All 4 of my Husky splash guards have been on for over a year and 19k miles attached like that...they are still solid.
That's encouraging to hear, mine have less than 100 miles on them.
Today was supposed to be UCA bushing day, but I ran into troubles on the lift. I would have had to unload the torsion bars and did not have the tools for that. Whenever I tried setting the LCA on a stationary object to get the UCA off of the downstop, it pointed the ass end of the truck down in a way that made me a bit uncomfortable. This thing fits on the lift like 10 pounds of **** in a 5 pound bag as it is with the majority of the ass of the truck behind the lift so I bailed on that. Going to have to suffer in my driveway with this job, but it's not near as bad to do off the lift as an exhaust gasket or trans range switch. Here's the only pic I shot to try and capture the stance, though it really hasn't changed. Shameless plug of my friend's F-Teen Thousand and camper that puts mine to shame.
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I went after the easy thing first. It ended up being extra easy cuz the tranny and everything down there was nice and warm, the plugs came right out. I'll likely ohm out the old one as it's MUCH cleaner and consider slapping it back in after getting it 100% clean. It looks like a bent pin may have been why my backup lights weren't working seeing how the pin that's bent controls just that.
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Sorry, crappy pic. It's the pin in the middle of the big plug on top, looks different than the bottom. Next I went for the exhaust gasket that didn't exist. Slamming the thing full of exhaust cement does an alright job for a while. Stuff is pretty tough and took a good bit to clean up. I didn't get it 100%, but ran my finger over it and it felt good enough. I think what's left is filling in pits for the most part.
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I nabbed a Remflex gasket.
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It claims to deal with warped flanges well. It didn't crush as much as I thought it would, but it was quiet in the cab.