Dirt Every Day Extra

This time on Dirt Every Day Extra, Dave Chappelle gives you the lowdown on the front axle that is going under his Ford F-350. With the goal of building a strong, simple fullsize trail rig, Chappelle assembles a 1-ton Dana 60 front axle and tells you all about the parts he’s using to build it up.

Most semifloat axles have pressed-on bearings and retainers. On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, Dave Chappelle shows you how to carefully remove the press-on bearings with a vise and grinder.

Tires can pop off the wheel when you’re running low air pressure, but with the right tools you can reseat the bead without too much trouble. Today on Dirt Every Day Extra, we show you how to flex out your suspension to remove the pressure on the wheel and then air it up with an onboard carbon dioxide tank.

Having a good rollcage can save your life. On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, we explain why we built the cage the way we did, and why you should have a quality cage in any 4x4 that sees difficult trails.

Wanna know what we like and don’t like about the Chevy Colorado ZR2? Well, here is your chance. We had one to test for a week and were pretty impressed, but there were some things that we didn’t like too. Tune in to this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra to hear our opinion.

This time on Dirt Every Day Extra, Dave Chappelle and Fred Williams are behind the wheel of the new Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 and are here to give you their thoughts.  It’s pretty funny to see the Dirt Heads attempt to drive a nice new truck.

Clampy is Fred Williams’s 1986 Toyota rock crawler. On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, he shows you all the stuff that has accumulated in the cab of his truck over the 15 plus years of off roading it.

Just like a normal car, it’s important to check and service all the fluids in your 4x4. On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, Fred Williams and Dave Chappelle tell you what to check and how to keep your hardcore 4x4 running great as a street and trail machine after every off-road excursion. 

In the world of four wheeling, a tie rod end stuck in a steering knuckle can seem like an unconquerable enemy to battle. However, a simple procedure will remove the castle nut and allow you to overcome the enemy forces of a tie rod stuck in the knuckle. And on this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, Fred Williams will show you how.

The Mad Maxxis has been sitting for a long time and it isn’t always starting, so Fred decides to look into the problem. It’s a long Dirt Every Day Extra, but you can see just how he gets the engine to reliably crank over.

Trail fixes are just part of the game when you go four-wheeling, if you want to get home. This time on Dirt Every Day Extra, Dave Chappelle answers a viewer question about the craziest trail fix he’s ever done.

On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, Dave Chappelle and Fred Williams talk about open- and closed- knuckle front axles-Dana 44s versus Corporate 10-bolt axles. But first Williams totally nerds out on Jeep forward-control info.

This time on Dirt Every Day Extra, Dave Chappelle explains how the Snowflake truck is now a work truck but is also turning into a camping truck. The 2007 Chevy truck that started out as a snowmobile build is now getting a super-simple rack for mounting a rooftop tent. Watch and see how we did it.

Fred Williams is prepping a Chevy Corporate 14-bolt to go under the Junkyard YJ. On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, he gives some info of how he prepared the axle to go under the Jeep and what he cut off before putting it back together.

The Jeep CJ-5 is an iconic 4x4, but there are a lot of different types of CJ-5s over the years. On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, Fred Williams talks about one particular CJ-5 he found at a yard in northern Idaho.

Fred Williams is walking around a junkyard in northern Idaho and keeps finding some really cool 4x4s. On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, he shows you a way cool 1960s-era Dodge Power Wagon Crew Cab.

Have you ever dragged home a project truck and soon realized it was more work than you wanted to get into? So have we! This time on Dirt Every Day Extra, Dave Chappelle and Fred Williams answer a viewer question about the vehicle they most regret buying.

Fred Williams is walking around the yard behind Mawdco Manufacturing in Oldtown, Idaho, and has found the cab of an FC150. The cab has been modified, and on this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, Williams talks about what shape it’s in and what to look for if you want to get an FC project Jeep.

Dave Chappelle used to build lowered trucks before he got into 4x4s, so he’s been around airbag suspensions for years. On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, he explains how and why he likes to apply airbags to his 4x4 builds.

On this episode of Dirt Every Day Extra, Fred Williams and Dave Chappelle are walking around Mawdco, an off-road shop in northern Idaho and found a Jeep truck that Chappelle fell in love with. He explains why this truck speaks to him and what he would do with it if he bought it.