chaplinfj60
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maybe its moving?
it looks like its set wrong. too much contact to the outside maybe i am wrong
I agree. Did this to a set of gears I put in my 93 back when I was like 19. Only took a few hundred miles to start getting crunchy at low speed.it looks like its set wrong. too much contact to the outside maybe i am wrong
This. A harbor freight bearing press, a bearing splitter, some pinion shims, and a basic low effort spanner tool is all you need to do yota gears. Only easier axles than these are ford 9" with the dropout pinion support.toyota diff are easy to adjust. its jst spanners correct. and shims on pinion.
you should mess with it just so you can learn, and its all ready fucked so what will it hurt. AND nitro gear has a cray sale on toyota gears. i saw some as low as 65 $ so its a cheap to lean.....![]()
That sounds like a load of shit to me but I've never used gears with fancy coatings/ polishes so...So it's from yota masters and I called them today and sent them some pics
I talked to Austin there and he went real deep into explaining how the heat cycles break in a r and p and how the rem polish will keep it colder and prolong that process
Also with rem polishing when setting the gear lash they rely more on the manufactures stated height than the pattern
And he thinks it's ok and building up a hard face
What saved the gears I mentioned above was making a slight adjustment to pinion depth to move the contact back into the center of the ring gear and running them. Almost like that little crunchy crunchy episode never even happened, and they're still in there turning the 38s todayHe made a note in his records that I contacted him and said to keep an eye on it and if I have any problems to call back
Idk how I feel about it, on one hand that's the best case answer for me, but on the other it hasn't filled me with confidence
I'm going to sift thru the remaining oil and see if there's any big shavings
If not maybe I'll cram everything back together and drive it to work next week and add like 500 miles to it to see what happens
I agree. Did this to a set of gears I put in my 93 back when I was like 19. Only took a few hundred miles to start getting crunchy at low speed.
This. A harbor freight bearing press, a bearing splitter, some pinion shims, and a basic low effort spanner tool is all you need to do yota gears. Only easier axles than these are ford 9" with the dropout pinion support.
That sounds like a load of shit to me but I've never used gears with fancy coatings/ polishes so...
What saved the gears I mentioned above was making a slight adjustment to pinion depth to move the contact back into the center of the ring gear and running them. Almost like that little crunchy crunchy episode never even happened, and they're still in there turning the 38s today
Another way of looking at it is that by the end of another 500 miles you'll know for sure if it's fucked![]()
I might have to start setting up my own gears from now on just to simplify this processI know all the gears ive had built make a little bit of glitter during the break in period, but definitely not that much. Hopefully he's right about it wear polishing itself (kinda sounds like bs to me).
Everything I do I have to do myself because of this exact shit. I cannot trust anyone to do any job on my vehicles and take any amount of care about it.I might have to start setting up my own gears from now on just to simplify this process![]()
Send him thisAnd I think the guy really isn't sure but doesn't want to warranty it until there's no doubt that it's truly fawked![]()
Everything I do I have to do myself because of this exact shit. I cannot trust anyone to do any job on my vehicles and take any amount of care about it.
Send him this
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I have nord locks on my bead locks, they are pretty sweet!!
I don't have to worry about lock washers on my knuckle studs, they just rust into place
I really need to do the 5th stud mod
I would probably do it on my spare knuckle and then install that, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to itnature's locktite
And it took some time, and since you're drilling and welding on you're knuckle you gotta take everything almost all the way apart
thats cute... first time wheeling in wet weather...Rained like crazy that weekend, but luckily only had Cadillac hill to do in the wet
Surprisingly good traction even with all the water, that was really my first time wheeling in wet weather
but i also understand why no wet weather for you. just made me laugh...![]()
Yeah, I got a kick out of the CA / Southwestern guys who came out for the KOH Rausch Creek Qualifier back in the day...thats cute... first time wheeling in wet weather...![]()
That actually looks pretty dryWeSt cOaSt whEeLiNg bUd
it did make me think of all you poor bastards in the pnw and east coast
Moar poo welds!
Rear third is back in, but I've got the front apart because my alignment spontaneously changed while driving home from the Rubicon
Everything was tight, nothing bent, nothing broken, maybe one or two knuckle studs were a little looser then the other but not bad
Dug into the knuckles and found one side the spindle nuts weren't tight to the wheel bearing/hub assembly, not sure if that was really the problem but I'll replace the wheel bearings on both sides to be safe
But while I had the knuckles apart........ Might as well add a 5th stud
I bought premade brackets cuz I didn't want to cut and grind metal in my garage with all my bearings and rear end exposed in there
So $90 shipped and then $15ish bucks for some grade 8 hardware and extras and here we are
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Where did you grab that bracket from?
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Hired Gun Offroad 5 stud mod arm for Toyota solid axel high steer
Inexpensive way to add the 5th stud to your Toyota high steer set up using our weld on bracket to tie into the knuckle for added strength to minimize leverage on the studs. Sold as pair.www.hiredgunoffroad.com
It's expensive for what it is, but it's convenient![]()