AJK's 17 Rubi

[AJK]

Pick up a JT for the Kiddo lol. It's the Axial SCX24. Fun little RC crawler for him.

 

[MIOffroadCustoms]

I love RCs especially crawlers! I have had many over the years. My current set up is a heavily modded Axial Wraith! 

[AJK]

1 hour ago, MIOffroadCustoms said:

I love RCs especially crawlers! I have had many over the years. My current set up is a heavily modded Axial Wraith! 

Lol that thing is awesome. I was looking at those today as well.

[AJK]

Pulled locker....still waiting on Danas response.

 

[Weebz]

Damn.  You chewed that up

[Crawl2Camp]

1 hour ago, AxK said:

Pulled locker....still waiting on Danas response.

 

 

 

I’m sure they’ll get back to you in the next few months.. Just kidding and I hope you get a response soon.


Hopefully they dont pull Jeep/Chryslers constant warranty BS.. “Sorry sir you modified your jeep and drove it Offroad so your entire warranty is void.”

[fiend]

Kinda lame it’s taken them so long to address it. 

[AJK]

I am happy to report that Dana stood behind their warranty and is sending locker and a few parts out tomorrow. Dosent look like they are going to cover the ring gear and pinion or the wheel hubs and seals even though they are all thrashed as well. The parts list they sent me did not have them included. Gonna call back tomorrow to see why but overall happy they are taking care of most of it. 

 

Pulled it all apart and cleaned her out good. Sure was fun getting those races out.

 

Ring gear and pinion has chips and looks like was set to heal of gear.

 

Housing has some marks but thats expected.

 

Marcus from River City Offroad was amazing and was ontop of everything. Sucks he had to play middle man but he is awesome to deal with.

 

 

 

[Weebz]

I have always been a fan of Marcus.   Has helped me with things for years.  Nice to know others have the same experience.  

[fiend]

Part of the adventure.

 

Happy to hear you’re getting at least the expensive bits covered under warranty. 

[AJK]

So gonna pick up a press today and have a few parts on order. After its all back together axles, wheels, and maybe tires are going up for sale. I'm going to just move forward with what I have been wanting to do and with the UDs now being 20k new I think 15-17k for the package would be fair.

[AJK]

Its fits and for $119 its cheap enough to keep for the next set of axles. 

 

[fiend]

19 minutes ago, AxK said:

Its fits and for $119 its cheap enough to keep for the next set of axles. 

 

Excellent. 

[BHaner]

Another handy tool to have:  https://www.amazon.com/Yukon-Gear-YT-P22-carrrier/dp/B0078U9JPW/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3TXTPIBKYTL6M&keywords=yukon+bearing+puller&qid=1648072232&sprefix=yukon+bearing+pulle%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-2

[AJK]

51 minutes ago, BHaner said:

Another handy tool to have:  https://www.amazon.com/Yukon-Gear-YT-P22-carrrier/dp/B0078U9JPW/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3TXTPIBKYTL6M&keywords=yukon+bearing+puller&qid=1648072232&sprefix=yukon+bearing+pulle%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-2

Yes sir, I got the $149 version LOL.

[AJK]

Nothing makes me happier than ordering something that was supposed to be here in 2 days and it took 5 and then as soon as you open it up the threads are stripped.

 

 

 

[fiend]

19 minutes ago, AxK said:

Nothing makes me happier than ordering something that was supposed to be here in 2 days and it took 5 and then as soon as you open it up the threads are stripped.

 

 

 

Looks used.  

[Crawl2Camp]

1 hour ago, AxK said:

Nothing makes me happier than ordering something that was supposed to be here in 2 days and it took 5 and then as soon as you open it up the threads are stripped.

 

 

 

 

It’s been happening quite frequently lately.  I’ve had to return a bunch of things lately because it’s either defective or damaged upon arrival. Supply chain issues; ship whatever the heck we got seems to be the new motto. 

[AJK]

On 3/24/2022 at 4:58 PM, Crawl2Camp said:

 

It’s been happening quite frequently lately.  I’ve had to return a bunch of things lately because it’s either defective or damaged upon arrival. Supply chain issues; ship whatever the heck we got seems to be the new motto. 

 

Big shout out and thank you to Jerry for coming over last night and helping me get the gearing all set. Went pretty fast and having a second set of hands was much needed.

 

Just got to run the plug, tighten her up and fill her up.

 

Thank you Jerry you're a good friend.

[Jdofmemi]

Any time 

 

Glad I could help

[AJK]

Have almost 100 miles on the new carrier and gears and running like new.

[Crawl2Camp]

1 hour ago, AxK said:

Have almost 100 miles on the new carrier and gears and running like new.

That’s great to hear!  So was it as fun as you thought it was going to be doing all the work yourself?
Was the new Eaton that Dana supplied you a 2 or 4 pinion?

[AJK]

2 hours ago, Crawl2Camp said:

That’s great to hear!  So was it as fun as you thought it was going to be doing all the work yourself?
Was the new Eaton that Dana supplied you a 2 or 4 pinion?

I will say I'm glad Greer and Jerry pushed me to do it. It was not as as bad as I thought and moving foward won't be concerned doing it.

 

Took 3 tries and first one I measured shims wrong, second needed more shims, third we got it.

 

They sent me a 2 pinion replacement same one I had.

 

Good part is I added tools to the toolbox as well.

[fiend]

1 hour ago, AxK said:

I will say I'm glad Greer and Jerry pushed me to do it. It was not as as bad as I thought and moving foward won't be concerned doing it.

 

Took 3 tries and first one I measured shims wrong, second needed more shims, third we got it.

 

They sent me a 2 pinion replacement same one I had.

 

Good part is I added tools to the toolbox as well.

Cool. Happy you tackled it. It’s one of those projects that people treat as black magic but it’s actually fairly simple technically. But it can definitely be frustrating if you have to try a lot of different shim combinations. Also if you don’t have the proper tools. 

[Crawl2Camp]

2 hours ago, AxK said:

I will say I'm glad Greer and Jerry pushed me to do it. It was not as as bad as I thought and moving foward won't be concerned doing it.

 

Took 3 tries and first one I measured shims wrong, second needed more shims, third we got it.

 

They sent me a 2 pinion replacement same one I had.

 

Good part is I added tools to the toolbox as well.

 

Nice so we now have a few gear guys on the site with 60 and 14 bolts rebuilds under their belt.  Always nice to have knowledge and experience around.   

I was speaking to a guy who does gears and sells UD’s etc (Robert Kobal) today.  He was under the impression that the UD’s were shipped with the 4 pinions..  Then he though maybe only original old stock might have came with it.  It honestly sounds from the more I dug that they ship them all with the 2’s.