Baker City Oregon, I need immediate help!

[srobertsfsj]

I hope you make it REDONE! Wish I could help

[REDONE]

If you could drive it, maybe you could take a lug nut or two from the other tires to drive to a hotel. If it isnt too far.

This is exactly what I did. Thanks for all your support guys. I can't post pics because my only tether is an outdated jailbroke iPhone 3g. Where the rotor hit the road it ground down a flat spot about 3" long. In the process it's smashed outwards a bit so it's gonna destoy the pads in no time. I'm gonna wait until tomorrow morning and pull the tire and run my extension cord from my room to my grinder and grind the rotor down. That way if I get kicked out of the hotel it's no bog deal. Then hit the auto parts store for some lugnuts and hit the road. I figure Boise is a good bet for a used rotor already pressed to a hub .

Get some sleep all. I have a plan but i'm open to better ones if anyone has some thoughts.


Trip, you're awesome!

[bigun]

I hate when that happens. Unfortunately My relatives are in the Portland area also.

[Blake]

Sounds like you have a plan.

Worst case scenario you drive to Longmont, CO and repair it properly in my garage.

[manimal]

Man good luck. If I were closer...well you know the deal. Have fun and be careful

[greenear123]

Try these guys, right off of I84 in Nampa
Jalopy Jungle

bargerautoparts.com/jalopy.html3931 Garrity Blvd Nampa ID (208) 466-8468

The state street shop had an 84 GW amonth or so ago
Pick-A-Part Jalopy Jungle

(208) 853-2003
5501 W State St, Boise, ID 83703

If nothing else you can grab one from Jack the Jeep, He's just sitting around right now.

We can make room in the driveway for you to work in. will pm with numbers.
Good luck with the journey.

[brushawg]

Best of luck to you! It's good to know we all want to try to help in some way, we are a stick together group

[Carnuck]

A little late now and too far away to help, but I run a 1000 watt power inverter to operate my tools (grinder, sawzall and skillsaw as well as impact gun and crank up jack) with 2 batteries (one is a 4D which is a gas eater unless I hook my electric motor to the front axle for freeway cruising)

[Herk]

Depending on which way you are heading, Jalopy Jungle in Nampa had a few later Wags with front axles under them. As for new parts, any NAPA should be able to get you one, but it'll have to come from the Spokane warehouse so you'll wait a day. Pretty sure somebody here in Boise should have one. If you make it to Boise, I'll offer up a driveway, jack and tools. I would be happy to help you swap it out. PM me

[REDONE]

Thanks again everyone! I've done what can be done for now and it's enough to keep moving. I'm gonna have a rotor hub sent to the montrose or grand junction Autozone since it's a days wait no matter where I order from. That way I can get to Ouray Tuesday morning, check in and have a whole helpful mess of FSJers to help with the job and have ALL my lugs and a good rotor for the trails and drive back.

I have my 3kw generator bolted down in the bed and used my grinder to take down where the rotor got smashed so it doesn't rub the pads and heat up. I got a little over 100 miles on it now and I don't have any shimmy-shaking going down he road or even any pulsing when I hit the brakes. I always brag that I'm a freekin' surgeon with a grinder but this has turned out better than I thought. I figured that I'd at least have a little vibration due to the imbalance from the metal worn off the rotor but I guess Money Badger wants to get there as bad as I do!

[bigun]

Any idea what caused the lugs to back off?

[Bostonbob]

help

pm'd Blake

[asphaltrockdweller]

BAKER BULLDOGS RULE!!!

LOL I went to high school in Baker, but haven't been back in a long long time.

[texasskeeter]

Any idea what caused the lugs to back off?

"The PO"!! isn't that the excuse we're always supposed to use as FSJ'ers?

[serehill]

Jeez

"The PO"!! isn't that the excuse we're always supposed to use as FSJ'ers?

Everyone knows it was Chinese lug nuts