That's a great question. The problem is that the oil penetrates into the shoes. In our research we saw one person that used a torch (very delicately) to evaporate the oil out of the brake shoes. The shoes are inexpensive and we were using our parents money so it was faster and easier to just replace the shoes.

Thanks Jamie!

Honestly, I don't know the part number. It was a rubber washer and It was part of the assembly on our tractor. After rewatching the videos linked in our description from Claremont Classic Garage, neither of their tractors had that rubber washer only the steel washer then the axle nut. I do not have the manuals with me to look it up either. Internet parts search on my end has shown nothing on any diagrams I have found. If you're tractor didn't have a rubber washer Behind the steel washer when you dismantled it, I'd guess you'd be ok to put it back as it was and see how that works. I'm no expert though so I'm only suggesting what I would do in your situation.

thank you for getting back with me.... much appreciated

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Good luck to you sir!

No. We do not

Thank you for watching! Let us know how replacing the studs works out. I (James) think it's a great idea. Good luck on the entire project!

And it was fun!

Thanks! You shoulda been there!

We had to top off the coolant as we lost a bit in the process. Did not have to remove the thermostat.

I can cope wth torture

I had a minor freakout. Knowing I couldn't fix that caused me pain. Elizabeth basically dragged me away from staring at so we could run the 45 minutes to town. We found a shop that could repair the axle and took the axle out and into town the next morning.

@@flightofthecrowswing thank god dude!

It was a true adventure!

@@flightofthecrowswing that’s living right there enjoy every moment 🤞🏾❤️

It was amazing wasn't it? Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment!

Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. The tumbler is a 32 ounce Ozark Trails travel mug. We did not use a hole saw, we did it the hard way and used a jig saw. We drew the hole to roughly the diameter of the mug where the flare begins at about 2/3 up on the wall of the mug.

@@flightofthecrowswingthank you for your reply!

You're very welcome!

Thank you for watching. We're so glad you enjoyed it! We did not find those engraving! Now we need to go back and look for them. Thank you for the information!

Miss you two, too!

It's a National Forest. You can get on their website and find their rules and regulations (ie: 21 day stay, use campsites that are already there, etc) but you are pretty much on your own to find a site. We usually just drive the forest roads until we find something suitable. Good luck on your trip.

Thanks Jamie! Merchant's Millpond is cool in its own right!

@@larrygross650 thank you!

@larrygross650 yeah, gotta keep in touch ya know!

@@flightofthecrowswing much, much better in Baja I suspect!

We'll find out next time we go to Baja!

It depends on where the Starlink dish needs to sit. At the site we are currently at, only about 12 feet of cable goes outside, that's running under our rug, and the dish is just on the edge of our outdoor rug. The rest of the cable is rolled up under the dinette. At another site, I've run it under the trailer to the back and mounted the SL on a pole on the back of the camper to keep the cable out of the way.

So what do you do with the cable when you move? Seems to me a better way would be to put a weather proof USB Mini or CAT6 jack on the coach (whatever your starlink uses) and plug it in on the coach wall. Personally I would have used another spot on the coach Vs drilling a hole in the side. Like the cable or satellite ports where the city water connects.

@@flightofthecrowswing Laying where ever it lays when in a campsite isn't the issue. Where do you put it when you're traveling?? Roll it up and lash it to the ladder?

When we move, it only takes a minute to remove the thru wall fitting, pull the line into the camper (it stores under the dinette bench) and replace the thru wall fitting to block the hole in the wall. Our Starlink is a gen 2 with some funky proprietary fittings on both ends. I'm no electrical engineer so I really didn't feel confident in changing out ends to a cat 6 or any other style.

@@flightofthecrowswing OK, I thought the through plug was a kind of permanent thing.

Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it. All I will hint is "Bear Valley"

@@flightofthecrowswing (Thank you kindly!)

Sounds like you didn't need insurance after all. I hope Oatmeal enjoyed the video too!

Insert Spongebob meme with the rainbow over his head saying MAGIC

Close! But tragedy averted due to overbuilt fenders and lots of luck!

@Cabritostube thanks for the props! it's a favorite quote from one of our favorite travel books!

Not forgotten, in the video we said it's the first since we started full time 3-4 years ago. We didn't count first landing, or that time in our driveway the night before a trip....

If we'd known it was going to disappear we would've just given it to you!

Like we usually find places. We just randomly drive forest roads until we find a campsite we like.

I totally enjoy that. We just went out this last weekend. I hope to run into this area. It looks beautiful​@@flightofthecrowswing

That's good advice. I just don't work on drum brakes a lot, so I didn't even think about doing that. Thanks

@flightofthecrowswing No problem, I have 2 9N's and 1 8N and a 640 Ford tractors. There is always something to fix.

In this application, the bearing is lubricated by the differential oil.

@@flightofthecrowswing Oh ok - my bad -sorry.

Ooh.Good luck. As for the plug, I never thought of it, never tried it. I don't see why it wouldn't work to leave it in. If you try it let me know how it works for you.

Confirmed today that the plugs don’t need to come out! Thanks again for posting this video. Just knowing where all the bolts are that have to come out saves a BUNCH of time. Start to finish in about 2 hours, including an oil change.

Awesome! Great job. Thanks for the spark plug info. I'll definitely leave them in next time around!

Good luck! Let us know how it turns out!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Bubba! Since we're friends and all we can make you a deal on the 4000 series Windicator that will blow you away!

We built that in our garage. It took my wife and I about a year of working on weekends to build. It is one of a kind.

I am not an alumni, however our daughter is currently working on her PhD at Stanford. Good luck to your daughter, fellow Stanford parent!

@@flightofthecrowswing Thanks, and good luck to you!

Glad you enjoyed it! And, no she caught twin brothers. You can't tell from the video, but the stripes were mirror images to each other.

No, not really. There hasn't been anything to fear. The rig workers have all been friendly, the truck drivers are usually friendly. Even the few locals that have driven up to the gate only to be turned away have been friendly.

It was a big enough bump to make me want to fill it in with rocks. The road reminded us of the silt in Bobby's Hole and we were afraid the rocks would just slide out from under the tires. And yes at :31 that's an axle. Its a cliffhanger. You didn't notice it in the first episode? All sorts of shenanigans yet to come!

LOL nope missed because I was so busy in the premeier chatter - I saw how big the bump was in that one clip, just saying video always makes off-roading seem less... can't wait for next episode @@flightofthecrowswing

We'll try not to distract you with chatting....

Oatmeal was one of the highlights of the trip! We are more like uncivil engineers than anything.....

I'm glad you consider us as The New Hope and not the Phantom Menace! I remember those otter ciders as being pretty good, but the cider we bought in Mexico was better!

Those winds are pretty strong! We spent a lot of time trying to find enough of a wind block that we could cook out of the open kitchen in the teardrop. We both had a blast though and are looking forward to a return trip.

Glad you found it helpful. I toyed with the idea very briefly. I went with the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality in the end. It's not currently leaking, and breaking that seal for nothing seemed like just added work with no additional benefit.

You are awesome! You know I love me some tires! BTW, Elizabeth is editing videos of our Baja trip. Is it okay to use some footage of you and Oatmeal? We can let you preview it for your approval. Nothing unflattering, you going out spear fishing and oatmeal chasing the ball. Cheers my friends!

@@flightofthecrowswing Attention hounds like us would be honored to have a cameo in your action adventure comedy western series! No preview required...thanks.

Awesome. Thank you. And now we know what genre to list our videos in...🤣