Some people are just lucky....mine fought me coming out and going back in.
It is supposed to be somewhat tight in there, isn't it? There's supposed to be preload on the carrier bearings?
Installing a no slip lunch box locker and having clearance issues with my Dana 30 carrier
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It is supposed to be somewhat tight in there, isn't it? There's supposed to be preload on the carrier bearings?
Jeepster09
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Stretches the pumpkin a tiny bit to make it easy to get the carrier in and out. Personally I think it’s unnecessary and better to just use the tricks of the trade to get the carrier in and out. There is a risk of spreading the case too much and causing damage.
It would have been nearly impossible to put the carrier back in my Currie 60 without a case spreader. I’ll never not use one after that.
When I regeared my 30 and 44 I didn’t use one. Wasn’t that bad but still there’s no reason to not make it easier on yourself.
You need to go to the gym....
In all seriousness, I would struggle with a Dana 60 that was still on the rig, even with a case spreader. The last 8.8 I did gave me a workout. Not so much the getting in the housing, rather trying to get the case lined up to get it installed as my arms got fatigued. Them some heavy SOB's.
One of the ones in the alpine loop by ouray. So dumb to break it on easy trails like that. I was going around a rough switchback and a car popped around the corner and surprised me and I think I jerked the wheel a bit
Wild. I've been all over that area for decades and never came across anything I typically think of as a risk to break an axle (I could picture a rear breaking on the wall at Poughkeepsie if you were trying to get up with wheel speed and slid into the hole). Maybe a bad line on the approach to the wall could put you trying to climb a boulder with a lot of steering angle. I wonder if the damage was done prior to that trip and it just finally let go on that switchback.
Yeah it's super dumb, it was the very last switchback before the dirt road out too lol. I thought it was just really bad timing to jerk the wheel while falling down a little ledge or something. That car coming around the corner definitely spooked me
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