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Which Portals Are Right For You? (Satire)
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Those would be harder to do. With everything in the list I was trying to make it based on how each company markets their stuff while also using examples from what we’ve seen in real life, while not repeating the same thing twice. Turn gets the Chinese treatment and “you don’t need to change anything because the OEM already made it perfectly” because their portals are made in China and they say you don’t need to change the suspension because it’s already perfect, ignoring the fact that the weight and additional leverage very much changes your IFS suspension. Their portals are made in China and they literally said the latter. Tibus was tougher as they don’t have a lot of marketing but they were very loud about how quiet the helical gears are, despite noise being a non-issue from the straight cut portals. 74w was easy having owned a set. They have also had more failures than the rest of the manufacturers combined. They searched Amazon for the cheapest ancillary parts possible to support their setup. So big bling but disappointment when you look at the details. The credentialism is important to them throwing around “aerospace engineering” at every opportunity (but they can’t keep the brake calipers from falling off), or buying Temu loctite in bulk but then later saying “our partners at Henkel” trying to make it sound like some longstanding relationship when just a week prior they were blaming their issues on thread locker. Didn’t even go in to the fact that if you aren’t an influencer, you could be waiting months on parts that you can only get from them, and their warranty is “maybe we honor it, maybe go fuck yourself.” Like Turn they rely heavily on influencers, but that was already covered. I actually cut a lot of theirs down so it didn’t look like I was going too hard on them. Portal pros was another tougher one with the lack of information that exists, but they made the scrub radius comments so that made things easier. And werewolf was easy seems how I am currently running them.
As far as the JHF portals are concerned, they aren’t simply bolting the portals on to the housing and hoping it lasts. So that’s good. They moved the suspension mounting points, another good thing. The axles are high pinion and stronger than stock…can’t make fun of that. I believe they’re two gear instead of three or four, so that’s better for simplicity. Pretty sure they’re heavy as shit but that was done. I guess since it’s thirty grand for a set maybe that’s a thing but then it just sounds like trivial “eat the rich” bullshit. Like “my portals are the right kind of expensive. JHF are too much and that’s silly” type of thing.
Or maybe I’m just being lazy…
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Those would be harder to do. With everything in the list I was trying to make it based on how each company markets their stuff while also using reality from what we’ve seen in real life, while not repeating the same thing twice. Turn gets the Chinese treatment and you don’t need to change anything because the OEM already made it perfectly. Their portals are made in China and they literally said the latter. Tibus was tougher as they don’t have a lot of marketing but they were very loud about how quiet the helical gears are, despite noise being a non-issue from the straight cut portals. 74w was easy having owned a set. They have also had more failures than the rest of the manufacturers combined. They searched Amazon for the cheapest ancillary parts possible to support their setup. So big bling but disappointment when you look at the details. The credentialism is important to them throwing around “aerospace engineering” at every opportunity (but they can’t keep the brake calipers from falling off), or buying Temu loctite in bulk but then later saying “our partners at Henkel.” Trying to make it sound like some longstanding relationship when just a week prior they were blaming their issues on thread locker. Like Turn they rely heavily on influencers, but that was already covered. I actually cut a lot of theirs down so it didn’t look like I was going too hard on them. Portal pros was another tougher one with the lack of information that exists, but they made the scrub radius comments so that made things easier. And werewolf was easy seems how I am currently running them.
As far as the JHF portals are concerned, they aren’t simply bolting the portals on to the housing and hoping it lasts. So that’s good. They moved the suspension mounting points, another good thing. The axles are high pinion and stronger than stock…can’t make fun of that. I believe they’re two gear instead of three or four, so that’s better for simplicity. Pretty sure they’re heavy as shit but that was done. I guess since it’s thirty grand for a set maybe that’s a thing but then it just sounds like trivial “eat the rich” bullshit. Like “my portals are the right kind of expensive. JHF are too much and that’s silly” type of thing.
Or maybe I’m just being lazy…
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I done went to Tractor Supply and found me hardware to build my own portals. 
Just some of that there durability testing and I can release dem for sale. Thinking like $150 a corner.
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Made in Merica.
Just some of that there durability testing and I can release dem for sale. Thinking like $150 a corner.https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1PSqMGtywV/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Made in Merica.
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Billet components and made in ‘Murica? Take my money.I done went to Tractor Supply and found me hardware to build my own portals.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1PSqMGtywV/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Made in Merica.
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Gonna need a write up for these guys. But I guess it’s fine because you don’t need to worry about the leverage created by portals!
He keeps saying leverage… I don’t think he understands the meaning.
“gain something better through influence” … them portals be better just ask the influencers.
“gain something better through influence” … them portals be better just ask the influencers.
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Makes sense now why they have literally zero deleterious impact on any suspension components. Thank you sirHe keeps saying leverage… I don’t think he understands the meaning.
“gain something better through influence” … them portals be better just ask the influencers.
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From the Amazon specs, it is sealed:
- Leak-Proof & Hassle-Free: Featuring a fully sealed cylinder, the BUNKER INDUST portable jack keeps hydraulic fluid contained and leak-free, even on uneven or sloped terrain. Operating without supplemental oil, the bottle jack requires minimal maintenance while delivering reliable performance for lifting, off-road recovery, or emergency repairs.
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Haha! No, asking if it can be stored horizontally is real question. Thanks for the help
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Turning a hydraulic ram sideways CAN create seal deformation and leakage. any gas inside the system can create air bubbles when reoriented for use. Typically you want to store hydraulic rams vertically unless there is a system to provide pressure in both directions and the system is designed to operate and store horizontally or inverted. Most "bottle jacks" are not designed to this standard.
Out of an abundance of caution I will store mine vertically with the up side up.... No matter what the claims are by the manufacturer...
Not to sure bout all dis pressure chatter.... but, My old "hydraulics" work pretty damn good while standing up .... laying it on the side works just as well, or so she says. Although, I find working the jack from the rear ended position, is my go-to way to keep the hydraulics pumped up. And the smiles for miles is a good reminder I finally did it the right way, (for a change).
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