"the gold one" update thread matts old rig

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I knew that looked vaguely familiar. The way it clamps from the factory makes it difficult to come loose but I will get in there and check it on the yearly pm. I like the washer welded on the top idea too.

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Fools Gold is pulling kinda to the right. It's been doing this since I've had it. Now, after getting new AT's, toe/alignment, motor mount fixed, one wheel bearing greased... It MAY be the wheel bearings... but I doubt it. I even over filled the front right 5psi and it still kinda pulls that way, prolly gonna go up another 5psi difference between tires... 42psi/32psi

Matt, you replaced the TRE's right? trying to figure out why it's doing this.
 
Godwin said:
Are the tires new new or new used? Rotate tires and see if that makes a difference. May be able to at least rule out the tires.

Or sell it before you dump any more $$ into it. :idea::D
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Second set of tires are on it now.

You want it?!
 
I've got extra control arms at my place if it's one of those.
 
I DO think it's the bearings... They're crunchy...
 
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bhmmapping said:
I think this was the start of a lot of the current problems:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showpost.php?p=7878346&postcount=29
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I think the truck ran fine after. The truck was in the mud for less than 2 minutes...and the front and rear housing was drained, oil was changed, and truck was cleaned front and back after the fact.

BUT...its a good thought, all be it poorly conceived...since this was before I replaced the sliders and went back over the entire truck before it went to grey rock, aka, PRE-ROCK SMACK.

Nick
 
shoupe89 said:
I think the truck ran fine after. The truck was in the mud for less than 2 minutes...and the front and rear housing was drained, oil was changed, and truck was cleaned front and back after the fact.

Nick
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Ahh, but the wheel bearings weren't repacked in the front? - they are separated from the gear oil in the housing by an oil seal. Rear bearings run in the same oil in the rear housing on the SF axle.

The reason I said that about the mud is because I saw the non-functional aisin hub. It was packed completely full of nasty mud. Keith posted a video of a hill climb at Stoney and it looked like he was in 3wd there too. Since the aisin hub opens up to the hub that same mud had to have been in the hub and bearings. The sitting probably did more damage than anything else though.

Good news though that at least the front axle internals and rear axle should be in good shape since you changed the oil in them.
 
bhmmapping said:
Ahh, but the wheel bearings weren't repacked in the front? - they are separated from the gear oil in the housing by an oil seal. Rear bearings run in the same oil in the rear housing on the SF axle. The reason I said that about the mud is because I saw the non-functional aisin hub. It was packed completely full of nasty mud. Keith posted a video of a hill climb at Stoney and it looked like he was in 3wd there too. Since the aisin hub opens up to the hub that same mud had to have been in the hub and bearings. The sitting probably did more damage than anything else though. Good news though that at least the front axle internals and rear axle should be in good shape since you changed the oil in them.
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I am aware that seals separate the hubs from the center section. Hub seemed functional after my mud trip but any and all possible. It wasn't submerged and static for any extended period of time in the mud or in water and we went through the creek about 2-3 miles of knee deep water after the mud and sprayed it out and cleaned the calipers, wheels, exterior of the hubs(which turned freely) and under body. Wouldn't have imagined needing to unpack as repack the hubs after 2minutes in a mud hole.

Ultimately something catastrophic happened between A and Z.

The truck ran fine and seemingly everything operated for 300+- miles after any significant incident.

Speculating and here-there mentions don't solve problems so in an effort to get to an end point I'll offer whatever personal account I can to help pinpoint the issues or probable causes.

Nick
 
from my thread...

Land Speeder said:
Hey, previous owners, settle down. You're pissing in the wind if you're trying to piss further than me. It's my determination that the difs were both loose because it was holding the ENTIRE motor/tranny/xfer in place... my bet now is that both pinion bearings are SHOT. It's also my belief that is why both drive shafts are seemingly stuck.... but the evidence is that the dif was loose even when Keith got it. It's still leaking now. Obviously, the rear puked half a cup out of the pinion when I took the drive shaft off. They were holding an Entire drive train! They gone be loose regardless of 2 or 4 WD...

My frustration isn't so much the truck condition more than the idea... it's not what I thought. It's my seventh 80 and honestly, I don't like a manual. The idea is cool. But it sucks in traffic, it sucks on the trail. I have only driven down a double track but I can already tell, it's lost why an 80 excels on the rocks. Only thing that MAY save this setup is a crawl box. But as it sits now, it's just a novelty. And in no way can I DD it with this lift on it. Hurts my feeble back to try to jump into it every time.
At this point it's going to just take time to go through EVERYTHING... cause I don't trust a single thing on it at this point.
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