when i got to the shop this morning, i looked under the rig first thing and there was'nt a drop of anything. i had cleaned the floor on friday evening before i left......and we had been dealing with a persistant leak prior to the orion repair so i wanted to make damn sure that there were no leaks after i was done with it. so no oil puddle(s) on the ground was a big relief.
after i got set up i got on the creeper to get a closer look at everything i had just worked on. to my dismay i found a leak.
the front output on the nosecone was leaking, seemed like it was the seal itself. that was a little upsetting because i installed a new oem toyota seal and piloshed the seal surface on the drive flange prior to installation as well as applying sealant on the splines of the front output shaft.
so i decided to pull the belly pan along with the front driveline ( at the t-c end ). i opted to remove the belly pan because i was'nt super happy with the amount of flex in the twin-stick mount. you have to apply quite a bit of force to get the twin sticks to shift, especially the high-low lever when you're suing them with the updated detent for the high-low fork. so it takes a sturdy bracket. AA does not sell a braket for this application ( the C4 automatic adapter 0 so i had fabbed up my own. turns out it was'nt quite strong enough and allowed for some flex. so out came the bracket for some serious beefing up.
now it's built like the preverbial "brick shit house" and there's no more flex thanks to greenfox who had the day off work and came down to the shop to help out as he often does. thanks again bro!
once we were done with the shifter bracket we turned our attention to the front tc leak. upon removing the front driveline and yoke we discovered that the leak was between the nose cone and the seal itself, not from the splines or from the seal surface on the yoke. so it's not exactly something you could prevent or forsee. since i had installed an oem toyota seal and it leaked i opted for the marlin HD seal this time around. got it installed and everything bolted back together but i ran out of time so no test drives tonight. tomorrow moring i'll take the rig for a spin. then it'll be time to check for leaks again and move onto other projects i still need to complete like installin a ps cooler.......
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