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Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX Xcursions => Topic started by: Jayrat on July 29, 2015, 10:29:19 AM

Title: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: Jayrat on July 29, 2015, 10:29:19 AM

Anyone up for a Fred Canyon / Thing Canyon run tomorrow
sorry for the last minute post' going with a friend to break in my suspension

Title: Re: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: Sage Bromax on July 29, 2015, 12:48:48 PM

Watch out for thunderstorms and flash floods for the next couple of days

Title: Re: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: FrankB on July 29, 2015, 01:33:29 PM

If you've not done so already, you may want to check with the Forest Service regarding locked gates.  They've closed some of these trails down in the past.  If those are closed, you could ask about the Espinosa Trail, going down from the Los Pinos Fire Lookout back to the ring road that circles Corral Canyon OHV area.  It's not too far from Fred/Thing.

Title: Re: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: Jayrat on July 30, 2015, 06:22:52 PM

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Title: Re: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: JFanaselle on July 30, 2015, 07:28:39 PM

How did the suspension do?

Title: Re: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: Jayrat on July 30, 2015, 08:08:49 PM

Quote from: JFanaselle on July 30, 2015, 07:28:39 PM

How did the suspension do?

I've run that trail a few times . there was a big difference. the only issue is I think I'm having slight contact with the UCA,

Title: Re: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: Sage Bromax on July 30, 2015, 08:36:51 PM

Quote from: Jayrat on July 30, 2015, 08:08:49 PM

I've run that trail a few times . there was a big difference. the only issue is I think I'm having slight contact with the UCA,

Break out the angle grinder!   ;D

Title: Re: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: JFanaselle on July 31, 2015, 09:28:29 AM

Tony is the expert at that by now!  ;D

You should be able to just unbolt the UCA from the spindle and swing it up and out of the way, then grind on the coil bucket without even having to take anything else off. Just have a jack positioned under the lower control arm to line it all back up when you re-bolt the UCA to the spindle.

I kind of thought that might be a problem when I attached my upper control arm, so Tony busted out the grinder and went to town. We didn't take too much off of mine - just a small piece, probably about 1/4 inch or less wide by about 2 or 3 inches long, closer to the front of the vehicle on both sides. Basically just the extra lip that sticks off of the coil bucket. You'll see where it looks like the UCA makes contact, just chop it off a little right there. See the image below - this is the passenger side, and you can kind of see the shiny part where the coil bucket was cut back. I circled in red the area we removed, and again, it was only a small piece.

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Title: Re: Fred Canyon July 30 2015
Post by: Jayrat on July 31, 2015, 07:10:29 PM

Yeah I can see where it makes contact, it's already given me a template to follow lol