Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!

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
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Hi Mike:

That really sounds fun! I wish I could make it up there from Cleveland. If you go alone, be careful!!

Have fun,

Tom

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I have almost half that on it already. Got gas money finally and have been buzzing around all over the place the last couple days.

The weather has been wicked for Nov. in Canada. Sunny so I can go top and doors off!

Even went down to visit 'Mad Jo' at her new 'studio' for seamstress training and sewing work today. Haven't seen her in months. Steve and her are doing fine, but neither has time to post here these days.

The rear end on the CJ is just purring.

The dude did a good job and knew what he was doing. I watched him mic'ing out the spacers for the pretorque and set up. His shop also has all the wicked big machines. Mills, lathes, boring/honing machines and all 'Big' machines, not toys. He can do total engine and head rebuilds and has been in business since 74 with a really good reputation.

I 'am' a picky bugger when it comes to work done on my vehicle by someone else because I know how to do most of it and know how the 'right way' is supposed to work.

The guy's name is Hans at Ontario RV in Toronto Canada.

I was impressed.

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:

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Sorry to hear about the wreck Mike... hope you (and now your Jeep) are OK.

-- JimG

80' CJ-7 258 CID 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA 4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries

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Thanks, it is looking at a while yet before I am 'ok' again. :-(

But the CJ is working sweet! :-)

Got hit on June 9th.

I had busted/dislocated ribs from the seat belt, torn ligaments in my knee and ankle, compressed neck vertebra from C3 to C7 that seized up all my chest muscles so I couldn't breathe and was rushed to emergency for that 2 weeks later and a 'stroke' or bleed out in my brain from my head bouncing off the door frame....

One Doc said it is a good thing I have a 19 1/2" neck or it might have been broken....

It has been a looooong and boring and painful summer, that's for sure.

The muscles are starting to work again, but the stroke symptoms and pinched nerves in my neck are really slow to go away.

I have no sense of smell at all on the right side and my right eye can't handle daylight, my right reflexes are slow on the neurologist's 'stun gun' test with a weak right leg too.

Physio has me just being able to move my neck more than 1/4 way to the left in the last couple weeks. The chiropractor part was finally able to adjust the top vertebra after a painful go with a massage therapist. That released the spaz out on the left side back/chest muscles so I can breathe easy again. Feels great!!!!!! Have even gone a couple days without any pain pills. Too cool!

I was a passenger in a Saturn sedan. The dork that T-boned us needed to be towed away, his 2002 Honda's front end was crushed. The Saturn likely has a bent frame but was still driveable.

We were turning 'right' into a driveway in front of the house with the signal on because the/my driver knew he was being followed, on a short narrow residential road and the fool tried to pass us on the ditch side at full throttle showing off for the two Russian chicks with him. He spoke some english, but they were fresh in. Likely a club hiring 'entertainers' from overseas, it is common here, tons of Russians near my area, there is a whole mini city of them in North Toronto.

Mike

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Hi Mike : It sure sounds like your able to get up and around a lot more than before. I to wished I could make it up to your jeep run as well. I've never been to Canada. I have always wanted to get there . I just always seem to be working to much. I have been making Jeep Bumpers On the side from my normal Job and it's been keeping me busy. I know what it's like some what to be tied up and not being able to go Jeeping. I love being out in the wilderness . Well good luck on your better health and have fun on your jeeping. Jeep Jimmie Jeep OIIIIIIIO Jeep 86 C J'S Forever.

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CJimmie in Iowa

hey mike! glad to hear you're getting back to normal-i bet you'll be doing a lot of snow runs this winter! take care! watch out for russian idiots driving rice rockets.....

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serg

Hmmm. Almost sounds like a thread that was on rec.autos.driving by the guy that hit you.

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Peter Parker

Do you remember the title of the thread?

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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Mike Romain

Nope. It was exactly how you mentioned it however I don't know if he changed the MO a little and also the information about the victim vehicle that got hit. I believe he said it was a woman driver but that could be easily changed to protect himself. He did mention that they car in from did a wide angle left and then a right into the driveway without any turn signals. Hmmmm.

I will try to look for the thread on Google.

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Mike, I found the thread. Do a search in rad with this info:

From: Bill ( snipped-for-privacy@lycos.com) Subject: carless driving in NJ, was I at fault ? Newsgroups: alt.law-enforcement.traffic, nj.general, rec.autos.driving, rec.audio.car Date: 2003-10-06 22:02:50 PST

This apparently happened in NJ but it is very close to what happened to you.

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Thanks,

Mike

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