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[srmitchell]

Thanks man.

Btw, we need you to go to sierra fest.

Maybe we can caravan?

 

[jimbosz07]

Yea I'm tryin to see if I can go. I'm gonna be taking summer school classes Monday through Thursday so I might miss the first day or two. If it works out I would try to head out after class Wednesday. Dunno what your plans were

 

[srmitchell]

You can ditch! haha

I plan on going up with my dad before it starts.

I will have to come down before hand from school to go.

 

[knucklehead 61]

sean, look into the jcr tcase skid. pure beef & they go on sale from time to time. i love mine.

 

[srmitchell]

I've seen it, but I don't think it will work with the Iron Rock long arms I want.

It might be tight with the stiffeners too!

 

[knucklehead 61]

I've seen it, but I don't think it will work with the Iron Rock long arms I want.

It might be tight with the stiffeners too!

you have hd offroad stiffeners, right? so do i & it fit over them just fine. don't know about the long arm kit though.

 

[srmitchell]

Oh cool.

I might have to have you take yours off so I can test fit it.

But seriously, it's either that, or fabricate something else that attaches to the crossmember.

 

[jimbosz07]

Haha yea I wish. Oh and fab it up man! It's always the answer!

 

[srmitchell]

Well, I just killed it for now.
I was doing the rear main seal replacement, all was going well, until I ripped the seal trying to put it back in.

The closest i can get one here is on Wednesday.

Looks like Im taking the bus this week. (And I can't work on it till next saturday.)

Shit day forsure.

 

[Jeep450r]

Damn dude that sucks! I just noticed my RMS has a small leak as well... hopefully it doesn't become too much of a problem.

Good luck getting it fixed ASAP!

 

[rocknxj]

I'm thinking you should have loosened up all the bearing caps. I did the same thing with my RMS, then on the second upper seal, I loosened up all the caps and the new upper seal went in super easy.

 

[srmitchell]

Yeah. I also realized that they gave me a piece of plastic to protect the seal, and "shoehorn" it in. I forgot to use it, like a dummy.

I messed up. Live and learn. I'll be much happier once it's done, knowing it took so much work.

Thanks for the encouragement!

 

[rocknxj]

I read about seal kits coming with the plastic protector, but neither one of mine came with it. I destroyed my first seal just as you have, but after loosening up all of the caps, the second seal slid in nice and easy. If I lived closer to you and did not have visitors here this weekend, I would have been happy to deliver a replacement seal to you and given an hand with the final installation.

Keep us posted when you get this thing wrapped up.

 

[srmitchell]

Thanks man. Yeah, Im pretty remote here.

I'll take your advice, and also rent a really good torque wrench.

 

[rocknxj]

Did you need a photo of the rubber band trick to hold the oil gasket in place?

 

[srmitchell]

Sure, that'd help.

I have a week until I do it anyway. haha

 

[rocknxj]

Sure, that'd help.

I have a week until I do it anyway. haha

See, simple.

 

[srmitchell]

Sweet. I get it. That's what I pictured, but it's good to be sure.
I've got a busy week.

First day at Kragen tomorrow(yay money), maybe working thursday, and maybe this weekend.

Mix this with studying, a birthday party on sat, and trying to put the jeep back together.

 

[rocknxj]

Don't forget the rain. There's rain heading your way for the next three days.

 

[srmitchell]

Oh god. Not good.