clarkrw3
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Well we got back from Colorado last night (hope everyone going to Payette didn't get caught in horrible traffic there was miles of stopped traffic getting into Payson.) It was a long drive back from Crested Butte about 14hrs. This was a great if bittersweet trip. We had a good time and almost all of us got the stomach flu which seriously limited our exploration. We spent 4 days in Durango/Silverton/Ouray/Telluride and then drove to Crested Butte via Lake City and spent 3 mostly sick days in CB.
Also on the drive up my CV front drive shaft started going out getting increasingly loud from Shiprock to Durango. I haven't been very religious about greasing it, did grease it just before the trip but I had done too much damage. I took it out and found a lot of stiffness. This was Friday and so I put it back in and called/emailed/pm'd Christo. Well it got louder and after talking to Slee on Monday he sent me out another one to CB that was there for me when I arrived. Slee cautioned me that I didn't want it too cut loose under there and after Blackbear it was getting VERY LOUD and so we stopped in Telluride for lunch and I took it out and locked the central diff switch and went 2wd for the rest of the trip to CB. (I did check and couldn't find a drive line shop that was open or had parts.) After the new shaft it was smooth sailing.
DAY 1 On Sat we spent the day lazy and in the afternoon drove up to Clear Lake just outside of Silverton. Clear lake was Great....
Makalu testing the waters
Also on the drive up my CV front drive shaft started going out getting increasingly loud from Shiprock to Durango. I haven't been very religious about greasing it, did grease it just before the trip but I had done too much damage. I took it out and found a lot of stiffness. This was Friday and so I put it back in and called/emailed/pm'd Christo. Well it got louder and after talking to Slee on Monday he sent me out another one to CB that was there for me when I arrived. Slee cautioned me that I didn't want it too cut loose under there and after Blackbear it was getting VERY LOUD and so we stopped in Telluride for lunch and I took it out and locked the central diff switch and went 2wd for the rest of the trip to CB. (I did check and couldn't find a drive line shop that was open or had parts.) After the new shaft it was smooth sailing.
DAY 1 On Sat we spent the day lazy and in the afternoon drove up to Clear Lake just outside of Silverton. Clear lake was Great....
Makalu testing the waters