Advanced Adapters
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From: Bartlett IL
Advanced Adapters
I just wanted to say that Advanced Adapters is the best company I've ever seen dealt with period! They're standing behind their product, and standing behind me!
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From: Bartlett IL
OK, now that I have a little time.
We went out west to do the Rubicon with a buddy and his wife. All was great until the end. Right after Cadillac Hill I went to shift the planetary back into high and it would not go. It would just blow the fuse. (Which had been normal every 4th or 5th time) I only had 5 5amp fuses left, so after the third try I left it in low and made my way slowly to South lake Tahoe.
I check into a Hotel call my brother tell him what's going on. My sister-in-law calls John at Banged Up Offroad, and he thinks I'm still on the trail and is about to come get me. This is at 9:00 PM I don't need that, but my T-Case just ain't right. I'm tired and I look and feel like Pig Pen so I call it a night.
Next day I talk to John, he asks me everything I already did and has me call Advanced Adapters. I get on the phone with Steve Roberts and he has me try to pull the actuator off. That ain't happening, I can tell I'm going to strip the hex with the limited amount of space I have above the T-Case in the parking lot of the hotel. I give up again call John and and tell him I'm going to need a trailer.
John gets off his day job at 9 PM and I say that's fine South Tahoe is nice. But Tony volunteers and comes out to get me. They all live in Reno so it's like an hour and 20 minutes out.
We get it in the shop work on it some. Get the actuator pulled off. (If you ever have to do this, It's way easier to pull the pin instead of trying to unscrew the bolt.) Get it into high and there is this grinding noise. Man that ain't good. Call it a night again and go to my brothers for a beer.
I get up wait for Advanced Adapters to open and call Steve. He and John have already talked and it ain't good. Not good at all.
Not only were there metal shavings in the oil, there were needle bearings.
Pull the 4-Speed looking into what plan C is going to be. (Plan B was a new front Axle). Need a new T-Case and lengthen the rear drive shaft to get it home, or get this one T-case rebuilt.
This is where Advanced Adapters step up. They are getting me a loaner T-case off the line right now and having it shipped up to Reno. It's a 2-Speed (The 4-speeds are being redesigned.) When the new 4-speeds come out, they are shipping me a new on and they get the 2-speed back.
Steve was there for any questions I had while installing the loaner T-case while John was at work. He even gave me a number to call over the weekend if I ran into any problems on the way home.
My Jeep's at home now, not sitting on a trailer on it's way home, all thanks to Advanced Adapters, Steve, and John and Tony from Banged Up Offroad.
We went out west to do the Rubicon with a buddy and his wife. All was great until the end. Right after Cadillac Hill I went to shift the planetary back into high and it would not go. It would just blow the fuse. (Which had been normal every 4th or 5th time) I only had 5 5amp fuses left, so after the third try I left it in low and made my way slowly to South lake Tahoe.
I check into a Hotel call my brother tell him what's going on. My sister-in-law calls John at Banged Up Offroad, and he thinks I'm still on the trail and is about to come get me. This is at 9:00 PM I don't need that, but my T-Case just ain't right. I'm tired and I look and feel like Pig Pen so I call it a night.
Next day I talk to John, he asks me everything I already did and has me call Advanced Adapters. I get on the phone with Steve Roberts and he has me try to pull the actuator off. That ain't happening, I can tell I'm going to strip the hex with the limited amount of space I have above the T-Case in the parking lot of the hotel. I give up again call John and and tell him I'm going to need a trailer.
John gets off his day job at 9 PM and I say that's fine South Tahoe is nice. But Tony volunteers and comes out to get me. They all live in Reno so it's like an hour and 20 minutes out.
We get it in the shop work on it some. Get the actuator pulled off. (If you ever have to do this, It's way easier to pull the pin instead of trying to unscrew the bolt.) Get it into high and there is this grinding noise. Man that ain't good. Call it a night again and go to my brothers for a beer.
I get up wait for Advanced Adapters to open and call Steve. He and John have already talked and it ain't good. Not good at all.
Not only were there metal shavings in the oil, there were needle bearings.
Pull the 4-Speed looking into what plan C is going to be. (Plan B was a new front Axle). Need a new T-Case and lengthen the rear drive shaft to get it home, or get this one T-case rebuilt.
This is where Advanced Adapters step up. They are getting me a loaner T-case off the line right now and having it shipped up to Reno. It's a 2-Speed (The 4-speeds are being redesigned.) When the new 4-speeds come out, they are shipping me a new on and they get the 2-speed back.
Steve was there for any questions I had while installing the loaner T-case while John was at work. He even gave me a number to call over the weekend if I ran into any problems on the way home.
My Jeep's at home now, not sitting on a trailer on it's way home, all thanks to Advanced Adapters, Steve, and John and Tony from Banged Up Offroad.
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From: Bartlett IL
Re: Advanced Adapters
Huge it was. Now I have a new story to tell. Could have been so much worse. Atlas could have blown up entirely. Could have been stuck in high in the middle of the Rubicon. Advanced Adapters could have said go pound sand.
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