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It’s been about 8 months of running since I’ve opened up diffs, over a year since I’ve rebuilt the shocks and rebuilt the bearings and everything on the rig just feels old. I decided to rip the whole thing apart and see what’s up and give her some tlc. I hate doing this project but it’s a thing that needs to be done about once or twice a year.
Here was the starting point.
before ripping anything down I knew these things were shot.
Exhaust coupler and spring
Shock boots
Drive shaft boots
Axle boots
Bearings
a majority of the screws were wrong size or stripped
Carb was bad
Killswitch was dead
Gas lines were starting to wear out
the plan was to strip everything down but and bolt.
only a few screws are giving me problems. one screw holding the rear diff together is stripped
One of the steering posts and both steering servo mounts are stuck and stripped
here’s everything that will be replaced
Also the rear diff housing is probably shot as well as the rear diff case if I can’t remove the screw without destroying it.
Here was the starting point.
before ripping anything down I knew these things were shot.
Exhaust coupler and spring
Shock boots
Drive shaft boots
Axle boots
Bearings
a majority of the screws were wrong size or stripped
Carb was bad
Killswitch was dead
Gas lines were starting to wear out
the plan was to strip everything down but and bolt.
only a few screws are giving me problems. one screw holding the rear diff together is stripped
One of the steering posts and both steering servo mounts are stuck and stripped
here’s everything that will be replaced
Also the rear diff housing is probably shot as well as the rear diff case if I can’t remove the screw without destroying it.