And the winner of the Best Swing Away spindle goes too..... (1 Viewer)

[tracknod]

So my wife calls me and says... "I cant get the back of Stelah open!" And yes... she used that exclamation point.

I tell her just to try and I'd try to fix it when I get home.

Fast forward a little while and I am trying to open the rear ladder swing away on my 4x4labs bumper... Holy hell this is hard, WTF!!!" It wouldn't really budge.

I pop the dust cap off breaking the years old RTV Sealent and this is what I find:

It looks like someone forgot the dust seal... or it possibly didn't get one when it was first put on. Oh well, hopefully Luke will get my replacements out soon

Moral of the story... if your swing away isn't butter smooth... you may have a bearing issue,

Funny thing is this is the ONLY rust on the truck. LOL

 

[Dparo]

I had a Warn rear carrier on a Wrangler, holy moly was that tough to move.

 

[Spike555]

Was there a grease zerk on it?

 

[tracknod]

Was there a grease zerk on it?

Nope... there was no zero at all.

 

[flintknapper]

Should be easy to drill and tap for a zerk. Drill a small 'weep/relief' hole in the side of the dust cap...so you will know when to stop applying grease so you won't hydraulic the dust cap off the unit.

 

[cmck]

I greased mine today! Thanks for the reminder and kick in the pants.