What have you done to your ride lately?

[Silverback]

I hear ya. I grilled out last night and I cleaned off everything outside beforehand. Damn rags were yellow. That's probably what did me in, being outside for 4 hours or so. I had a few beers, not many but today I was down and out. I went to the parts store to buy more diff lube and some rags.. got home and had zero energy to do shit.

 

[balakay]

Well after I put it off as long as possible, I ordered the stuff to do my inner and outer tie rods AGAIN. Just did the outers 10k miles ago. Going with Moog this time rather than O'Reilly's brand. People seem to have good experience with them. Was going to do upper ball joints as well but didn't see the point as my truck already can't be aligned to spec with the factory UCAs so I'll just be replacing the whole things when I get the chance anyway.

 

[Silverback]

Took the axle shaft out and replaced the c-clip from a spare vatozone axle. It's actually thinner in diameter but encompasses more of the shaft. (There is a yo-momma joke in there somewhere). Reinstalled it. We'll see if it holds.

 

[Silverback]

Fuck. Didn't hold. Calling RCV in the AM

 

[taco4x4rar]

Bet they're getting tired of hearing from you

 

[Silverback]

Yeah. I fucking hope so. For something as simple as boots!!! I should sas'd this fucker. Lol

 

[Taco Loco]

I Got dibs on RCV axles!

 

[Taco Loco]

Can we start the Pick-a-Part this wknd?

 

[taco4x4rar]

Yeah. I fucking hope so. For something as simple as boots!!! I should sas'd this fucker. Lol

I assure you that is s can of worms you do not want to open

 

[balakay]

I assure you that is s can of worms you do not want to open

He may not want to. But the rest of us want him to.

 

[Silverback]

They worked fine for 5 years. Now they are popping out. It's got to be something simple. I'm just missing it.

 

[Silverback]

It's only one side btw.

 

[drew02a]

Mine were popping out on the driver side. What side is yours coming out on?

I speculated that it was a combination of the drop bracket lift not being perfectly centered and/ or too much drop in my suspension.

 

[drew02a]

Bet they're getting tired of hearing from you

It took them over a year to get tired of hearing from me... I still have that dude's home and cell phone numbers,

 

[Silverback]

Mine were popping out on the driver side. What side is yours coming out on?

I speculated that it was a combination of the drop bracket lift not being perfectly centered and/ or too much drop in my suspension.

Mine is dropping out on the passenger side. I added new boots which are very thick, I'm thinking that I have the outer stretched out too far and not letting the shaft cycle in the inner CV. I know the VatoZone axle I have as a spare does have more travel than the RCV, but its assembled properly.. there is a snap ring on the inner which doesn't let me adjust that. And the outer has a C-Clip that just pops into place. So again, nothing to adjust. So I "think" it might be the boot limiting its travel. The other thing that might be an issue is the inner c-clip to hold the axle in the diff... its possible its not quite thick enough. But it help the VatoZone axle in place just fine.

 

[SecretSquirrel]

Started the pre-frame-replacement build down. Pulled the RTT & rack yesterday... sliders to be cut off next week

 

[TacoXpo]

That's why I have custom length axle on my pass side.

 

[balakay]

New tires ordered. Guaranteed delivery by Tuesday at the latest.

 

[Anathollo]

Started the pre-frame-replacement build down. Pulled the RTT & rack yesterday... sliders to be cut off next week

Call me if you need help. I'm a phone call away.

 

[Anathollo]

New tires ordered. Guaranteed delivery by Tuesday at the latest.

What'd you get?