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[M4wdFab]

severe grinding on left side noted
motor running great but blowing hard smoke

lots of flogging this weekend and still functional/ 

[Harrison]

42" reds?

[mr.mindless]

42" reds would probably take care of that grinding noise.

[M4wdFab]

20"s will never happen so thats a no go

[M4wdFab]

front diff inspection performed last night.
gear set in great shape.

Put the girdle cover on Bret traded me.  not sure i like it- i don't have a set of pass through sockets to properly tighten carrier cap nuts.  also seems like it will be a one time use once the front gets smashed by rocks and becomes un serviceable. 

brakes / hubs steering seems in good shape.  not sure what to occasional grinding noise is i was hearing. 

[Wingman]

RCVs?  hahaha

[M4wdFab]

they sound HORRIBLE but thats not the sound im worried about.


probably should have done a complete hub tear down but didnt have time.  dont have spindle bearing parts on hand anyway. 

[TrailTamer]

front diff inspection performed last night.
gear set in great shape.

Put the girdle cover on Bret traded me.  not sure i like it- i don't have a set of pass through sockets to properly tighten carrier cap nuts.  also seems like it will be a one time use once the front gets smashed by rocks and becomes un serviceable. 

brakes / hubs steering seems in good shape.  not sure what to occasional grinding noise is i was hearing.

You might find this helpful. Link to the girdle cover installation guide
http://www.jantz4x4.com/jantz.php?p=manual&pro=girdle&mid=jgi

Install four non-locking ½ x13 nuts, 80 ft lbs. I made a ¾ socket with the back end hand ground like a spark plug socket drive to reach the nuts. You then drive this socket with another socket and torque wrench.

[TrailTamer]

or just weld two deep sockets together to accomplish same thing?

[TrailTamer]

they sound HORRIBLE but thats not the sound im worried about.

You're not touching them because RCV will not warranty them until after they break completely?

[M4wdFab]

im sick of touching them and rebuilding them. 

they are too expensive to maintain, i have broken 5 shafts including a carrier damage.  the splines are now so warn i have about a 80 degree difference of travel tire to tire.

planning to just run them till catrostrophic failure then sell the bits with the other 4340 set of RCVs i have. 



Matts have ~500 miles on them and are starting to sound like mine.

[M4wdFab]

pulled out of trailer to hook up pumper and window net


found water pump dripping from shaft seal.  changed used spare from trailer.  leaking from back bolts.  ran to zone for a white box and changed that with success.  that was at 10:30.  Packed and prepped trailer, window net, pumper.  nothing else prepped meh. 

[M4wdFab]

didnt really feel like killing tires so i was taking it easy.  got wacked after i pulled over for a siren just after the first check point.

half mile later the carnage spread to a 14bolt yoke, rear shaft, air bumb, chassis damage, and gouges in my fuel cell enclosure.



swapped sway bar links to trackbar location after a 2" difference fit was eyeballed, drove the car out in 2wd to the road and back to the property. 

[M4wdFab]

back in shape minus two leaking diffs, a cracked chassis near rear three link mount, and tool bags are a mess.


new rear shaft installed
sway bar links installed
rear 14 bolt yoke changed
lube job

broken shaft rebuilt and assembled as a good spare

[mr.mindless]

Crack kills...


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