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  1. That's gonna be tough to find cheap. The 2012-2013 Foreman is a two year only odd duck, so not many being parted out, and new parts for them are high as heck. If I were you I'd save a search on ebay for both the part number and the description and hope one pops up cheap. Shipping from Honda East Toledo or Rocky Mountain ATV won't be cheap on an oversized item like that so if you have to have one quickly, you might just have to bite the bullet and buy one from your local dealer.
  2. They used giant steel grating for runways in the Pacific during the war. Same principle. Spread the load out.
  3. I saw him a couple of years ago at a local show. He put on a great performance, and was truly a man with his priorities set right. He'll be missed!
  4. Still chipping away at this 08 Foreman I picked up a while back. I got my load of cylinders back from the machine shop, so this morning I put the top end on the rebuilt bottom end I had in the shop and got it installed in the frame. On this one I had to tear the whole thing down. Rear end was seized up, rear brakes seized, front CV was missing on one side and bad on the other. I tore it down to the bare frame, treated all the surface rust with Phosphoric Acid, painted with gloss black implement paint, and now I'm putting it back together a little at a time. Here's the "like I bought it pic". It's the tan one with no wheels and tires. New/used wiring harness and start/headlight switch because I'm converting it from an ES to a footshift. Had to replace the meter with a good used unit. Rear diff has been gone through, new rear brake cables, cam, seals, and shoes going on. New/used master cylinder and calipers installed, brakes bled. Engine has been rebuilt (new crank, timing chain, 09-up first gear, seals, and top end). Front diff looked ok and I replaced the CV's with good used OEM axles. Put some different upper a-arms with good bushings and ball joints on. Next up is valve adjustment, install exhaust and carb, and then I'll be able to make sure it runs ok.
  5. Those diffs have gotten pricey new. When you put it back together, slop a bunch of grease on those splines which should keep the water and mud out so you won't have the problem in the future.
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    Weather

    We had a frog floater on the 4th. Probably got a couple of inches of rain in a half hour. We were headed to my buddy's who just put in a pool, and the bottom dropped out right as we pulled up to his house. Almost overflowed his new pool! LOL. Skeeters were horrible while we tried to watch fireworks, and the kid was tired from the long day so we headed home about 9:30. You could hardly see driving through town from the smoke from all the fireworks.
  7. Even in Commiefornia people are telling the overlord wannabes to pound sand. No fireworks on the 4th? Ha.
  8. Read this same process, except the 02-04 front driveshaft apparently makes for a VERY tight fit. When Shade did this to a bike he ended up shortening the front driveshaft an inch or so. @SamUK did it without shortening but said it was a super tight fit.
  9. Yall crack me up. I paint the wheels black, and it gets on the tires. The first time it's off in the mud, most of it, if not all of it, comes off the rubber.
  10. Glad he got it back. Is it trashed? My father in law's Rubicon was recovered the same way. Cop lit up a guy riding a gravel road, guy bails and leaves the 4wheeler sitting there running. They run VIN, call my FIL, and he goes and gets it. It had been ridden hard and put up wet. They ragged the crap out of it and apparently just ran over whatever happened to get in their way. All kinds of bends and cracks in it.
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    Firearms

    The biggest fallacy for ANY gun control is the idea that criminals, who by definition break the law, will abide by any gun control laws. You can't uninvent them. You can't keep illegal contraband from the hands of criminals. So the ONLY people that gun control laws affect are the law abiding.
  12. Around here people shoot their guns up in the air like we're in some third world craphole country. What the idiots don't worry about is where those slugs come down. We've had a few leaks at work and recently the roofer went up to investigate.....bullet holes. Be interesting to see if the idiots still do it with ammo prices being what they are.
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    Firearms

