Moab Or Bust....BUST It Is :(

[nfpgasmask]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq3c4Cf1Fs



Bart

[PK]

( garage that helped..#well..I helped them!#... made an error..
moved VX without rear seal/nut or drive shaft.....causing rear pinion
to rotate out of alignment, and the diff to lock up...very possibly
damaging pinion bearing)

Overtightened pinion nut on new crush washer.

Unbalanced rear drive shaft, causing seals to blow.

CSI ( catastrophic immobility investigation)...continues!



Jo

I guess that shop has never done diff work before??
Some pretty basic mistakes.


Bart, the amount of work depends on if you have complete differentials, or just gear sets.
And then, if you have complete diffs, are you willing to install them without changing the bearings.
As soon as you disturb the bearings and gear sets, you have to go through the whole rigamoral of setting up the mesh and backlash, and then setting the preload on the pinion bearings.

Easy to do when you know what you are doing, but rocket science if you don't.

PK

[JoFotoz]

Yea, they have...but:-

I guess that shop has never done diff work before??
Some pretty basic mistakes.

...they dont specialize in it.

Should of been very easy...

Two, fully set up 3rd members...ready to plug and play.

I'm in contact with Jerry Lemond (Isuzu Guru who built them) and the seller he built them for......

.....and we are all tending to think the pinion bearing was damaged when it was rolled off the ramp temporarily.

This is good and bad...

Bad...I still need to find new 4:77 ring and pinion

Good....the garage guys are cool, and will make good if this is the real problem.

JBTW ..PK...I hope ya make it next year...I now have a good contact in Moab...

..for fully locked jeep rubicon () rental...without lots of trail restriction!

Cause ya gotsta drive a couple o'trails!

I'll part with the info if you cross my palm ...
...with an abundance of CHEESE twisties!

Jo

[VXIRONwoMAN]

I'm lost for words.......



...so -:




Jo

Isn't the correct phrase, "I am at a loss for words?" Come on Jo, you're from the UK, aren't you? You guys invented the English language over there.

Blame the gallon of Mount Gay...

[PK]

JBTW ..PK...I hope ya make it next year...I now have a good contact in Moab...

..for fully locked jeep rubicon () rental...without lots of trail restriction!

Cause ya gotsta drive a couple o'trails!

I'll part with the info if you cross my palm ...
...with an abundance of CHEESE twisties!

Jo

Jo, cheese twisties I can manage, its the air fare that hurts.


But I will be there if I am still above ground and fit enough.

I have to work out the options for flying into USA and hope I can tag a ride with someone that travels a bit of distance to get to Moab.
Then I get to see a bit more of the countryside, and share the costs with someone else.
Heck, I have about 11 months to plan this, I must have 50% chance of getting it right.

PK