What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[ICG1941]

Put a .75 level kit on & 35/11.50/20 on the Nighthawk today. No rubbing.

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[WILDHOBO]

From engine or driver?

Engine. He was reasonably calm actually.

 

[WILDHOBO]

That's on the bypass right? If so that is indeed super steep.

Below the wall.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Well. The planned bearing, seal, and shim replacements for the front diff today didn’t go as planned. Even though the ring gear looked perfectly fine, when I pulled the assembly I found the pinion had catastrophically failed.

A local shop had revolution 5.13’s in stock, so picked them up. So far the old is out, bearings have been pulled from the old carrier/locker, and new bearings are pressed onto the pinion and carrier. My vise wouldn’t hold the diff enough to get the ring gear bolts to 150. So they’re going to get torqued in the housing.

The project continues tomorrow. Oh well. The guy I’m paying to help and teach me is being super patient.

 

[MT1]

More pictures of the recovery. Unless you've been to Poughkeepsie Gulch, it's hard to get a feel for the incline. We were the last ones in the area for the day 230p-3pm, he had professional recovery help coming, but hours away, so he was lucky we were there to assist with some daylight left. @WILDHOBO was the rear anchor, and @darksidedesign on the front. The bronco owner had his winch set to my tow strap used as a tree strap anchor 30' up the hill to pull him upright, while everyone else kept things tight with their winches. Without the rear anchor, he would have rolled forward without control.

That pic from behind shows the "how/why" it happened, thanks for sharing!

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Well. The planned bearing, seal, and shim replacements for the front diff today didn’t go as planned. Even though the ring gear looked perfectly fine, when I pulled the assembly I found the pinion had catastrophically failed.

A local shop had revolution 5.13’s in stock, so picked them up. So far the old is out, bearings have been pulled from the old carrier/locker, and new bearings are pressed onto the pinion and carrier. My vise wouldn’t hold the diff enough to get the ring gear bolts to 150. So they’re going to get torqued in the housing.

The project continues tomorrow. Oh well. The guy I’m paying to help and teach me is being super patient.

Wow, you were absolutely ready for a full rebuild!
Toast.

Have you ever used one of these?
Carrier bearing puller - a variety of inserts to fit around different carriers and diameters of bearings.

 

[Freems]

I will say that Snap On feels great in the hand.

That’s because the other hand is only thinking about where all the money in my pocket went…

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I will say that Snap On feels great in the hand.

 

[bill61]

Starrett- great tools too!

 

[WILDHOBO]

Wow, you were absolutely ready for a full rebuild!
Toast.

Have you ever used one of these?
Carrier bearing puller - a variety of inserts to fit around different carriers and diameters of bearings.

I bought a clamshell one from revolution. It worked like a champ.

 

[Supazuk]

no no no this is a paint issue

 

[Supazuk]

Only broke one Craftsman tool. A new 3/8" drive ratchet back around 1994. Stripped it when working on disk brakes.

Took it back to Sears and they tried to replace it with a beat up rebuilt one until I pitched a fit and made sure to point out the condition of the one that had been broken. I left the store with a brand new 3/8" ratchet....

I've broke craftsman sockets ratchets and extensions

 

[Supazuk]

Yesterday after work, like right after work as in I got out of the truck and went straight to my tool box to get parts and tools!
I installed the ebay add on Proximity harness in my half doors.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235664966204
"Custom harness to passive entry feature to Jeep Gladiator, Wrangler"

I had bought new handles and caps from Benny @allmoparparts.com

The ebay instructions had the red and black wires reversed for pins 15 and 16 (they did not use factory colors and I was okay with that) Otherwise It so much easier than doing the full harness like i did on my full drivers door. Granted, they are half doors so no window regulator to deal with.
I did not have to totally remove the door card. I undid the screws, pulled it out at the bottom of the card so I could reach my hand in and get to the harness. I removed the factory cloth tape and fished the add on harness through door jam loom. I used new cloth tape and some zip ties to clean it all up.
Once buttoned up you could not tell I was in there.

I wanted to take pictures but just the same reason I wanted passive entry was too lazy to get my phone ( i work really hard to be lazy)

 

[Supazuk]

Well. The planned bearing, seal, and shim replacements for the front diff today didn’t go as planned. Even though the ring gear looked perfectly fine, when I pulled the assembly I found the pinion had catastrophically failed.

A local shop had revolution 5.13’s in stock, so picked them up. So far the old is out, bearings have been pulled from the old carrier/locker, and new bearings are pressed onto the pinion and carrier. My vise wouldn’t hold the diff enough to get the ring gear bolts to 150. So they’re going to get torqued in the housing.

The project continues tomorrow. Oh well. The guy I’m paying to help and teach me is being super patient.

Did you take a look at the pattern before you pulled it? I'm just curious how deep that pinion was .. especially where there is no damage to the ring. I'm by no means a R&P expert only set up a few toy diffs, however I do like to find out why things happen

 

[WILDHOBO]

Did you take a look at the pattern before you pulled it? I'm just curious how deep that pinion was .. especially where there is no damage to the ring. I'm by no means a R&P expert only set up a few toy diffs, however I do like to find out why things happen

We didn’t. Neither of us even thought this was going to be more than a bearing/seal replacement until it was out.

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