    Blue is shiny (polished). Matte is a dull finish, and black is too. Camo is self explanatory. According to this, all the Mavericks are blued. https://www.mossberg.com/category/series/maverick-88/ Definitely not a high polished blue, but what Mossberg considers blue. The receivers on the Mossbergs are anodized aluminum, so they aren't really blue or any other typical gun finish.
  14. People badmouth slime but I've used it quite a bit and more often than not it works! Aluminum wheels were only used on Rincons and 01-11 Rubicons. I use the dawn and water in a spray bottle to find leaks. The dawn makes the leak very apparent as it bubbles up.
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    Firearms

    Anything under 18" inches will get you in hot water with the ATF. If you do it yourself I'd leave a little over that just to be safe. I would buy a cheap barrel, sent it to this guy, and have him cut it down and reset the bead on the front. He does great work, fast turnaround, and is cheap. He does not respond to emails. He will occasionally answer the phone. I followed some instructions I thought were iffy, which were "Just mail him your barrel with what you want done and he'll do it and email you an invoice when he's done, or you can put a blank check in there made out to him and he'll fill it in when he's done" That sounded way weird, but he's put choke tubes in a couple of older shotguns for me, and cut down and reset a ramp and bead on one and everything went without a hitch. He apparently likes doing the actual work but not so much the "dealing with the public" part of the job. LOL $20 plus shipping each way isn't much to pay to have the bead reset and have the work be done perfectly.
  16. I've noticed prices have jumped lately on new and used machines. That's what happens when a few trillion dollars are created out of thin air and dumped into the economy. I'm sure production and delivery has been slowed down as well. The question is, will they drop back down, or will they stay up?
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    Firearms

    Walmart is closing out Remington 700 ADL's in 223, Remington 770's and Savage Axis rifles. Right now I think they're only 35% off, but they'll drop again in a couple of weeks to 50% off and then to 75% off. The trick is figuring out when to jump. If you wait for another price drop, someone else might get it. If you jump too soon, you might pay more than you need to. All of those are kinda cheap guns, but they'll go bang, and should be serviceable. Savage heavy barrel 223 https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=170192044 Savage 243 with scope https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=114834188 Savage Axis 22-250 https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17219630 Savage Axis 223 https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17656098 Savage Axis 308 https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17656099 Savage Axis 30.06 https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17656101 Savage Axis 270 https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=104852656 Savage Axis 243 https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=120713755 Remington 770 300 win mag w/scope https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17474418 Remington 770 youth 243 w/scope https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17474419 Remington 770 308 with scope https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17474416 Remington 770 7MM mag with scope https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17474417 Remington 700 ADL 223 with scope https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=17654668
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    Firearms

    This belonged to my great grandfather. He passed it down to my great uncle (my grandmother's brother). My great uncle recently passed it to me. .32 rimfire Remington Elliot We haven't exactly gotten along over the years, but he knows I appreciate and value family stuff, so he knows that by passing it to me it will stay in the family.
  19. It's for that little 125 pictured. The headlight was busted on it when I got it, but it had the guard on it. I have another 125 I picked up for $50 a while back (see attachment). I split it with @basfnb a couple of years ago. He paid $50, got the front bumper and rear rack for his kid's 125, and I got the rest for my $50. Engine top end was disassembled and missing parts, but looked good otherwise. I plan on putting one good one together out of the two. The one @basfnb and I split already had a light grill on the headlight so I sold the extra one.
  20. There's one 3rd gen (same as a 350 Rancher). No idea if it's good or not, but if it is I'll keep it for a spare for the middle daughter's 05 350. On the flares, there was only one good one of the lot (rear newer style). The flat ones were mostly trashed. One left front flare could be used, but even it had a tear in it that I'm sure would split wide open the first time you hit a bush with it. Dang things get so brittle over time. Wish someone would make a cheap aftermarket flare.
  21. I picked up this 125 parts bike back a few months ago (wanted the engine and tires). Cost me $100. I traded the front fender and gas tank (tank was rough, had peeling Red Kote on the inside) for a 05-11 Foreman rear diff, and sold the Hondaline headlight grill for $75 yesterday. It's funny what will bring $$$ and what you about have to give away.
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