I just want to drive my Jeep again. If someone calls and I’m in the Jeep it will mean all is well!Sounds like how I react when the wife calls when I'm in my jeep. She now says. "Oh you're in the jeep, we'll talk later"
It just happened!
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You'll get there. Frustrating it won't make the same noise on stands. Time to find a dyno to borrow so you can simulate the load lolI just want to drive my Jeep again. If someone calls and I’m in the Jeep it will mean all is well!
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It’s so cold here now it’s hard to work on it. I believe it was 18* with wind chill of 3* today. I need to run it for 15 minutes just to get the gear oil warm enough to drain. The more I read the more I think its the pinion itself. I need to look closely at the teeth
I was thinking it might be a bad carrier bearing due to some rust flaking off in the passenger side axle tube. That could be the case, but by pinion I mean something wrong with one of the teeth. I already looked, but what I’m reading indicates I should look again, this time with the carrier removed.
@Irun. Here's what I was reading that made me think I have some damage on the high spot of a gear tooth. Mine is every 2-3 feet and only while accelerating, which leads me to think pinion. IDK though. It's 10* here right now and won't get over 15*, so it may be a week or more before the temps get above 32* and I get the balls to open it up.
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The weather here in Va has been amazing lately. 60 degrees yesterday and 65 today. Because of that I took advantage of the warm temperatures and dug into the rear passenger side. After 8 hours, here's the result.. .
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Front passenger has been torn down and started, but I'm out of time for today.
The old Army trick was to smear grease all over the rotors and you spray the paint on and then when it dries you can just wipe all the grease off.
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Finished up the final corner, front passenger, today. This completes the outside of the frame.. All that's left to do now is to Fluid Film the inside. All four corners have new Centric rotors and Raybestos Element 3 calipers. The front received Black Magic brake pads.
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Also installed a front JKS track bar, along with Blaine's stainless steel axle side bolt. Lot's of work left to clean up the front axle, so don't judge there! 
Call into work meetings and keep it on mute so you can bill that time
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I'm glad the painting work was finished up. We went from 65° yesterday, to this!
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We used to get white stuff like that, but seems we never do any more. I have to say I miss it.I'm glad the painting work was finished up. We went from 65° yesterday, to this!
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Same thing here in Nashville this morning.I'm glad the painting work was finished up. We went from 65° yesterday, to this!
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I like the look of snow, but refuse to go out and drive in it. Traffic in the DC area is bad in good weather. When the weather turns bad, rain or snow, traffic is intolerable. One year it took my wife over 11 hours to make the 20 mile trip home from work!