Recent content by danredtj

Gotcha, I was just trying to size-adjust the squish bulge in my head. Thanks!

Thanks, this is the sort of thing I was looking for. Your first picture definitely looks like less squish than I roll with normally, but the second looks more like it so that makes me feel better. Looks like those are either 17" rims or smaller-than-35" tires?

Hmm, interesting. I know the 15" C-rated weighs the same as the 17" D-rated but I assumed that was because there's more tire on the 15". However, looking now I see the 17-E and 17-D in the "same" size (slightly different outer diameter) are very close (the E is actually lighter!). But okay...

Hah. Damn, I posted a pic for attention, I guess I should expect attention to ... detail. Mask leftover from the COVID era, yeah. But this was a trip through some of the dustiest terrain in the PNW, at the back of the pack of about 15 vehicles. Those masks have a nice little flap that sits over...

Okay, so I probably should have made this more clear in my post. I really don't care much about "ride quality" which I associate with "how it drives on the road". I do have to be able to get to and from the trail when not trailering, but what I really care about is how it will perform on the...

Rock Monsters are one of the few aftermarket wheels I think look really good. Unless I'm mistaken they're no longer made in 5x4.5 which is a bummer :/

Thanks, but the reason for posting here was to get opinions from humans. Most of us can ask AI if we're interested in what it has to say :) That said, I'll take the opportunity to say that I had ruled these out because they seem to be maybe a little too off-road-specific. The Maxxis for example...

Hah, yes :)

Look, I already hate myself for making this post. Don't rub it in. Here's the deal. I love my OEM Moab wheels. I think they are the appropriate look for a TJ Rubicon and somehow they just look so much better than the JK ones that followed. I really want to keep them and I think 16s provide a...

@NskLJ Sorry to resurrect an old thread but.. how much did you trim away? It looks to me like you have about the same amount of margin around the mounting hole as I do. I'm planning to box mine in and from the look of it, I'll just box in the factory shape/size to leave plenty of room around...

Just for posterity, let me document the cause and solution. The grinding noise seemed very (very) localized to the transfer case. Even the guy that did my gears said "well, if it's not the rear pinion bearing, it sounds like it's in the transfer case." I had checked the joints in the driveshaft...

Okay folks, vibes resolved! Sure enough, it was unrelated to the other problem. So, strike all the vibes-related content from the problem and I'm back to my original problem: scraping/squeaking bearing noise when coasting in gear. It's not the axle bearings, it's not the T-case bearings. I...

Here's another view of the output flange up closer from the side and without the driveshaft: That *can't* be normal, right? I imagine that's the source of the vibes, and I'd hope maybe related to the other noise issues in some way? Surely I can't have caused something like that with the...

To be clear, I've never had driveline vibes before I started trying to fix the underlying problem of of the scraping noise. So I assume my angles are all okay... The vibes are yet another problem that seems to be compounding the situation. I feel like I have to fix the vibes to get *back* to...

Yep, it's straight (i.e. zero degrees between the rear driveshaft and pinion). I also think that would have manifested as vibes first and eventually noise if ignored. It's a rubicon, so it's a CV rear driveshaft.