Also good that you noticed it's not locking up. The cooler circuit goes full flow with the converter on. Not the same as Full time lube modification to a manual shift valve so that it flows oil in park.
Either way good work.
Arizona Rock Crawler
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Also good that you noticed it's not locking up. The cooler circuit goes full flow with the converter on. Not the same as Full time lube modification to a manual shift valve so that it flows oil in park.
Either way good work.
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So I replaced that seal with a new one and it still leaked. I even RTVed around the outside of the seal. So now I’m thinking the extension is what’s causing the issue. And I checked to make sure the seal is mating with the input shaft of the tcase
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That gatekeeper is really tough. I almost want to try going all the way to the left next time. My dad simply couldn’t get up on the right. I had to winch him. We are wondering if the difference is that his rig is much heavier
Yeah, it sounds like it may be leaking around the extension. Buy a smaller Rolling head pry bar if you don't have one, or maybe grind two small notches in the side of the extension you will be removing to get a grip on it better.
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My dads Jeep after highway to hell
I needed to make some modifications as well. I just drilled a pilot hole for the stock self tapping screws.
More armor has moved up to the top of my priority list.
I’m at an impass here because I can’t use a rear flare on these trails lately. They just die. And the ones I have are too solid of a plastic so they bend the tub when pressed on. But at the same time now my tub is completely exposed now. There’s no way around it I need corners. I even sucked up a rock that bent my wheel well out a little bit.
I’m not sure if I can swing savvy corners and sliders at the same time even though that would be ideal. I’m thinking my priority list is corners then sliders with the impending need for an auxiliary trans cooler once it starts getting hot
I needed to make some modifications as well. I just drilled a pilot hole for the stock self tapping screws.
More armor has moved up to the top of my priority list.
I’m at an impass here because I can’t use a rear flare on these trails lately. They just die. And the ones I have are too solid of a plastic so they bend the tub when pressed on. But at the same time now my tub is completely exposed now. There’s no way around it I need corners. I even sucked up a rock that bent my wheel well out a little bit.
I’m not sure if I can swing savvy corners and sliders at the same time even though that would be ideal. I’m thinking my priority list is corners then sliders with the impending need for an auxiliary trans cooler once it starts getting hot
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I decided I wasn’t ok with the output shaft seal leaking so I went to work trying to pull the banged up Teraflex seal extension the PO put in.
I tried a little puller but it couldn’t do it.
After banging my head against the wall I realized I could take the tail housing off the trans and get to it from the backside. But low and behold there was a bearing in the way
So, we had to press that bearing out to access the backside of the extension and then press that out. Then pressed the bearing back in. Removing the extension revealed this
I’m not sure how the PO managed to scar the bore that badly. I sanded a little bit and filled in the scarring with ultra grey rtv and put a light coat of rtv around the new extension and hammered that in. Then put light coat of rtv around new seal and got that in. Hopefully she’s leak free now! Letting the RTV cure overnight so we will see tomorrow.
I tried a little puller but it couldn’t do it.
After banging my head against the wall I realized I could take the tail housing off the trans and get to it from the backside. But low and behold there was a bearing in the way
So, we had to press that bearing out to access the backside of the extension and then press that out. Then pressed the bearing back in. Removing the extension revealed this
I’m not sure how the PO managed to scar the bore that badly. I sanded a little bit and filled in the scarring with ultra grey rtv and put a light coat of rtv around the new extension and hammered that in. Then put light coat of rtv around new seal and got that in. Hopefully she’s leak free now! Letting the RTV cure overnight so we will see tomorrow.
How about MCE rears if you don’t go corners? They won’t protect you but will give you coverage if that’s what your looking for
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I’ve toyed with the idea of MCEs as a good compromise but whenever I start thinking that way I bring myself back to building exactly what I want even if it takes a little longer to get there. For what I do no flares is the right choice, so I’ll be saving my pennies for savvy corners, savvy sliders, and genright 0”boulder front flares or similar. As @toximus would say, dream big!
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Well all that hard work chasing trans leaks seems to be over. I’ve driven it 4 times over the last few days and everything is bone dry.
Regarding the trans pan. I got the mopar deep pan with the hard gasket and it leaked. The instructions for the gasket said to torque to 125 inch lbs which I followed. Factory torque spec is 150 so I tried that instead and hasn’t leaked yet since.
For the dip stick tube I put a thin layer of RTV around the O ring and that seems to have solved it.
Regarding the trans pan. I got the mopar deep pan with the hard gasket and it leaked. The instructions for the gasket said to torque to 125 inch lbs which I followed. Factory torque spec is 150 so I tried that instead and hasn’t leaked yet since.
For the dip stick tube I put a thin layer of RTV around the O ring and that seems to have solved it.
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My airbag light has been flickering on and off the last few weeks and now it’s stuck on and my horn doesn’t work. Sounds like a bad clockspring...
Since this topic is in regard's to Arizona I will share something new to me. With all the driving I do around Phoenix and the surrounding areas I see very few TJ,s. All the Jeeps I see are JK,s and JL,s. I drove one of my hot rods to a car show in Lake Havasu last weekend and saw tons of TJ,s all over. No JK,s and JL,s. Yes there lots of dirt trails to explore and enjoy. I would suggest that maybe the Arizona group try this. I would like to do this if anything is ever planed. Motels are not expensive.
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Got some lightly used Maxbuilt Trail Tail taillights from @BuildBreakRepeat installed and man they look good! They are going with the theme of trying to slim down my rear corners. The old taillights hung off the tub 2.5” and these hang off the tub 7/8”.
@Alex01 sparked the confidence in me to do a higher clearance BCE than the faceplate I have now. Hopefully that will be coming in the not so far future to help clean up the rear end.
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I’ve got a little shimmy in my steering wheel ever since getting my 35” MT/Rs. It’s mostly when going around 50 mph while turning my steering wheel slightly around bends in the road. Going to try and get them rebalanced today. If that doesn’t work it sounds like @tworley had good luck with centramatics
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Exact situations I had. Tried to replicate it this morning and the centramatics definitely get the job done.
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So one of my front wheels was bent pretty bad. Switching that to spare. Trying dual side balancing. It’s ugly but hopefully balances better since this is my DD. Aluminum wheels would certainly help my case.
