- Location
- Burtonsville, Md
Hello Mr LizardKing, would you happen to remember who was driving the white X with the winch built into the rear bumper ?? It's in the Oct 14 2019 pic's . Was wondering who made it . Thanx
I would tend to believe that was a bad set of gears or bad setup. The chipping on the ring gear teeth is too symmetrical to be something bouncing around in there IMO. It looks like the loading was on the tip of the teeth and broke out the edges. Normally the breakage from something in the diff big enough to break teeth will have patches of broken teeth and will usually cause binding. This looks more like the teeth just disintegrated under load.Really not sure. The stub shafts don't have really have any play. The pinion gear seemed ok. The case is not cracked. As far as I can tell the ARB is ok. However, during diagnosing the ARB didn't want to lock. It kept pushing air. But then it did lock. IDK.
A bad break-in. A bad set of gears. Bad install (professionally installed). Something in the ARB broke and found its way in between the pinion and the ring gear. Not sure. May never actually know. I am going to replace the ring and pinion and have the ARB checked by a shop/dealer. My break-in may not have been ideal but it is hard to break-in front gears. IIRC I did a few dirt road heat up sessions followed by an easy trail day.
It's probably just a weak bearing cap. Chalk it up to bad luck. I'd say it let the carrier shift and caused the odd breakage pattern on the teeth.Old injury. Just getting around to posting. I know this happened to a few other people. Others seem to be able to run 37s without an issue.