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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Dana 44 Differential

« on: March 25, 2010, 11:39:03 am »

It makes the moaning/binding noise when I pull out and sometimes around turns. I tried pulling out in 2nd and it does it in 2nd as well. I just stalled trying to pull out in 3rd. I pulled the cover off and I'm not totally sure what it is i'm looking at as far as the locker goes but it seems to turn a whole lot before it engages the axles. The gears appear to be set up properly according to the guy who put them in. But he is unfirmiliar with Detroit lockers just as I am. He's used to open diffs and spools. The two halves of the locker aren't tight against the center pin and the tires aren't locked together. Also when I turn the pinion, the two little orange springs in there have a lot of side to side movement. I got the locker and carrier used and the guy who set the gears up never touched them, no real need to take the locker out of the carrier to put gears in. Anyone have experience with how the lockers work?

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Dana 44 Differential

« on: March 23, 2010, 06:10:32 pm »

I don't know exactly where it's from but I'm 100% it's not something that's normal. It's like it binds for a second then it takes off, usually does a small burnout. I'm not so sure that the humming is coming from the rear now. Seems like that's just the tires and my ebrake cable was rubbing the driveshaft. I put the cable back up where it belongs and the binding still exists, I thought the cable coulda been the issue. The driveshaft seems to be at a good angle and doesn't seem to be too long or too short, u joints only have a few hundred miles on them. The brakes are free of binding as well as the e-brakes. The issue seems to go away when I have it on a lift and drive it. So whatever it is only happens with a load on the ground. The pinion turns about 45 degrees before the tires start to move, I'm not sure that seems right. I pulled the cover off and it had a few little metal sparkles but I assume that's normal for new gears in the break in process.

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Bearing clearance

« on: March 23, 2010, 01:13:13 pm »

I think you're looking for undersized. It goes by the size of the inside diameter. The bearing will have more material which would lead one to believe it's "oversized" but the inside diameter is smaller.

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Dana 44 Differential

« on: March 22, 2010, 07:09:38 pm »

Yeah Hillbilly. I drove it about 5 miles thinking my clutch was the issue since my clutch wasn't the best when I parked it. But then I started thinking more towards the differential and was like,' Ugh did I put fluid in that?" I pulled over and pulled the fill plug off and it was spot on still. I also noticed that the Detroit gearless locker was a little too well mannered around corners, like it was an open diff still. I had a co worker listen to it while I pulled out in the parking lot today and it was coming from the rear according to him. Tomorrow the brakes are coming off to eliminate those from the equation since I coverted it to disc. If it still binds without them the cover is coming off. I talked to the guy at Napa and he said he'll come take a look at it when I officially eleminate the possibility of it being a brake issue.

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Dana 44 Differential

« on: March 22, 2010, 11:54:08 am »

Done at Napa machine shop on the side.

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Technical Advice and Questions / Dana 44 Differential

« on: March 21, 2010, 09:08:51 pm »

I paid someone to set up the 4.56 gears and Detroit locker in my Dana 44 and finally got the thing in and ready to go. When I drove it I hear a binding metal to metal noise from the rear and it jerks when I pull out. It also makes a humming noise down the road. Anyone have any suggestions on what to look for aside from maybe the pinion depth wasn't set up correctly?

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: March 21, 2010, 09:01:50 pm »

Drove it for the first time in almost 2 years. I ripped it apart about 2 years ago and did a bunch of crap to it and just got it done sorta.

Found out something isn't right with the Dana 44 in the rear. Seems like the pinion depth isn't right at all. I'll hopefully figure that out tomorrow. It makes a humming noise and binds every time I go to pull out. I got a few miles down the road and stopped at Autzone to check the fluid and the cover was hot on the diff. Fluid was at the correct level. Any suggestions on this would be helpful before I go back to the guy who did it and beat him over the head.

Also have a few minor issues, like my drivers front tire rubs on the bushwacker when I turn right. I think this is a combo of the short control arms I have and a slight adjustment required to the bolt holes for the flare.

I also completely forgot that my steering box was about shot so that's gonna need some attention.

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: 35" Tires and Rims

« on: March 20, 2010, 10:01:42 pm »

Okay, thanks guys. They are 12.5 wide so I'll just stick with the 15x8s

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: March 20, 2010, 09:59:03 pm »

I found them on Craigslist

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Technical Advice and Questions / 35" Tires and Rims

« on: March 19, 2010, 12:16:20 pm »

Just got a set of 35s and currently have 15x8 American Racing Steelies. Just getting opinions on whether I should get 15x10s or stay with the 15x8? I've got some time before I'm putting the 35s on, I need to lift the Jeep a bit more. I wanna wheel my Jeep on the 33s this summer and when winter rolls around go to a long arm kit and 35s.

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: March 18, 2010, 08:32:39 pm »

Picked up a set of 5 Brand New 35" BFG Mud Terrain KM1's for a fraction of the cost of a set from the tire stores. Now the Jeep just needs to grow into them.

Angie, the only way the tank would work from the 94 on yours would be to do the radiator swap too. If you don't wanna do the swap then Muddy's tank is the one you want.

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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Issues with installation of TJ Fender Flairs

« on: March 18, 2010, 10:50:34 am »

If all else fails get a bigger hammer and a sawzall! That's what usually works for me. 

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: March 17, 2010, 04:02:45 pm »

I have a bottle from a 94 XJ and you can get a new radiator with a lifetime warranty from Ebay for less than $100. I've been using the Ebay rads in my stuff for a while now and no issues. We even have a few customers from the shop driving around on Ebay rads. From the ones we were getting from Pepboys we had about 3 of them crack at the plastic tanks less than a year after installing them. The one I just got for the ZJ was $70 shipped. If you wanna do it you can have the tank from the 94.

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: March 17, 2010, 09:01:47 am »

Angie, might be a good time to convert to the newer style XJ cooling system that doesn't have a pressurized tank. It's pretty simple to do, just need the tank and radiator from a newer style XJ. They have the cap on the radiator isntead of the tank.

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General Discussion / Re: What did you do to your Jeep today?

« on: March 16, 2010, 08:30:25 pm »

Finally got a few spare minutes to finish ripping the engine out of the ZJ. Once I got it out I noticed a good sized hole on the drivers side of the block. There goes any hope of building that up as a spare for my XJ.