blistovmhz
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
I built a SAS for my roomies K1500 a while back. Took forever to convince him to throw in some lockers (lunchbox), but he eventually got some, and we installed sometime last fall. I think we got two trips on the trail before the passenger right (front D44) conked out. He'd be spinning wheels and then the front right would intermittently stop spinning and make a lot of noise that we thought was either locker bind, or hub locks (superwinch) slipping.
As with all issues on his truck, he put off looking at this for most of a year, so we haven't got a lot of wheeling done since.
Finally blew up the drivers hub lock due to wheel bearing failures. Replaced the spindle, hubs, and hub locks on both sides. Took it out last night and same issue. Right wheel spins just fine under light to moderate torque, but once anything gets even remotely bound up, something lets loose and the wheel just stops moving and instead converts all that torque into noise.
When we had the passenger side off, the out stub looked fine. Replaced the hub and lock while we were in there. So at this point, I figure it has to be the locker not grabbing on the passenger side, but WHY? And WHY is it intermittent?
As with all issues on his truck, he put off looking at this for most of a year, so we haven't got a lot of wheeling done since.
Finally blew up the drivers hub lock due to wheel bearing failures. Replaced the spindle, hubs, and hub locks on both sides. Took it out last night and same issue. Right wheel spins just fine under light to moderate torque, but once anything gets even remotely bound up, something lets loose and the wheel just stops moving and instead converts all that torque into noise.
When we had the passenger side off, the out stub looked fine. Replaced the hub and lock while we were in there. So at this point, I figure it has to be the locker not grabbing on the passenger side, but WHY? And WHY is it intermittent?