jporter12

Seriously? Ooo... Cali... I'm interested to hear how this plays out. California is where England gets all of it's ideas.

Tbutters with a Chevy?

No 4g where I live. There is where I work, but I rarely use it, other than to tether when the internet connection at work goes down. Sometimes, I even stick with 3g for that, and it's not bad. It IS slow compared to my cable connection here at home, but compared to the DSL at work it's not bad.

Sprint isn't all that slow for me. At least not when I'm tethering to my laptop. Seriously, I hate trying to surf on a phone. I only do so when I need to find something and I'm not around a computer. The biggest data usage for my smartphone? Pandora, or Spotify.

Sounds like a good alternative to next week's Thursday lunch! (Yeah, right...)

Beat me to it.

I don't think I've ever stopped to take my helmet off to let a bug out, and yes, I have had them get in there before. Usually, they stop bugging me when I stop paying attention to them. A couple weeks ago, I have a fly in my gauges! It was in there for at least half of my ride to work, moving between the tach and the speedo, then to the temp gauge when I got to work. I went back out after taking my stuff into the shop and he was gone. I guess I know for sure that there's an opening in my gauges. I bought the bike in "pre-crashed" condition.

Just one, I'm a lightweight these days!

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Does that mean you're in?

Thanks for the kind words!

Since it's a 7.3, it's PROBABLY the CPS like the midget says. I have a known good one in my tool box for testing purposes! I've also had a few with a bad IDM, the one up in behind the fender. From there, a few other things could cause the problem, but they're not as likely, and usually only occur on poorly maintained trucks.

Uh oh. I'm only getting 50-55 on the 250. Running out of excuses to keep the little bike. Although, the majority of my riding is on the freeway where it's running within I'd say 15% (or less) of it's top end.

Another FYI about bearing brands... We got a Moog branded bearing the other day, and upon examination, it is a National bearing, stamped right on it.

My 2004 Ninja 250 had 15,000 when I started riding this season. I think I've only put about 500 more on it since, but I plan to add lot's more!

Yes, but I don't want to pay/wait right now. I think I want an AR first.

Also, for those using Napa bearings, I've been told to stay away from their cheaper line, the "Proformer" line. Many people also bash on National branded bearings, and I've had mixed results with about any brand that I've used.

It is interesting that you didn't have any more failures after replacing the half shaft. I wonder if it was just luck that you got a better bearing that time? I'm pretty sure that there would be more of a problem with the smaller bearings in the ends of the transmission (differential on a 4X4) than the wheel hub, if the cv joints had a problem that would effect a bearing. Not doubting, just trying to make sense. I work on these vehicles all the time and would LOVE to find some way to prolong the life of the bearings! This is one of the few solutions I've found. I stopped watching that video after the guy generalized that "if your wheel moves when rocking it up and down, the wheel bearing is definitely bad" since you HAVE to check and make sure that it's not a ball joint that's bad. On a truck, it's 95% of the time true, but on many front wheel drives, the lower ball joint could be the culprit. MANY times, the growling noise is NOT accompanied by any noticeable play in the bearing. In fact, if the bearing is not replaced fairly soon after it's noticed, the additional heat from the bearing going bad will often make it much more difficult to disassemble. If it was my call, I would add on additional labor at the shop if they're warned about a bearing going bad and they neglect it for a long time before having the job done, and warn them of this when they're told about the bearing going bad.

If it's a 2007, it's not a 7.3. From what I have, it's probably a 6.0. The hi pressure oil pump is a fairly common failure on those, and it's not cheap to fix. That may not be it, that's just the first thing that comes to mind from the few 6.0 powerjokes that I've worked on. The only place that I know of right off would be Columbus Diesel. In the past, I worked on quite a few, but the shop where I currently work does not really have the space for bigger pickup trucks.

4L80E It's the heavy duty transmission. The owner had this one, and a dump truck that both had engine problems. The dump truck needed to be a diesel (C-3500 HD) because it was heavy even without a load. He used both engines, plus a crankshaft to make a good one. I believe the engine out of this truck suffered a rod bearing failure, due to a bad injector, or something like that. The 350 was cheap, and a good way to get the truck back on the road.

I was referring to the T "Triple Protection" as just Rotella T, for simplicity. Let us know on the stuff you're talking about! I'm needing to change the oil on the 250.

I never knew the synthetic Rotella was JASO-MA. I always thought it was just the Rotella-T.

I've been on a ride or 2 with Josh when he was riding this bike, and can say that it runs well, and looked to handle really well.

I'm going to try to keep this in mind, see what's going on that day!

Glad to hear this! All the Gear All the Time is more than just the protection that the gear has to offer, it's also the mindset of the person using all the gear.