1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Ouch!

 

It's funny how I watch videos made by jeep drivers. I can hear their suspensions squeaking and creaking in the background on the video.

This might be a business opportunity for somebody. Like the Dent Doctor, have a Squeak Doctor.

 

You should hear my truck just going over the speed bumps into work lol

 

Right? Between my leafs, blown out spring bushings and auto locker in the rear, my truck makes all kinds of racket.

It embarrasses the hell out of wife when I pull into parking spots and the rear tires are chirping and the lockers ratcheting.

 

Yeah I think it's just the nature of leaf springs after they get some dirt miles under them no matter what you do. My front end is mostly UCA bushings which is odd because I replaced them a few months ago, but the inside of the arms were all pitted with water damage so I think I need to just get new arms

 

+2 today

6 since Wednesday

 

The one on the bottom picture definitely is a villain in a children's cartoon, just look at that milky eye.

 

Gotta be blind in that eye

 

Sometimes I drive off-road where I shouldn't. So after last weekend I did my usual post-trip inspection and found the transfer case leaking. I've been doing a few water crossings and getting into deep mud. Anything is possible. I change diff and xfer case fluids often.

I wonder if the leak is more about driving up a 35-degree incline with the gear oil being pressed against the seal than it is a real leak? This was a first for climbing this particular side of the mountain. I usually descend on this side of the hill. There is a tight switchback at the bottom of the hill that has been famous for people sliding over the edge on the way down. We decided to run it backward this time and climb it. I can climb better than I can descend.

I changed the lube and it didn't look bad.

Do you guys ever have the xfer case seal seep a little after trying to drive a verticleish incline?

 

I think some of us just off road, come home, wash the mud off and call it a day

 

Happy holidays, bag-o-bowl o' wine anyone?

 

Haha, you're about to have fun, I've done t-case seals on LCs before, you and I have the same case. It's a job

 

Do you have spare springs for your coilovers, I can't remember if you swapped em at some point

 

I figured as much. I guess there's no quick rear seal replacement? This happened at the wrong time of year for being without a garage.

 

The whole extension housing has to be removed on an LC, it's a questionable design. Luckily the rear one is a lot easier than the front one, which I had to invent a puller for haha

 

I don't think I'll ever complain about a CV axle seal again

 

Reminds me of when I was 19 or so and a friend decided to make his own prison wine at home, I forget details but it involved a balloon, old fruit, a dirty sock for filtering and a lot of waiting. He brought it to one of our local underage drinking spots in the hills in a bag. We all took a swig and spat it out. Probably lucky none of us went blind or something

 

Nice job! Good to know what I'm getting into. Thank you.

 

I don't.

Still got the 600lb coils on my coilovers King provided.

It was the rear coils I had extras of; @Tour991 used those to lift his rear end

 

@Speedytech7 did you need a set? I have 700# springs that came on my 2nd gen kings that are going to be way to stiff for me.