Recent content by rfakhrai

What would you like explained? I grew up in Abq, moved away for 10 years to go to school and start a career, and now I find myself back in Abq to care for my parents. I've got a '97 FZJ80 mostly built up as an overlanding vehicle, I'll dig up photos later. Anyway I thought someone might want...

EDIT: decided not to part with the seats quite yet!

Cross-posting my homebuilt sleeping platform classified ad.

Hi -- I'm no pro woodworker but I wanted to add some width to our sleeping setup and get above the wheel wells. But my wife ended up not liking the reduction in head room, and I kind of agree that it has to go. I figured before I dismantle it and re-purpose the wood I'd post on here in case...

Whew, helpful bunch.

I was wondering about parking brake, actually. I don't use it often but I was parked on a steep hill a week ago and used it. Maybe it needs to be adjusted now. I'll read up on that.

This was on a quiet side street thanks very much :flipoff2:

What am I hearing here? It's an intermittent noise I hear when I'm braking moderately hard, and it only seems to show up when everything is warmed up after I've been driving for more than 30 minutes. My hubs and wheels aren't overly warm (at least in my opinion). Where should I start to...

I made sure to grease the spindle bushing after reading about it here. Sounds like I'm due for an alignment for sure. And I'll check the diff vent. I rotated all 5 tires 100 miles ago with no change. I've heard these heavy tires can be a bear to balance. I wish I had kept my LTXs to test the...

I've been trying to diagnose a "whomp-whomp" noise that starts at around 15 mph and increases in pitch up to highway speed. I know these kinds of threads are difficult but I'm hoping to gain some insight so I can continue to evaluate this issue. Here's some info: I did the front axle rebuild...

I guess this isn't as big of a job as the front end. I'll just put it on my list since I don't know when it was done last.

I've searched and I can't find the service interval for the rear wheel bearings and seals. Why wouldn't they be the same 15k interval as the front?

I'm seeing an o-ring and an oil seal in the FSM, the latter I hadn't planned to replace. Maybe I should?

Where the speedo connects to the transfer case. It's the gear-driven sleeve in the FSM.

I've got a bad o-ring that I haven't replaced yet. In the FSM the procedure is in the transmission section. So, just to verify, am I leaking transfer fluid or AT fluid?