Recent content by mainegoat68

good to know, thanks

I forgot about the "used gear" part of this. You are correct. I've seen this before, it is a crapshoot. I suppose I should look into getting a set of new gears, and maybe a limited slip carrier while I'm at it. just have to figure the ratio I desire. Thanks for the input, everybody.

Forgot to mention 4.0 with 5 speed. The tires are new, and I like them. I would be setting these gears up myself

I have an 04 X with the ever popular 3:07 gears. My boss has a set of 4:11s sitting on a shelf that he took out of another TJ, to put in 4:88s. I can have them for free. Question is, would that be too much gear for my needs. I had a Chevy K20 with 4:11s that was horrible on the highway. That...

At our shop, I use a mild 3/8 battery powered impact and snug them, and then hand torque to spec., on all the wheels that I do.

Well it's been a couple of years now, I don't drive it very often, and I wanted to make sure it was gone for good, before I posted this. After everything I replaced, and adjusted, it was much better, but would still go into the DW every once and a while, usually after hitting the right sized...

look at the resistor, under the glove box

I've been winch shopping a bit, then I managed to get a M8000 (steel) for free. A company we do business with brought in a new Zeon(syn) and said to replace the M8000 that was on their truck, with it. I asked what they were doing with the old one, they said "throw it", so I did, in the back of...

Well, I took it out of storage, bought 4 new 265/70r16 toyo at's. On my last alignment, the RF camber was at -7/8, which is at the maximum end of the spec. I like to have things a bit more in the middle, if possible, so I put in an offset upper ball joint to change some more toward the middle. I...

Well, I went to the storage garage today to get the date codes from the tires. 5212, which is the last week of 2012, which means they are over 7 years old. Now I have to decide if I should stick with 265s or step back a bit to 245s. Having stock gearing, the 245s may work better, power wise...

What Jerry said. Small shots directed at a certain area, instead of a full blast.

Good idea on the possibility of old tires. I bought the TJ with them on it, and would have no idea how old they are. I never think of the age of tires because they wear out so fast, on most of my vehicles, but this one barely gets used. Bought it off of a lobsterman, who hardly used it either...

Thanks for the replies. I bought the TJ with the tires and wheels it now has. I believe they are Ultra 16x8. It had the DW all along, so I started changing the control arms, bushings etc, as they were around 15 years old. It happened with old and new parts. I balanced the wheels myself, I have...

OK, here goes. I've been an auto/truck tech for 44 years, and do a great deal of drivetrain work. This, by no means, says that I know everything. I learn new things daily. I have a low mileage 04 tj-x model. Bought it 2 years ago, only put 2,000 miles on it. The thing is in real clean condition...

I'm getting used to it, slowly. Only put around 1,500 miles on the TJ, so far. However I've ridden Harley's for 30+ years and we have the low wave for those, and I get the Muscle car wave with my GTO. With my Silverado, I'm left alone.