El Presidente Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) I think everyone had a good time up at Walker this last weekend. It was just Pat, Reid, Ted and myself on this trip, which made for a smaller group, which is kinda nice. The trail conditions were perfect....wet, sloppy, and full of mud. Some of us were up there the weekend before and I think we all agreed the trails are also getting worn down in spots which made things challenging at times, but still a ton of fun. There wasn't too much carnage. Ted roasted his clutch on the first part of Lower Mainline and bent his shift linkage on the second part, but after some trail repairs he was back at it. I've never seen a clutch smoke like his did, but after it cooled he didn't seem to have any issues after that. I also broke a rear axle on the same part of the trail, but I didn't realize it until I was making my way up EZ Valley connector. I was driving a little hard when it happened. All in all, a great trip!! Reid, Pat or Ted: Does anybody have pics or video of me going through the water hole at the top of EZ Valley? Josh Edited December 30, 2014 by El Presidente Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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monstaru Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 FAIL^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Any pics or vids of you guys ever going up the Expressway? All the pics show you guys going down stuff. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedbull Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) That was a fun day. I thought Lower Mainline was pretty intense. Once my clutch cooled down after it smoked pretty good I didn't notice any more slippage but I could smell it a little. It seems to have some life left and I think I can get one more trip out of it. I will be ordering the Exedy clutch kit. I have had my flywheel surfaced once already, hope It has enough material for another. And at the same time I am going to pull my transaxle and replace the bearing that is making noise. So I may be out for a while. I did not get many pics or video, and what I did get was on my cell phone and rushed and I didn't have time to setup Edited December 31, 2014 by tedbull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 FAIL^ I love you too Brian Maybe if you where there it could have been an epic FAIL...wait..do you still have a wheeler or are still running dry mud pits at WCSS?? Any pics or vids of you guys ever going up the Expressway? All the pics show you guys going down stuff. lol Days are short in the winter and nobody wants to get started at sunrise, so it was a short day. There was also time spent working on Teds linkage after Lower. Just getting to Express takes some time and they recently changed the gates at the bottom of Upper Mainline and we didn't want to get stuck having to go back up in the dark if we got locked in. There was a discussion about running Upper and checking out Express...if you were there you could've been a part of the conversation We don't usually have a photographer with us, so pictures and videos are always limited because we can't drive and take pictures at the same time. We hit Lower Mainline(I'm going UP it in the GoPro video), EZ Valley, Humps and Bumps, and Rons Run. The ONLY one we didn't go up and ONLY came down was Rons Run because we didn't didn't have time, no one had a winch to get past the Egg Rock and we only had one extra rear axle left between all of us. If you wanna show up to one of the runs, your welcome to show us how to break a bunch of stuff and spend all day on one trail...Rons Run is the worst I've ever seen it...We past a group of XJ's going up that decided it was better to winch through 3' of mud on an illegal side cut through the trees rather than winch across the Egg Rock. Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks for posting those videos Ted! As far as your flywheel goes, they are pretty forgiving..I'd just regrind it and run it. I've never seen it done on an EA82, only EJ's, but you can have it ground to XT6 specs which will give you more clamping force. A quick solution for your trans is to just get another one and fix the one you have, that would at least keep you on the trail. Are you still up for checking Reiter out this weekend? Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in Bellingham Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I went up it in the summer, used the winch at the egg rock, next time I go would like to go up in the mud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 This is my favorite time of year to run trails, and I really want to get back up there around the end of the month! There's plenty of mud up there Scott! Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 LOL I was actually saying Fail because the pics and vids didna show up for me. I wish they would! BUt since you started it, no wheeler. I hate wheeling , It is the stupidest thing evar! I am just gonna build a street car, and wash it like 5 times a day. Fuk this mudd shitt...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchoricex Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Reid your car is massive dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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