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Ha!

That's an open carrier...

Dudes, I managed to get the Spartan locker in the 8.8, was kind of a pain in the butt but it's in. I thought I was gonna have to cut the spider gear cross shaft since the screw pin broke upon removal. My patience was tested removing the broken piece holding the cross shaft to the carrier, I used a 90 degree pick to turn the bastard until it came out. I also learned that you have to install the locker halves and the axle shafts in a certain order so that one can manage to get the C-clips on the axle shafts. Time to hit the woods! Coat of black paint on the cover and filled with 75w140 synthetic gear oil to give it hell...

My truck has that AMC logo in the cluster, one time I ran the fuel tank pretty low and a low fuel light came on, had no clue there was an indicator there!

Zup dudes, I'm back from an impromptu assignment finally, did not have a chance to order the driveshaft from the online sources but I actually found a place nearby in Huntsville. I'll call them up tomorrow and compare cost, if it hits the 300 dollar mark, I think I'll go with a Tom Woods one instead... On a different note, I now have the front drive train spinning at all times since I got rid of the CAD components. Is this something to be concerned with? Does the front shaft need to be built differently due to this?

5.5" coils...

So after the 'manche got lifted, the front drive shaft got longer and about two inches on the slip joint are now exposed, I need a longer one now. I haven't found a custom D-shaft shop locally so I'll have to go the online route. Any recommendations y'all may have on this?

If the headlights get brighter when the RPM drops, your belt is probably loose/slipping.

Looks like I'll salvage the brakes and knuckles I reckon. @Pete M I don't think these will have the arms but I will find out tomorrow, do you need them?

Dudes, got some free post-2000 axles off a grand Cherokee, anything salvageable from these? Supposedly the front diff is whining, I'll be grabbing them this weekend...

It could very well be the locker, mine does exactly that semi loud clunk sometimes when turning sharp left or right...

Took it on a 50 mile test drive, on road behavior is unchanged up to 70 mph. I really dig the ratchetting on turns and the looks I get from motorists around LOL

Ha!

Spent the weekend upgrading the D30 innards, deleted the CAD and replaced the worn ball joints... Gear lube was milky, I reckon some water got in there who knows when. Ball joints off, cleaned the axle tubes and installed tube seals. Home made lower ball joint insert spanner socket, worked like a charm. Cleaned the housing and gears and installed the carrier with the lunch box locker. Installed shafts, ball joints and hubs. As you can see in the pic, the rotor shields were backwards, doh! Covered up and filled with 75w140 Lucas synthetic lube. CAD components removed, I got the 4x4 indicator light working with an XJ TC switch, had to shim it to get it right.

I fought an overheating issue with a SBC before where there was insufficient coolant circulation, turned out to be the impeller in the water pump had become loose on the shaft. This drove me crazy for a good minute...

Coolant temp sensor issue maybe...

I actually bench bled it on the booster, truck brake lines off and plastic fittings and clear hoses on the MC, those air bubbles seemed endless!

I went through this before and turned out to be air in a new master cylinder, I thought I had bench bled it well but air bubbles kept showing up in the reservoir. I spent about an hour slowly depressing the brake pedal and slowly releasing, until no more bubbles were present, solid pedal after that. New MCs are sometimes defective out of the box...

Thanks dude!

Got the solid tie rod...well, I reckon I'm good.

Hehe, that was supposed to go on the Tech area...

Say dudes, I will be upgrading the D30 a little bit by removing the CAD system and installing a Yukon Gear axle kit and lunch box locker. Since I'm in there, I am interested in installing some flipserts to get the TREs over the knuckle. I'm not having any bump steer or death wobble at all but I want to ensure I keep the best steering angles, is this worth it? How about a dropped pitman arm? I did a bunch of research on the XJ crews and there's lots of debate on this, not a lot of MJ specific stuff so I ask y'all here, holler...

Fo shizzzle.

How much for the steering shaft to 35613?

Haha! I hear ya man, I have buddies who own trucks with spools (or Lincoln lockers) and daily drive them, and replace tires often without any complaints at all...F that! I am installing lunch box lockers in the 'manche, but it's purpose will be for fun off road use, and for pulling my heavy azz mower out of the mud hole that I always forget about