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New Year's Day turned out pretty decent considering the crappy weather. Lots of snow around 4,000 feet. It was wet, extremely slick, but firm enough to drive around with out too much effort. The Suzuki sidekick lost both beads and a valve stem while down in side trail hole. What should have been a r...

Luckily, other than a bunch of banging around, I was able to just drive it home. The body was resting on the end of the spring and I still had plenty of tire clearance. I suppose in a worse situation one could cut/find a piece of wood and secure it between the axle and the frame. I'm really surprise...

I'm surprised, we've been really wet, figured that would blow your way. Snow level has been pretty high though. BTW the town next door is also Marysville.

If anyone is interested, I'm headed out New Year's Day. Weather doesn't look great, but there is snow.

Ohh and, Happy New Year

I attempted a little shakedown run yesterday. Didn't last long. 50 year old factory booger welds gave out... I can't seem to catch a break.

I've gotten lazy on the maintenance over the past few years. Totally my fault. Lucky I had just replaced a very bad front axle u-joint prior to this trip. I even changed the oil! Just ran out of time and didn't make it back to check the rear driveshaft. I was so scared to look under the bronco... ex...

Never heard of WORN. I sure was freaking out a bit when I lost u-joint recently. I'm pretty anti Facebook, so I'm sure I miss out on a lot. Is it a members only type thing?

Been there!

Found out my pinion yoke is toast. New one should be in today. Also discovered my driveshaft popped out the welch plug, so get to fix that too. Luckily the slip yoke seems runable.

Thanks for the report! I'd like to do more winter camping. It's whole different experience, and as a bonus, you can often get normally overcrowded areas all to yourself!