Recent content by OKMattezai

It's coming along nicely! I respect that you're building that one back up. Especially as mine's currently stuck without brakes since I replaced the booster and master cylinder and figured I'd refresh the last bit of the brake system left, the rears, and have yet to bleed it. So I wait on the...

Quick (hopefully) question for anyone who might know! I'm in the process of upgrading my front door speakers. Previous owner stripped the four plastic screw grommets that hold the speaker to the door metal. I decided to get some new self-tapping screws that were just a tad larger to bite into...

Sorry for the delay, and thanks for all the responses! I suspect, if it's a carrier bearing, wouldn't it be one on the transfer case? I might be misunderstanding though; a driveshaft carrier bearing, would that be the same as the pinion bearing, near which the driveshaft connects to the diff...

Thanks for the link! Must've felt good to finally get to the bottom of it. I know it's sacrilegious to some, but I'd say square headlight 62s are my fav looking cruiser, especially the high roof variants. I'll take some more time after work to read it through, fascinating to see what the 60s...

Thank you for reading my giant text wall! Sorry, brain farted, should have said it's a 1996. Interesting, yeah, I'm not well versed in the transfer case mechanism, definitely a blind spot in my head when visualizing what could be going wrong. Nope, no A/T lights on the dash! No lights at all...

Hi all, Read through what posts I could find on this (plus a million YouTube vids) and looking for some help! I have an odd, low humming noise I can hear when driving the 80. It’s harder to hear at lower speeds, say under 35-40 or so, though if I listen and make sure the climate control is off...

Thanks again for all the great advice! That was very insightful. I'll make sure to re-grease prior to storing the old shaft. I plan on later wire wheeling and using ScotchBright, once I get some more time. I have run the new driveshaft. I did a short test drive around town slowly bringing it up...

Got everything lined up per directions. Thanks again for all the advice! Gonna install tomorrow and see how it drives. Pulled out the old shaft today. Wondering if anyone might have insight on this old slip yolk? It has corrosion on the sleeve, a part that is normally shiny, like on the new...

Sounds like a sweet build! I'm still learning the ropes offroad, as well as in the garage, so keeping mine stock for now. It was also fairly neglected. Figure I'll learn to work on the rig on my own as I go. I'm hoping to build up to some more intense trails eventually, and once that time comes...

I hear you, I first had a wheel bearing noise crop up and did a full front axle rebuild and front brake job. It seemed okay in there overall but whoever did it last did not use a socket on the lock nuts and just hammered them in with a chisel, sharp burrs on the ends and the lock washers were...

Thank you for the picture! Got it, yep, that makes sense to me on the u-joint and slip yoke zerks! Just double checked to make sure and grab some more pictures, doubly confirmed not lined up. There is white paint on both sides; on the non-slip yoke side it's a clear line, on the slip yoke side...

Got it, thank you! Read my mind. That's the second thing I was wondering.

Noted, thank you! I'll make sure to double check.

Interesting, thank you for the heads up! I'll take a look around the forums to see what to do. I'm guessing it's because the rear shaft has to be in phase and this one is not properly aligned? Mona Lisa class shipping sounds great! This one was shipped more like my middle school lunch. I only...

If I'm installing it, aren't I really also fixing it, since I'm simultaneously affixin it to the rig?