07 Apr 08, 08:36 pm
akram Wrote:XJ: figured out the 4rwd issue. When I tacked the shift collar in place I didn't do a good jjob of cleaning the area of oil. and I just tacked them. So the 3 tacks I placed finally gave out. I'm leaving as such for now. If I don't find axle shafts before the run on the 19th I'll weld in back in place again. also need to replace the u-joint on that side.
then I investigated the driveshaft noise. The ujoint on the axle end was moving around and shot. The cvjoint is shot and the ujoints at that end are shot. So I have no front DS. I'll have to wait and see who has one in town and the correct u-joints for it.
Bumper build was put on hold for an undeterminded amount of time, seeing as how I don't have any time to work on it. Need a tranny pan bad and need to replace the oil pan gasket and replace the stripped bolts holding it in. also need to replace the rear main seal. Hopefully all this gets done before M&G but seeing as how I only have about 1hr a day to do anything it's going to be hard.
You gotta pay to play, brother. Sounds like your grace period is up.