My First 4x4

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby SPR » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:14 am

Good to know. Do you think you would have been zapped if you grabbed the coil wire while it ran?
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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Fab_man » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:31 pm

I am not sure. The vortec coil has a driver....I know the power from the driver leaves a good jolt...would not want to find out the coil side of it.

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Fab_man » Wed Aug 31, 2016 8:49 am

Went to funny rocks with some VIT plant people....



Front diff is leaking from behind locker motor.....for some reason the front wasn't unlocking also. Drove up there and back pretty much ok (had one plug wire shift and short on a header but a zip tie took care of it)

Need to get my compressor mounted and wired and some new rear leafs since the 63s are not doing it for me.

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Gregandlina » Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:11 am

Great to see it out!
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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Lurch » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:38 am

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Fab_man » Fri Dec 16, 2016 9:26 am

I guess I need to update this thread more....just have been busy.

Weds I thought I would drive my rig to the vanpool since I figured work would let out way late and by the time we made it back to town the roads would be horrible.

Got out early and grabbed some groceries and while driving through the parking lot a couple shudders and I lost all forward thrust. Check to make sure a transfer case didn't pop in neutral or something. Then hopped out and looked under the truck (expecting a driveline on the ground or something) only to see the driveshaft still spinning (drag in gearbox from cold gear lube) and the truck not moving.

Tossed in 4wd and limped it home.

Torn it down yesterday morning with the day off and found all my ring gear bolts somehow fell out of the ring gear. Carrier is pretty well fubar'd. Found a donor third in Seattle to pick up this evening and swap my gears into. New bearings and some ring gear locking tabs are on the way.

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Lurch » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:50 am

Always loctite and torque ring gear bolts.
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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Jay W » Fri Dec 16, 2016 4:41 pm

Lurch wrote:Always loctite and torque ring gear bolts.

And clean all oil out of the holes with brake clean so the locktite is effective.

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Roman » Fri Dec 16, 2016 6:28 pm

Did you already head over to Seattle? What third are you running? I have a 4cyl third...

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Fab_man » Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:11 am

Already picked up a new third. I have elockers front and rear. Got a killer deal on it. My gears were good still but questioned the bearings so new ones are on the way.

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Fab_man » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:01 am

this is getting old.....and I need to get some pics uploaded.

Ended up chipping a front ring gear 2 weeks ago. Tore down the truck on Sunday and new gearset should be here tomorrow.

I think once this is sorted out the next big step is going to be a new bed for the truck

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby warrpath4x4 » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:20 am

stock bed or build a bed?

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Fab_man » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:35 am

warrpath4x4 wrote:stock bed or build a bed?



Build a bed.

pic updates:

Aftermath of the 50th "Stump contact"
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Centerpin from front leaf pack:
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Rear Carrier that spit out the bolts:
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Front Ring Gear Damage:

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Wrench » Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:17 pm

:shock:

Thats a lot of carnage! Never seen a carrier torn up like that before.
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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Lurch » Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:21 pm

Somebody didn't lock tight the ring gear bolts.
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Re: My First 4x4

Postby Fab_man » Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:34 pm

Lurch wrote:Somebody didn't lock tight the ring gear bolts.


yes. I think I might have not even torqued them proper as I was going to do that after loc-tite. I built this third on and off over a week period.....lesson learned.

The other I did in one sitting....other than rushing it and not reshimming when a bearing race settled on final assembly everything was ok.

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Re: My First 4x4

Postby kindtones » Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:41 am

Can't wait to see how it turns out.


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