CLOSED - REGEAR NOW WITH SIBI BUILT

4.88 gears and Front/Rear ARB lockers in progress. I hope it goes well

 

Really like my 4.88's so far. Nice being able to put your foot down a little (breaking in still) on the freeway and not have the truck freak out and down shift 2 gears!

 

How did everything go with your regear?

 

Very well thank you, Was in at 8:30 out at 10, Met @taco.matt and another member (didn't catch his name) during the install. They did the ECGS bushing and new seal install at no extra charge. Did the initial break in though out the day (I have family and friends spread out from Riverside to SD I visited social distancing of course ) Rides nice in grandpa mode, uses 6th gear again No leaks as of this morning. I haven't tried taking the wheels off yet, but I use a pneumatic impact gun anyways

Hope yours goes smoothly!

 

Does PW do the rem polishing, or is that something that had to be ordered from Nitro?

 

Count me in. I’ll be breaking it in from SoCal to NorCal.

 

Rear diff locked both tires turn the same direction.
Front diff locked opposite tire turns opposite direction.
This is with all 4 wheels in the air and in neutral. When I unlock the front the opposite wheel does not turn while I manually rotate one wheel. Is this normal? Or should I do this experiment in drive rather than neutral?

 

I did my gear oil change last week, I finally getting used to driving in fwy with higher RPM. Went to barkersfield yesterday and love it, when I was driving in grapevine able to push the truck 85mph uphill, transmission temp also cooler if I’m comparing stock gears.

 

Also had a seal leak driver side. Took it last Thursday, Carlos took care of it with free gear oil change So yes good positive review for me.

 

In drive. You dont go in neutral.

 

So far so good. Made it back to Chula Vista and it looks like there are no leaks. Feels great! Driving under 65mph really sucked Any recommendations on who can finish the airline install for the lockers in the San Diego/Chula Vista area?

 

@Speed Freek

 

Damn can't wait my appointment mid July.

 

This seems like a lot of diff fluid.. pretty much the whole driver side of the transmission skid plate is wet. A lot of fluid on the control arm skid as well.

 

Transmission or diff fluid?

 

My bad. Diff.
Engine skid looked like this when I took it off. Going to clean, drive, and see what happens.

 

Just changed my rear diff fluid today. The fill and drain plugs were way over-torqued, needed a breaker bar to loosen both. The fluid was also almost a quart under filled.

With that said, I'm happy to report no leaks from the front.

 

June 8th, so its very possible they've rectified the issue. Just wanted to report another data point.

Also i have yet to check the torque on the lugs, but based on the posts around my install date i expect them to be tight.

 

Ugh...seeing all this stuff. Seems a common reoccurring theme