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Old 02-17-2017, 04:20 PM
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I typically change oil around 3K miles,, so you change wheel bearings more than oil ??
Is that for a strictly mud truck ?


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2.5k miles is a long time for a wheel bearing in my book! I've been through 6 sets of advance auto wheel bearings, and I'm on my 2nd set of timkens now and 1 of them is bad. Haha and I digress....


Also you can still add a stabilzer. Get a rough stuff stabilzer clamp.
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Originally Posted by Slackdaddy
I typically change oil around 3K miles,, so you change wheel bearings more than oil ??
Is that for a strictly mud truck ?


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He use to daily his jeep and they were cheap wheel bearings on 33s. Pretty sure the 1 week he had 38s on is when he screwed up the Timkins
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Must of been hitting the gas hard lol
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Originally Posted by Slackdaddy
I typically change oil around 3K miles,, so you change wheel bearings more than oil ??
Is that for a strictly mud truck ?


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I am not easy on my stuff by any means. When It used to be my daily i'd still drive it to the offroad park and beat on it as if I trailered it there.

I should probably also add that before I bought chromos I went through 5+ sets of front axle shafts locked on 33s. 3rd front axle. and I've put 2 motors in my jeep in the 2.5 years i've owned it.
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Originally Posted by Brandonrcm
I am not easy on my stuff by any means. When It used to be my daily i'd still drive it to the offroad park and beat on it as if I trailered it there.

I should probably also add that before I bought chromos I went through 5+ sets of front axle shafts locked on 33s. 3rd front axle. and I've put 2 motors in my jeep in the 2.5 years i've owned it.

I think its safe to say you treat your rigs nicely
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Got the new Magnaflow direct cat. Comes with a bung too. I've actually have had it for a few days now, just haven't gotten the freetime to get under the jeep, splice the wires for the new sensor plug, lob off the current cat and try and fit the new one yet. Procrastinating at its best. Deadline is the 28th
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Sensor pigtail is ghetto rigged in for the moment, old cat is cut off and taking the jeep in tomorrow morning to get the new one welded onto the exhaust. Iss loud again

Also went to the junkyard over the weekend with Brandon and snagged a set of spare axle shafts. Unfortunately the u joints in them are toast (one has crazy play, the other won't budge) so I need to replace those too
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Exhaust is all set and the CEL is off! Gotta give it a few days to make sure everything reads right so the light stays off for good sonI can finally do emissions.

muffler and cat are tucked up as much as it can, got rid of the tailpipe since it never fit right in the muffler to begin with and just put a dump and the end. Sits in between the shock and driveshaft because the Gibson muffler is so long. Outside it sounds the same, maybe alittle quieter because of no tailpipe. Inside is a bit noisier because the muffler is much closer to the body.



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Looks like they butchered welding the front of the cat. Outside of that, looks good. I really need to get under mine and get it taken care of.
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I like the exhaust tip idea. What are the cons to it being that short and not run out the back?
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Originally Posted by samiam
I like the exhaust tip idea. What are the cons to it being that short and not run out the back?
If you have holes in your floor the emissions will be in your cab. Feeling light headed?
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If you have holes in your floor the emissions will be in your cab. Feeling light headed?
I wouldn't be too worried I drive mine 80+ miles daily mon-thurs every week and have a very similar set up, although I only have minimal rust holes.
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Originally Posted by samiam
I like the exhaust tip idea. What are the cons to it being that short and not run out the back?
the emissions getting in the cab (my floors are good though) and what I was told after the fact is there's no high spot in the exhaust if I'm in deep water. I don't plan on getting in water anymore after what happened last time though.
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Emissions is done and registration is renewed. Also put in a new battery. Same as the previous one, Duralast Gold. Worked well before and the only accessory I have is the winch so it'll do. All that's left is to clean out all the unneeded things and but in a cargo net to keep any loose stuff from flopping around.

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