Robert Stuart Trail 1812 — 1813

Day 4: August 15th, 2007 Stewartsville (OK4WD) — West Chester

Yesterday I have seen a Cracker Barrel, where I have breakfast today. Around a quarter past eight I pay and drive to OK4WD again. There, Jeremy had started again working on my truck. The battery is already removed and part of the steering is also disassembled.

Loosing Brakes, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Removing Brakes, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Removing Skid Plate, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Removing Torsion Bar, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Removing Mounts, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Removing Mounts, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Removing Mounts, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Removing Mounts, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Testing New Mount, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Testing New Mount, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Now the disk brakes and everything, that is attached to this component, must be removed. Next, the whole axle with steering and differential must be unmounted. Then we reach the point of no return: Jeremy picks up the welding torch and cuts the mounts from the frame.

Removing Mounts, OK4WD, Stewartsville, NJ

Also at the differential one mount must be removed by a saber saw. All in all the rework is heavy. But you can tell, that these guys have a routine in doing this stuff. Everything runs very professional.

After everything runs so smoothly I am able to leave around a quarter to four to visit my friend Sepp in West Chester. Unfortunately I get completely lost in West Chester. Therefore he just picks me up and I follow him to his house. Because we are still good in time, we are visiting his family who are swimming at a lake. Then we drive back home and he shows me his whole house first.

Then we fired up the grill and have a real comfy grill party. To end this nice evening, he offered a self brewed wheat beer. Around half past eleven we finally go to bed.