Found out what's wrong with my OX!!!!

[johnsxj]

My OX locker had been acting up the past few runs I was on to the point where it would no longer engage

Went to take a look see and this is what I found................


What's missing in this picture


Oh, here's all those bolts


And what they did to the bearing cap


And the ring gear


AND the oil slinger on the pinion


I might be able to salvage the plate on the OX, and it's time to find a new set of 4.56 gears and a master install kit

[nostaw]

Ouch... That sucks... Use more red locktite next time...

JW

[Carl McFly]

[Frank]

Holy smoke ! FjR68

[Kurt]

Better to have found it now and not when it grenaded on the road or trail.

[Baseshakers]

yikes! i saw this one time when i opened up my dif, glad i went in there when i did...

[ChrisD]

Will you be able to re-use the bearing caps?

[ZAEDOCK]

Time for a 44 Johnny

[johnsxj]

Ordered a new R&P yesterday, did some scrounging in the garage and found I have enough new parts to make my own install kit (an XJ 30 and a TJ 44 use the same inner pinion bearing!)
The bearing caps will live with a little file work, and I think the end cap on the OX will live enough if I can get my hands on a spot mill to clean down the bolt pockets.

[del_TJ]

yikes! i saw this one time when i opened up my dif, glad i went in there when i did...

Wow - that was a disaster in the making. Aren't those bolts supposed to have red loctite on them?

Tony

[nostaw]

Wow - that was a disaster in the making. Aren't those bolts supposed to have red loctite on them?

Tony

Yes, red locktite is the general "rule of thumb"...

JW

[ChrisD]

What about the bearing cap bolts, don't recall the manual stating to locktite the bolts.

[johnsxj]

Nope, the cap bolts don't see the vibration and shock loading that ring gear bolts do.