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Are there any particular gear manufacturers to stay away from?
 
Well this sucks. I can't get a set of Revolution 5.13 gears and the Elocker has been back-ordered for a month, with no delivery date in sight. Top that off with the fact that getting a Dana 30 Barnett cover is also impossible, which means I won't be putting a HP 30 together for several months.

It does look like I could get Yukon or USA Standard gears, but those are more expensive than revolution, and not as well made. Additionally, I found ARB lockers in stock, but I've never installed one and getting it setup correctly is something I'm not willing to compromise on!
I found a set of 5.13 take-out Dana 44 thick cut gears if you like.
 
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Well this sucks. I can't get a set of Revolution 5.13 gears and the Elocker has been back-ordered for a month, with no delivery date in sight. Top that off with the fact that getting a Dana 30 Barnett cover is also impossible, which means I won't be putting a HP 30 together for several months.

It does look like I could get Yukon or USA Standard gears, but those are more expensive than revolution, and not as well made. Additionally, I found ARB lockers in stock, but I've never installed one and getting it setup correctly is something I'm not willing to compromise on!
I ordered hp30 5.13 gears in May and I am still waiting. Of all the delayed parts it seems like revolution has been hit the worst.
 
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I ordered hp30 5.13 gears in May and I am still waiting. Of all the delayed parts it seems like revolution has been hit the worst.
I talked to them today and the guy I spoke with was straight up. He said the XJ HP stuff doesn't sell like the JK 30s, so those get production priority. I'm not going to hold my proverbial breath there!
 
I kept hearing Blaine's voice in my head saying "don't be a dumb ass and check your parts", so I opened up the RubiCrawler box to do an inventory. Although I haven't inventoried the small parts bag, everything else is there.

Having been a while since installing the previous one, I forgot how well built this thing is!

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I kept hearing Blaine's voice in my head saying "don't be a dumb ass and check your parts", so I opened up the RubiCrawler box to do an inventory. Although I haven't inventoried the small parts bag, everything else is there.

Having been a while since installing the previous one, I forgot how well built this thing is!

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I wouldn't expect anything to be missing on the big part. The shifter assembly OTOH, not so much.
 
I saw some tj/lj revolution master kits on ebay, have you contacted them about the kits?
If they're from LiftKits4Less, they don't actually have them in stock. I ordered a Revolution kit from them in August. I contacted Revolution directly in November, and they didn't know when they'd be getting product. LK4L didn't respond to the last 3 efforts I made to contact them this month, so I filed a claim through PayPal and got my money back.
 
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I kept hearing Blaine's voice in my head saying "don't be a dumb ass and check your parts", so I opened up the RubiCrawler box to do an inventory. Although I haven't inventoried the small parts bag, everything else is there.

Having been a while since installing the previous one, I forgot how well built this thing is!

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They finally fixed the spelling! Mine says "Advace Adapters" :)
 
I saw some tj/lj revolution master kits on ebay, have you contacted them about the kits?
I found a front HP Dana 30 Nitro 5.13 set in stock, which should be here Wednesday. My search also yielded a rear Motive Dana 44 set, but I haven't seen a ship date on those, so I'm going to follow up with a call.
 
I found a front HP Dana 30 Nitro 5.13 set in stock, which should be here Wednesday. My search also yielded a rear Motive Dana 44 set, but I haven't seen a ship date on those, so I'm going to follow up with a call.
Is Nitro supposed to be good stuff? I'm trying to find either 5.13 or 5.38 thick cut rubicon gears, but RG doesn't have them or install kits at this time.
 
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