NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Just got off the phone to modify my order with ECGS. What great customer service!....I was wondering if I needed to upgrade to Nitro or Yukon gears.... I guess everything 4.56 and up comes with nitro...my order ships out friday. awsome company!

 

good looking out bro will get on it.

 

does anyone have the bearing pulling tool to remove that bushing I can borrow??

 

@Shetto24

 

Did I miss something at Mule yesterday?

 

Open house

 

All the holes are plugged. OEM amber front and rear locker switches are wired and tested.

 

Ok ordered my ecgs bushing and both tools, so when I'm done I say we just core charge the tools and pass em around to whoever needs em.
Ordered new bearing assembly's and new cv axles figured I may as well do it all if I'm taking it apart.
Sigh. After $1200 for Kris's b day golf clubs and this, I'm about tapped for the year. Have to wait till Jan for my rear locker.

 

Where did you get the axles from? Should just get the boots versus all new axles.

 

NAPA rm oem's. Was going to just rebuild mine but after pricing out all the teeny parts and bearings and stuff, I'm just too lazy to do it, and the pricing is about the same. If I open the old ones and they just need a re pack, then I'll re boot them and return the new ones. Since it's my DD, I gotta do it in 1 day, so I figured it would be better to have another set to install in case mine are marginal.
I've taken my suspension apart so many times now I can strip it in about 30 min.

Edit: I LOVE air tools!

 

Your nit going with a front locker?

 

Easy cowboy! One thing at a time!
Actually tho, probably just a rear. For what I use my truck for, a rear and a winch will pretty much do it.
Plus, Kris is all hot to get a Rubicon. We'll see how hot she is about writing a $45k check.

 

You shouldn't need to rebuild them, people go a couple hundred thousand miles and don't have problems.. at least that i've heard.

 

Haha..your not planning on regearing?

 

Yeah I just figured I have 130 k mi., and since I have it apart the peace of mind of everything new for an extra $200 is worth it. I hate to wait till stuff breaks, cuz it always seems to do it at the wrong time and place. Al I really need is the bushing and bearings. The axles are just so I don't have to take it apart again for a couple years.
I hope.
Like I said, if I get the old ones about and they look good, I'll just clean and re pack and re boot them.

 

Tom return those immediately.

 

I dunno. I'm not going bigger than the 33' S I have now, BUT if I get a trailer, I might have to re gear. I'm not going to worry about it till feb. too much other stuff going on.
Plus, Santa comes Nov 5, so gotta get 138,000sq ft of mall common area decorated! Only 60 odd shopping days left!
Fucking hate the holidays. Spend a week getting the mall decor up, then come home and Kris wants me to do the house.

 

The tools, or the axles? And why? Edumacate me!

 

Currently trying to find the video from a past rock therapy. One guy went thru 3 Napa CVs on the same trail! They are insanely weaker than OEM CVs.
OEM Cvs have a different tulip design.

1.) your CVs don't need rebuilding. They only improvement you can really do is new C clips lol
2.) just order reman'd and rebooted ones from CVJ

 

Ok, thanks for the good advice! nAPA told me the ones they had were oem reman'S. That's why I ordered them, as I know about the tulip. Plus I've read that some of the others don't have the same range of motion.I'll check out the ones from cvj. I just wanted to have a set to install if mine are too knarled out. Thanks!