Recent content by Vtx531

Wow that looks nice! I might have missed it but what size tires? 31?

Good idea with the grease. That's exactly what I was thinking about the rusted area. I knocked out the passenger seal to take a closer look again. Removed Reinstalled Now

I found this pic I took earlier. That looks like the shoulder in there past the rusted area. I don't remember if these seals have ever been replaced but if they were- maybe the old seals were't pushed in all the way by whoever did the job last time. Wish I would have taken a pic of the old seals...

Joking aside, I need to keep pressing it in further until it bottoms out?

How far are these seals supposed to be press in? Are they supposed to be flush? For some reason I thought there is supposed to be a shoulder but I kept pressing and it just seems to go further and further in and now looking at the other side, I don't see a shoulder. I put anaerobic gasket maker...

Plan B: FAIL Too much torque for the hose clamps, the rod just spun and the wire wheel was sort of stuck not moving Plan C: FAIL Too much torque, rod mostly just spun. The wire wheel turned a little bit but mostly the rod spinning Plan D: SUCCESS Worked great! 2" wire wheel. 2.5" didn't fit...

Project update: I drained the diff and removed the carrier. The bearings look great. Turns out 2x2" lumber works perfect to knock out the inner seals with no chance of damaging any surfaces. It was a little bit of a tight fit so I tried a 2x2 deck baluster (my fire pit poker) because it...

Seal installer fits the seal perfectly!

Finally received another ujoint today and I put it in without a hitch. Here is why you want to turn around the seal ring if it is backward. It works as a dust shield for the unit bearing when turned this way but if it is turned the other way it does nothing. That way is for very old style Spicer...

Thinking I don't have this correct but a brush like this? Maybe hose clamp to attach? I wonder if the allthread would work for punching out the seal too.

Guides measure 1.92" OD and 1.29" ID. My big order from Rock Auto is supposed to arrive today.

I measured 1.22" at the main part of the axle, 1.11" where is necks down at the splines, 1.97" ID of the tube. How are you going to make your own? Doesn't seem like it would be worth it. I thought about maybe attaching a string the to ring before inserting and pull the ring out once the spline...

Thats what I use in everything

Ya, good to get that tube cleaned out whether you decide to use the guides or not. I maybe spoke too soon about them being loose. Yes, they are loose but when I tried to insert the axle, the ring sort of drags along the bottom and folds down forward. There is enough pressure on it from the...

The bolt was seized - I used an angle grinder to cut it loose but I couldn't get in tight enough to cut all the way through so I needed a way to rotate it. If the Jeep was on a lift I could have just rotated it down but I'm on jack stands and the floor got in the way. So I cut the bar off. In...