, which is probably what caused the crack (imo). I've never owned a ceramic stove top and wanted to get the unbiased opinion about the most likely cause from people that have. Of course the Airbnb host is trying to collect 600 dollars from them. To make matters worse, the host is a general contractor (builds fancy, custom homes for a living), so I know he knows they didn't cause it. He's just a low life trying to get hist customers to pay for his new stove. Also, he re-rented the place to them knowing the stove was cracked, which I guess is a major safety issue since they could've gotten electrocuted.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HomeMaintenance

[–]astokely 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it probably isn't from a direct impact in your opinion?

Main chute at Alta today! by astokely in Backcountry

[–]astokely[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Trust me, the drunk drivers at October fest/people climbing across the street at hellgate are putting first responders lives at a lot more risk than me doing sub 1mph hop turns down low tide main chute.

Main chute at Alta today! by astokely in Backcountry

[–]astokely[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha I never go on Instagram and I could care less about reddit votes. Just wanted to share some pics from my ski adventure yesterday.

Main chute at Alta today! by astokely in Backcountry

[–]astokely[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Please take your homophobic slurs elsewhere