I’ll blame it on lack of coffee man….. missed the 40’s note.
agree with others- time to throw down and weld up some sterlings/60 or pickup Some crate 60’s.
Pretty sure fusion uses motive gear in their builds. Not that you want to deal with swapping gears in the future after going to Ton’s...
The only other thing coming to mind would be bias ply or directional tires that are mounted backwards would be why you are hearing noise when coming off the throttle.
Checking backlash isn’t overly complicated. Open the pumpkin, stick a dial indicator on and push the gear set back and forth to...
What brand gears were you running??? 5.13’s on the street should have been Fine!!
I have only ran Motive Gear…. Never had a pinion head give out….. definitely stood up to dropping the clutch on 37’s and burnouts in my jk…. ?? ???
If this is your first 4wd and you are getting into off roading, it’s going to be fine.
add a rear locker down the road, when you determine your skill and situations justify it.
maybe look to get a winch/bumper for your first mod.
The mention of a Toyota tacoma is funny to me…. The gladiator...
For me- I would have to save “significant” money to switch from USAA…. They have got to be one of the easiest no bs insurance companies to deal with. Knock on wood- no at fault claims for us… but several family members share the same opinion (and they were at fault…). Easy day. They get you...
For those that don’t want to click through, but are still interested in the data.
Stock diesel rubicon- or 3.6 non rubicon.
Stock rubicon
Factory geared diesel 37” tires- non rubicon 3.6 factory gears
4.56’s & 37’s
4.88 & 37’s
5.13 & 37’s
Lol was this posted in the insurance rate thread??? ???
Op- glad you seem to be ok for now.
Will be curious to see the outcome of the frame/straightness… ?.
This is a super subjective topic.
example- my in law is running some Les Schwab 35” tires with rhino arsenal wheels…. 122#’s weighs more thank my JK’s pat. 37” tires and dirty life beadlocks…..
method makes some nice light weight wheels…. Tires….. well depends what you are going to wheel...
Mid 30’s- $135 a month USAA
22 jtrd 12k miles per year
14 vw tdi sportwagen 40k miles per year
$0 comprehensive
$500 collision
$300k under insurance
Bodily liability $100k/300k
Property $300k
Under insure bodily 100/300
20% vehicle replacement insurance
I’m pretty jealous of the GTD…. I’m getting ready to put a gtb2265vk in our mk6 sportwagen- waiting on a cp3 pump to ship…. Canadian customs or something ??‍♂️?. Wish we got the GTD or the 4motion tdi’s on this side.
I don’t know that I would say that…. If your chasing death wobble at 3,600 miles I would start with the basics…
track bar mount holes can wallow quickly… like few hundred miles quickly….The steel on the factory mounts is pretty weak sauce.