Baystate Jeepers

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

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

JW

Holy smoke ! FjR68

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

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

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

Time for a 44 Johnny

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.

Baseshakers wrote: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

del_TJ wrote: 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

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

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