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  1. mrblaine

    Help with stuck tie rod bolt

    I'm still trying to figure out why he cut off the only part that makes it easy to remove? All you have to do is take the axle end out front, set that on a floor jack. At the other end, lay a socket under the mount and trap it next to the pin. Jack up, put some tension on it, smack the mount with...
  2. mrblaine

    Help with stuck tie rod bolt

    All I have to say is there's a lot of folks not looking at the same pics I am. OP, You are going to have to stack up something to push down on the top of that pin with a prybar against the frame while you smack the side of the trackbar mount rounded end with a small hammer and vibrate it out.
  3. mrblaine

    Has anyone modified the body mount style steps to mount to the frame?

    I have no opinion on the viability of his request, just clarifying what that request is.
  4. mrblaine

    Has anyone modified the body mount style steps to mount to the frame?

    He is asking if the ones that get clamped by the body mounts can be converted to be frame mounted.
  5. mrblaine

    PSC Hydro-Assist Installation Instructions (Using Black Magic Kit)

    I suspect the filter is there to prevent catastrophic failure in the event of catastrophic failure. Case in point is Gerald was hauling ass out of the Rubicon and tagged a big tree root at speed. That shattered a few teeth on the sector gear and the pieces went into the pump and took it out. Had...
  6. mrblaine

    Fire Extinguisher Rabbit Hole

    Jerry won't have to if he ever needs to put out a car fire. Facts will be in evidence shortly thereafter.
  7. mrblaine

    Rubicrawler for $1400

    There are no indicators that you are delivering too much torque to the axles. The chassis doesn't torque over, the engine doesn't bog a little, nothing to tell you to back out of it before you break something. We've warned folks many times in JV to stay out of low low and yet they persist. Then...
  8. mrblaine

    Axle bearing and seals

    Can't be the same for both since the 35 uses a Torrington roller style and the 44 uses a cup and cone tapered roller bearing. The 35 is a c-clip retained at the spider gears and the axle slides through the bearing with the bearing journal machined onto the shaft. The 44 has an external retainer...
  9. mrblaine

    Rubicrawler for $1400

    That says the 241 is probably too low to achieve the requisite wheel speed so now I'm lost.
  10. mrblaine

    Rubicrawler for $1400

    Were the axles geared correctly?
  11. mrblaine

    Rubicrawler for $1400

    Wheeling is too vague. Dunes and rocks are at opposite ends of the spectrum and what works well for one doesn't work so well for the other.
  12. mrblaine

    Rubicrawler for $1400

    Manual or auto with the 231? I pointed out the ratios, if you want double 2.72-1 ratios for the money, then it makes sense to you. All depends on where and how you wheel.
  13. mrblaine

    Rubicrawler for $1400

    Doesn't to me but it isn't my Jeep. You have your own sensibilities to live by. No idea if you will want or need it. The auto makes most of that a moot point. If you ask the question a different way, what would be better for ratios? Then you get an entirely different set of recommendations.
  14. mrblaine

    Rubicrawler for $1400

    The 241 is problematic. The 231 is laterally problematic. But, in general, if you are paying new prices, winding up with 1-1, 2.72-1, 2.72-1 and 7.4-1 is a poor use of your money. You wind up with too much low gearing for the lowest ratio and doubled up ratios which is economically unsound...
  15. mrblaine

    2003 TJ Dana 30 axle guides

    https://xpabrasives.com/2-x-012-x-1-2-crimped-wire-wheel-brush-steel-lessmann-415161/?setCurrencyId=1&sku=415161&srsltid=AfmBOorZc76Klu-uRlwfvCSLW94DgNTlBCpL_hD4hEPLU2nsSOAsxdswaIE
  16. mrblaine

    2003 TJ Dana 30 axle guides

    Axle tubes are 2.50 x .250 wall.
  17. mrblaine

    2003 TJ Dana 30 axle guides

    All you have to do is stick a prybar under the shaft in the end of the tube and use that as a fulcrum to keep the shaft out of the goo. You're making it a lot harder than it needs to be. Our tubes are not pristine and spotless so I care that I don't push the splines through gunk in the tubes.
  18. mrblaine

    2003 TJ Dana 30 axle guides

    Had I known anyone would actually buy those, I could have sent some out for the cost of shipping. We've dug many of them out of the tubes after seeing a few get pushed through the seals. Happens when you pull the axle and the guide stays in the tube. We keep a piece of welding rod handy with a...
  19. mrblaine

    RockJock CurrectLync steering system worn out after only 1.5 years

    Since you went there, what they are doing is the equivalent of getting on here and telling everyone your tires are under inflated because they are flat on the bottom. Of course, that is wrong because that isn't how it works and it is just as wrong as compressing the spring in a TRE and...
  20. mrblaine

    Howard Fabworks Half Doors

    He use the Bestop 1/2 door latches they use on their soft doors. (or did at one time) There might be a worse lower quality latch out there, but I've not found it yet. He was also warned to find something else because of how crappy they are.