Got the TCase bearing replaced, case sealed up, everything except the skid back together.
No change.
It was a good exercise in how to spend $100 and waste 8 hours.
I’m going to buy a mechanics stethoscope.
When do you know it’s time to sell and buy a Prius?
I just want to be able to drive the Jeep. It’s probably something really stupid.
You went to Jeep hell and never got out. I’m nowhere near feeling your pain man!
The best I can recall I had been fooling around with pinion angles front and rear. The shattering now is only when I have the rear shaft in. If I remove it then all of it goes away. When I get home I’m going to adjust opinion. But right now it’s 22.3 at opinion and 23.7 on the shaft. That’s almost 1° low pinion which is where you want to be. But I’m gonna adjust it anyway. The other thing I did was put some rear brake pads on. Calipers are the same calipers as before. But the sound I don’t think begin like immediately with any of those things but kind of gradually came on
I agree with you 100%. It’s good to talk this through actually. It’s making me think. In my defense, I did the pinion angles first. I started in the front. I was trying to get some caster back. I got to 4.8* or so. That’s not bad with larger tires. I moved to the rear and ended with the pinion around 1.4* low. I Drove it and thought the angles were better because the HV didn’t come on till 72 mph rather than 64. However, there was a low drone through all the gears. It was faint and may simply have grown worse. I realize now that the shift in HV may be entirely due to moving from 33’s to 35’s without changing gears. Something seems awry with the rear angles, even though they are good, they may not be good enough.You broke the rules, only one change at a time
You’re right about the bearing. My venting got the better of me.
That’s a real easy fix. I will try that after I get the pinion perfect.
