Project Choose Your Own Adventure

[ScottyB]

wheels on the ground, baby.


pretty tight when its all finished and parked. the scoob's back bumper is like 6" from the garage door. the masking tape "footprint" map paid off to ensure there was just enough space.

the wheel bearings come filled with waxy garbage grease that got wiped. supposedly its only meant as an anti-rust "shipping" grease, although they don't say it, and i believe it. hate to be the folks that find out they should have known that when their bearings fail 100 miles down the road. got new mobil1 red grease packed in with a bearing press/packer with some extra grease blob horked into the hub open areas. the hubs come with zerk fittings for grease top-off which is awesome.

better overhead of the space. threw the sawhorses there just to get the car in the bay. the tongue and hitch are on, as well as the tongue jack.


here is the axle, set up "flipped" to compensate for larger wheels/tires so the trailer will stay stock height. i would not run it this way if i intended to load this up to the max payload but we'll be at 1/2 capacity when done so i'm not bothered. whats also happening here is the axle is in the process of being relocating 6" rearward. teardrop builders recommend a 60/40 axle location for the proper tongue weight and straight tracking. to get that, it turns out i can re-use 2 existing leaf spring bracket holes and then drill new ones after the first 2 are bolted in. aside from being convenient as hell, it'll give me the right alignment side to side as well.


next up:
• wiring
• tailights (temporary) and clearance lights installed
• paint new wheels and mount tires
• pop out old studs, put in new longer ones
• throw on spacer and bolt new wheels up
• tow to Buy'N Large and get big pieces of wood to start building floor