I had a bad pinion bearing in my 86 CJ7.
I stupidly believed a local Jeep shop when he told me his air gun was set 'right' for doing up the 'old' pinion nut when he put a new yoke and seal in for me.
Grrrr.... I 'do' know better, but....
Man, it turned the internal oil slinger washer into a funnel shape and all the tapered bearings inside got the small end just chewed off.... The lock nut was a finger spin, it is supposed to be crimped into a triangle and is a one use nut. Well, 'maybe' a second use, but that is pushing it.
The shop doing the proper replacement went to press off the old bearing and it just fell into pieces. He went 'crap, well that is sure a bearing that 'just fell apart in my hands, wow how much noise was it making?' He replaced all the bearings while he had it open, the carrier bearings had been vibrated bad enough to have play too.
I didn't figure it was really noisy until I left the shop to come home. 'Hey!, what the heck happened to my mud tire 'road noise'?'
LOL! I just figured the tires were getting slowly noisier as they wore. Nope.
The thing is scary it is so quiet now, feels like 10 more HP too.
I couldn't get it fixed all summer because I was a passenger in a nasty passenger side T-bone hit and the insurance didn't start giving me income replacement until last week. At least the suckers owed me 6 months back pay....
What a royal pain to have no income all summer. I am thankful my landlord waited for the insurance cheque for rent. Nice guy!
Now I have my CJ7 purring and gas money and finally the doctors permission to go on trails so I am going to go get lost in the bush for a week real soon. Can't work yet, so going for a commune with Mother Nature does good things for my soul.
I hope the temperature drops some, it is still top and doors off today with rain when it comes down, I prefer snow at these temperatures.
Anyone want to join me next week for a deep Canadian bush run?
Heading into the same place as our spring, summer, fall and New Years RAMJ+W runs.
Have GPS tags for the campsite I am heading for at Whitefish Lake near Bancroft Ontario.
A Yup, I am going solo so far too.... Ya ya, but if solo, I sure don't plan on getting anyplace I can't hike out of if all else fails. Have a Warn XD9000i and a hand winch, but don't plan on using them or being in anyplace I might need them.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's