It is with a heavy heart that I must report........

From : beekeep

Q: well i finally got around to fixing the door on the van about 2 weeks ago. bought a new latch to the tune of 93 bucks with shipping. the dealership here in town wanted $130 for the latch. the latch mounts on the door were ripped so i took a piece of sheet metal and conformed it to the door on the outside of the door. i cut the slot for the striker and scribed the location of the screws which hold the latch. i drilled the holes and countersunk the metal so the heads of the screws would be flush with the metal. i installed the latch and hooked it up and moved the striker into the correct position. the final touch was to drill holes for rivets and rivet the metal to the door. it could be a bit prettier but it works and does not catch your clothing on the way in and out... .

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From : roy

on thu 08 nov 2007 164558 -0800 dakotacaster@yahoo.com wrote truck has about 99000 mi. the mechanic showed me the front left and right ball joints which looked cracked and separated. you need to be realistic here. truck is 9 years old and 99k miles and they do wear out even with no defect. how you drive and service them has a roll in their service life. some can get 200k out of them in easy stock driving and some with lifts and big tires are lucky to get 40 or 50k i have seen ball joints on gm ifs 1/2 ton truck go in less than 30k with really big tires on them just except it as normal here and and repair as needed and move on. ----------------- thesnoman.com .

From : d o a

jmc wrote slicker line-x wonder if that also has something to do with the installer. my line-x will take your knuckle skin off right quick if youre not careful loading stuff and its hard to slide anything at all heavy in it. the line-x liners that ive seen are a hard plastic like material and have a slipperier finish than the rhino. the rhino lining material is very much like rubber. maybe your line-x is different than the ones ive seen. -- ken .

From : denny

thedumbguy@whatever.net on fri 09 nov 2007 102344 -0500 snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on thu 08 nov 2007 164558 -0800 dakotacaster@yahoo.com wrote truck has about 99000 mi. the mechanic showed me the front left and right ball joints which looked cracked and separated. you need to be realistic here. truck is 9 years old and 99k miles and they do wear out even with no defect. how you drive and service them has a roll in their service life. some can get 200k out of them in easy stock driving and some with lifts and big tires are lucky to get 40 or 50k i have seen ball joints on gm ifs 1/2 ton truck go in less than 30k with really big tires on them just except it as normal here and and repair as needed and move on. ----------------- thesnoman.com geez. come on even you can do better than that. ......and service them has a role in ......... just accept it as normal............ and finally take your own advice you moron .....and move on. i am sure if you were more adapt at understood what was being said you would know dumbguy. -- which i am sure if you were more adapt at understood what was being asked for you would know - punkin .

From : azwiley1

on fri 09 nov 2007 102344 -0500 snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on thu 08 nov 2007 164558 -0800 dakotacaster@yahoo.com wrote truck has about 99000 mi. the mechanic showed me the front left and right ball joints which looked cracked and separated. you need to be realistic here. truck is 9 years old and 99k miles and they do wear out even with no defect. how you drive and service them has a roll in their service life. some can get 200k out of them in easy stock driving and some with lifts and big tires are lucky to get 40 or 50k i have seen ball joints on gm ifs 1/2 ton truck go in less than 30k with really big tires on them just except it as normal here and and repair as needed and move on. ----------------- thesnoman.com geez. come on even you can do better than that. .......and service them has a role in ......... just accept it as normal............ and finally take your own advice you moron ......and move on. .