Beefy
May 24th, 2012, 08:43 PM
Well, ran Poison Spider and everything was great. Fun trail!
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss177/BeefyBeefo/DSC_0057.jpg
On the highway headed to the other side of town for BFE area to play and a few miles out of town I started hearing a nasty sound at about 50MPH. Pulled over, crawled under, John (Clutch) and Kory crawled under and we couldn't figure out what the hell it was, except for the fact that it was somewhere in the drive train. The noise would get worse when the drive train was under strain (more gas meant more noise), but it would still make the noise when rolling in neutral and in reverse (although not as loud).
So, John knew of a guy in town that didn't rip people off and I limped back into town to the guy's shop. Within a few minutes the guy knew exactly what it was. Once he tore it apart the next day, this is what it looked like:
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss177/BeefyBeefo/3c971c4e.jpg
Sounds like it wasn't anything that I did. Possibly a bad install from what it sounded like. The guy said everything was loose in the rear end and it was obvious it had been for a while. Had to re-shim when he installed a new R&P, new bearings, etc. I feel pretty lucky it happened where it did to be honest. Could've been much worse! And, it didn't mess with the ARB. Got the last R&P in 4.56 that was in town too. Missed a full day of wheeling, but the next day I went out and ran Hell's Revenge. Was a blast! Expensive repair though! :eek: Didn't see that one coming. Oh well, it's part of the game.
Again, very big thanks to John for helping me out with the shop. :thumb: Thanks to Kory for sticking around through the BS and to get the part. Of course, thanks to Amanda for putting up with me and the problems. :D
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss177/BeefyBeefo/DSC_0057.jpg
On the highway headed to the other side of town for BFE area to play and a few miles out of town I started hearing a nasty sound at about 50MPH. Pulled over, crawled under, John (Clutch) and Kory crawled under and we couldn't figure out what the hell it was, except for the fact that it was somewhere in the drive train. The noise would get worse when the drive train was under strain (more gas meant more noise), but it would still make the noise when rolling in neutral and in reverse (although not as loud).
So, John knew of a guy in town that didn't rip people off and I limped back into town to the guy's shop. Within a few minutes the guy knew exactly what it was. Once he tore it apart the next day, this is what it looked like:
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss177/BeefyBeefo/3c971c4e.jpg
Sounds like it wasn't anything that I did. Possibly a bad install from what it sounded like. The guy said everything was loose in the rear end and it was obvious it had been for a while. Had to re-shim when he installed a new R&P, new bearings, etc. I feel pretty lucky it happened where it did to be honest. Could've been much worse! And, it didn't mess with the ARB. Got the last R&P in 4.56 that was in town too. Missed a full day of wheeling, but the next day I went out and ran Hell's Revenge. Was a blast! Expensive repair though! :eek: Didn't see that one coming. Oh well, it's part of the game.
Again, very big thanks to John for helping me out with the shop. :thumb: Thanks to Kory for sticking around through the BS and to get the part. Of course, thanks to Amanda for putting up with me and the problems. :D