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4x4x454, more upright will decrease the amount of travel available. The angle is how Joyner gets the spec'd travel out of a 5" travel shock. motocross bikes went thu this evolution many years ago. upright to angle to mono, all for more travel and better handling. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I had a bunch of 4-way lug wrenches and found one that fits. It is an OLD one and carried under the passenger seat. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Welcome! rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Was not available when I bought my Trooper. My two cents is I have never had any kind of good luck with an extended warranty. Either no problems so never used or the times I used it I was rejected. I totally have given up on warranties. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I am away from home but will return next week. I am paying around $250. I have max full coverage. I posted info about my coverage on ridingarizona about two months ago. A search would give a more accurate cost. rocmoc n AZ/Mexic

Yesterday we took the Phoenix by-pass around the West of Phoenix traveling North, Hwy 58 or 85. About halfway, we passed a Trooper being trailered. What caught my eye was the double shock setup on the rear. It passed quickly, but I saw two white streaks in the shock area of the rear. I can only assume they were shocks. WHO WAS IT? The Trooper was the red and Southbound. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I will start working on a spring trip over the next couple of weeks. I will start a new thread/topic in Joyner. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Count me in also. Maybe the password could be purple!? rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Thanks Mike I understand. That will be another future upgrade to split the system like a normal system with the rears on one res and the fronts on the other. I would also like to put in a line-lock so I can turn the emergency brake system into turning brakes. This would be very easy to do since each rear wheel already has its own bake caliper. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Yes it is fine for you to post here. You are welcome to be part of the team. Did Joyner acknowledge the problem and say they were going to upgrade? They did step up and take care of the Trooper issue, I can't imagine they wouldn't do the same for you. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I still favor a little more bias to the front. Reason being at speed slowing down more force is on the front brakes and the rears will lock up first if the bias is equal. When climbing, it is the decent that is the toughest and the front bias is balanced with the braking power from the engine on the rear wheels. JMHO! All tho I have not had any brake problems, knock on wood! rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I agree with three mounts. Spread the weight & any impacts hopefully reducing any chance of cracking or damaging the diff in the future. I even thought about adding a rubber washer in between the diff and mount something like you would find on a motorcycle gas tank. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Thank you! rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I agree with you assessment. I would first check to make sure that the oil is not over full. The little can is call an oil catch can. Most race cars run them to keep any oil from getting on the track. On the older cars, it was just a tube that emptied on the ground so you never saw the oil. Also, maybe it just needs to be emptied. I will look closer tomorrow during the daytime. Also blow-by will enhance the oil being seen. I will report back later. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Nah, special in OTHER ways!

Fortunately, my better 3/4s is use to me modifying anything and everything we have. It is like Tool Time around here, more power. She does not even ask what I am doing, waits tell the end and provides her opinion. 99% of the time she is pleased. The purple walls in my Man Cave is in that 1%, three years and she still tells me she doesn't like it. Thanks for the details, rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Very koool Flatbed! Keep track of how much time it takes to do each part of the mod if you would please. Also any little tricks or tips! This is great! rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Understand the kid thing. Also lived 20 years of our lives for the kids. THEN we talked to older people who had abandoned there desire to live other places to stay by the kids. About half were sorry they had not followed their dreams. We decided the heck with it, they can visit. Now they are a thousand miles away. It is always a balance. Hay, you can come and visit. If you have an RV, I have three 30 amp services and water. No sewer hookup. Don't forget to bring the Trooper. Then we can travel to El Golfo. We are a day away. Or just leave from the house for rock & desert riding. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

4x4x454. Please don't take this the wrong way, as I grew up in Kansas. I loved it as a kid, would visit but would never live there again. Why only moving as far as South Dakota. That is further North than Kansas and Kansas winters are horrible. Never again will I live somewhere that cold in the winter. Yeah, move on down. I can play year round. We except everone. AZ is a meltling pot of people. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Count us in for a Spring trip. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I felt like my seats were too straight up so I put flat washers under the two front bolts of the adjustment track. It helped with a little more recline. If you want more, maybe you could replace the bolts with a longer bolts or use extensions on the existing bolts. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Spring '09. We have to make two trips to CA. and then we are off to Mexico for a couple of months. Without the Trooper! I will be online and would love to attend/meet anytime after Feb. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

We need to have a Joyner Trooper Rally in El Golfo, Mexico. El Gofo is less than two hours South of Yuma. Huge dunes with beach camping. rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Welcome Bill, This guy is also one of the best woodworkers you will ever find. rocmoc, your satisfied customer south of Tucson.

I replaced our factory latch belts with a camlock setup. Take the lap belt from each side to use as the limit straps. The end that threads thu the bracket with the hole and slot is the end used for the top. Un-thread the belt remembering how to thread it back into the slider on the belt. There is a square 1" brace between the shock mount and the outside tube. Just wrap the belt around this square tube and retread the belt into the slider. The end that is fixed, can not be removed, is the end that went into the latch will be used on the bottom. This has a 1 1/2" rectangle slot. Spread this slot large enough with hammers and punches to accept the bottom bolt of the shock. Don't use heat or you will damage the belt. When you use these belts as seat belts, there was a loop in the center you could pull to shorten or length the belt. Make sure this loop is in the fully lengthen position, in other words make the belt as long as you can. Attach the metal end with the rectangle slot to the outside of the lower shock bolt, bolt is 3/4" and nut is 13/16". I had to use to large break-over handles as there was lock-tight on the treads. Attach the bottom. Run the belt up over the square tube and re-thread the belt into the slider. All this was done with a jack stand under the frame and a jack under the swing-arm to get slack so you can remove the lower shock bolt. Take everything off the stand and jack with the Trooper resting on the ground. Pull the loop as tight as you can so you remove any slack in the belt. Easier than it sounds if you have the tools. If not, find a friend who does. You have to do almost the same thing even if you buy limit straps. Good luck!