TC whine in 4H...

[Jeff Weston]

Originally posted by blkTJ

oh yeah... I found out one other thing today... you can't really shift a 231 on the fly if you don't have the front shaft connected... oops...

... or if the front hubs aren't engaged.

[BLKREDYJWOLF]

Ummm? What is this curse of the red YJ? Is it a local small group hing, or nationwide conspiracy thing against red yj's? My YJ used to be Red, now its half to 2/3s Black, am i OK? Or is this some inside joke?

Either way servicing U-joints is critical, I've had 2 or 3 go bad quick, and either replaced or they grenaded before then. Gotta love Scout's.

[Stu Olson]

The curse of the red YJ.....

It was one of our first internet organized wheelin' trips, several years ago, in Death Valley.

A red YJ showed up, pretty much out of the blue, and managed to kill several tires and a transfer case on a gravel road (don't ask...the guy didn't have a clue what he was doing...didn't have parts, tools, or any knowledge of how to fix anything). Since that trip, there has always been the "red YJ" thing when talking about trips.

[blkTJ]

Stu,

I swapped out the ujoints and center ball in my front shaft/cv today. Your write up prepared me well for what to expect. Thanks for taking the time to put that stuff on the internet.

[BLKREDYJWOLF]

Originally posted by Stu Olson
The curse of the red YJ.....

It was one of our first internet organized wheelin' trips, several years ago, in Death Valley.

A red YJ showed up, pretty much out of the blue, and managed to kill several tires and a transfer case on a gravel road (don't ask...the guy didn't have a clue what he was doing...didn't have parts, tools, or any knowledge of how to fix anything). Since that trip, there has always been the "red YJ" thing when talking about trips.

BWUHAHAHAHA, on a gravel road? Damn, thats not a noobie mistake, thats a boneless, brainless, Darwin award waiting to happen. Geez, im sure glad i painted my YJ. Thanks for the story.

[Robert J. Yates]

Originally posted by blkTJ
UPDATE...

o.k., so I finally got off my butt and on my back today to remove the front shaft. Yee haa, no more noise in 4hi

My fee for providing the correct diagnosis is exactly 1 cold beer

[blkTJ]

Originally posted by Robert J. Yates
My fee for providing the correct diagnosis is exactly 1 cold beer

fair enough.

[blkTJ]

I have come across an elusive picture of me actually working on my own Jeep... well, part of it anyway.

pic courtesy of dukes69

I can hardly believe it myself.

[Jeff Weston]

You converted your kitchen to a workshop?

[Dukes69]

Originally posted by Jeff Weston
You converted your kitchen to a workshop?

HA, actually thats my mess of a garage. When we remodeled our house we put all the old cabinets, countertop, and drawers in the garage as the workbench. Its actually kinda nice

[blkTJ]

FINAL UPDATE...

Well, hmmm... reinstalled my rebuilt front shaft today. Still got some noise in 4hi. Must be something internal. At this point I'm not to worried about it, I never use the thing in 4 hi anymore anyway. If someday it ceases to function correctly... hello atlas II. It'd be nice to have an excuse to spend that kind of money on something... not that I need one.

Robert, you still have that beer coming, I did lose a weird vibration at highway speeds, that's worth something. I'm also now quite adept at changing ujoints, that's not a bad skill to have.

thanks all.