What was done to your JK this week?
JK Jedi
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 5,642
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From: Knoxville
Packing the bearing is a bear- wear gloves and just keep pushing, it'll come through the other side eventually. Installing those bolts is also a pain because you've got to spiral around more than "a few" times to make sure they're all coming down evenly. If you don't bring them down evenly then you'll really mar up the high angle flange. Get the clamp as tight as you can otherwise you'll spit grease and be right back in the same spot you were before.
Also- they give a tiny tube of blue loctite- use every ounce of it and maybe even have your own on hand. If the bolts loosen up you'll start spitting grease. You spit grease and then you get a vibe. You get a vibe and investigate and you'll find a toasted joint.
Other than those minor nuances, it's not bad. I'm slowly breaking it in and re-checking torque on the bolts. To control it, I spent the day driving instead of jumping right back into the daily grind. 50 miles, check. 100 miles, check. I'll probably come back at 300 miles (a tank of gas) and check again. After that I'm sure the torque will be stabilized and set.
Also- they give a tiny tube of blue loctite- use every ounce of it and maybe even have your own on hand. If the bolts loosen up you'll start spitting grease. You spit grease and then you get a vibe. You get a vibe and investigate and you'll find a toasted joint.
Other than those minor nuances, it's not bad. I'm slowly breaking it in and re-checking torque on the bolts. To control it, I spent the day driving instead of jumping right back into the daily grind. 50 miles, check. 100 miles, check. I'll probably come back at 300 miles (a tank of gas) and check again. After that I'm sure the torque will be stabilized and set.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 457
Likes: 3
From: Bethel CT
locker prep and daycare dropoff
finished getting the locker solenoid all hooked up to the sPOD and dropped the rig off at jeep daycarefor the rear end ARB/regear friday... will pick up a 2wd jeep on thursday and will install the front axle the following weekend..fingers crossed for no snow between now and then. If we get any at least ill be locked in the rear
JK Freak
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 538
Likes: 0
From: Amarillo, Texas
Packing the bearing is a bear- wear gloves and just keep pushing, it'll come through the other side eventually. Installing those bolts is also a pain because you've got to spiral around more than "a few" times to make sure they're all coming down evenly. If you don't bring them down evenly then you'll really mar up the high angle flange. Get the clamp as tight as you can otherwise you'll spit grease and be right back in the same spot you were before. Also- they give a tiny tube of blue loctite- use every ounce of it and maybe even have your own on hand. If the bolts loosen up you'll start spitting grease. You spit grease and then you get a vibe. You get a vibe and investigate and you'll find a toasted joint. Other than those minor nuances, it's not bad. I'm slowly breaking it in and re-checking torque on the bolts. To control it, I spent the day driving instead of jumping right back into the daily grind. 50 miles, check. 100 miles, check. I'll probably come back at 300 miles (a tank of gas) and check again. After that I'm sure the torque will be stabilized and set.
JK Freak
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 681
Likes: 1
From: B.E.A.Utiful Patterson, CA
Last edited by vgullotta; Mar 6, 2017 at 09:13 AM.
