Wishbone Runner's Build

Cool, but needs a better pic.

 

Exactly. At least lifted/tires if a 5th.

 

Also, theey fucked it up by separating the 4 from the runner.

 

Ya but it is a true statement.

 

Haven’t been out with the truck much, baby mod took priority. But did get the little guy out on his first trip a month ago, not even a month old and over the highest pass in the state.

 

This past weekend went out to cut some wood and found a wheel full of diff oil on the way back, seal on the other side of the one that went out in May gave up the ghost. Both seals now within 5k of each other. Luckily I bought two seals when I did the first so had one on hand. But, as something always has to go wrong, trying to get the parking brake cable out found that it was seized near the lca and rusted through, so get to replace that at some point, just put it back together without the parking brake for now.

 

That oil looks poopy, does it look more normal in person?

 

The cable or the seal? Both were fucked.

 

Ah, oil, not great but it’s been worse. The pinion seal is taking a shit, going to need your assistance with that this winter.

 

From the pictures it looks like there is dirt or mud in it.

 

YES! almost ready for baja

 

Haha, in training.

 

Nah, just the usual dirty oil color.

So pinion seal doesn’t look too bad, is putting the nut back the same number of turns suffficient to get the bearing properly loaded?

 

Bump @thefatkid

Going to knock this out this weekend, she’s spewing, may have lost a bunch of oil and driven on it a ways towing yesterday

 

Did you put in a solid pinion spacer when you regeared?

 

I didn’t put in anything lol, but I think that the kit Brian used did have the solid.

 

I honestly have no clue. If you didn't order on, they don't come with them.

It is kinda a torque and feel thing. You don't want pinion preload jumping from where it was prior to removal. I mean you could get away with a couple inlbs but not much.

 

Verified solid spacer, set it back where it was?

 

About 120-150 ft lbs with red loc-tite.

 

Thanks.