DanMan2k06
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Damascus, MD
So im pretty disappointed here, and don't really know what to think. I just ordered a complete front Dana 30 assembly, 4.10 motive gears, spartan locker, from East Coast Gear Supply for a paltry sum of $1500. After installation, i drove it about 10 feet before thinking something was wrong. For starters, it clunks like crazy. All the time. Mostly on turns, but sometimes I'll hear it over my exhaust just driving straight. I searched, and have read about people complaining of "ratcheting" or "clicking", and this seems far worse. It's comparable to a racket quarters thrown into a dryer. I thought one my axle shafts was just flopping around inside the tube or something. Nope, it's coming from the diff. Secondly, it locks up when it shouldn't. If I'm doing a turn around 20-30 mph, you bet that thing is going to spool up and understeer me like crazy. Then it EXPLODES with commotion, and the wheel is thrown back to where my hand was holding it before. It's terrifying. This is on totally dry black asphalt in 2WD, not rocks or slippery gravel around a turn. If you put your jeep in 4LO on the pavement, and turned the wheel and gunned it, I would imagine this is exactly what a transfer case grenading sounds like. Fluid is Castrol 75-90 Hypoy-C. ECGS set up everything, all I did was stick in shafts and roll. Please, someone tell me this is not normal operation??
I have a video, I will try and get it uploaded shortly.
I have a video, I will try and get it uploaded shortly.