I Got a Tick

[SoopaHick]

It was not a fun discovery being that I could swear it was coming from the rear diff.... was just doing a routine oil change. For the front since I was cleaning up the rear anyways. Turned my day into a not so happy one.

 

[Hickey]

I’ve bent them on both the short and long side

Did you have any luck straightening them and adding a truss?

 

[Hickey]

https://www.wranglerforum.com/f210/bolts-fell-out-of-arb-air-locker-1759929.html

Looks like the problem may be more the locker itself than just the axle.

 

[mbryson]

Did you have any luck straightening them and adding a truss?

I really never tried

 

[Hickey]

We pulled the locker out last night and pulled it all apart. These early design ARB'S rely on 6 tiny 6mm bolts to hold the locker together. There are also 3 pins that hold the cross shafts together. Those pins also come out when those 6 bolts break and fall out. Then, the 3 cross pins start to slide out and bounce against the ring gear. I can't believe there wasn't any damage to the R&P. The cross pins got pretty hammered though.

 

[Hickey]

We repaired everything, cleaned it up, and reinstalled the locker. It tested and works well, but we will start working on the replacement axle soon.

 

[Gravy]

What is happening with that c?
That's why you got that other axle?

 

[Hickey]

What is happening with that c?
That's why you got that other axle?

That's the axle that one of Mesha's customers had the wheel come off while he was flat towing.