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Made more progress on the Land Cruiser. The drivelines were still making noise, so I decided to grease them properly this time. So I pulled the skid plates off... they were covered in dry mud. So, I cleaned that up:
Since I was in there, I decided to complete a mod that I had been meaning to do for a while. I installed rubber isolation pads to prevent galvanic corrosion between the aluminum and steel.
Then, I painted up all the steel in the interface with the frame sliders:
I greased up the u-joints and drive shafts too. This time, I gave the u joints a lot of grease. I used the needle fitting to get the inboard u joints. I'm now getting almost no sound or vibration. I'm going to put some miles on the cruiser and see if the u joints settle in at their new angle. If not, I'll order up some new ones.
Since I was in there, I decided to complete a mod that I had been meaning to do for a while. I installed rubber isolation pads to prevent galvanic corrosion between the aluminum and steel.
Then, I painted up all the steel in the interface with the frame sliders:
I greased up the u-joints and drive shafts too. This time, I gave the u joints a lot of grease. I used the needle fitting to get the inboard u joints. I'm now getting almost no sound or vibration. I'm going to put some miles on the cruiser and see if the u joints settle in at their new angle. If not, I'll order up some new ones.