I have the NP242, anything I need to be aware of before I crack the old girl open later?

 

Oh 242?

Never been in one lol. If you don't disassemble the main shaft it should be the same.

 

The worst part about this is the damn snap ring on the oil seal.... I'm 3 hours in and still don't have the case split. A good hour of it was spent getting parts and tools... I still need to go get a new oil seal, because the good old boys at auto'reillys don't know dickall about anything they sell....

 

thats so ****ty. i hate when parts places dont know anything about anything. i once went to buy a part for a mustang and he seriously looked at me and said "car or truck?"
really? but back to point good luck on the rest.

 

Ran to Lowes at 9 to get snap ring pliers and grabbed a set of Kobalts. Well, half way through the second ring, the rivet snapped and they fell apart.... So here I am, on my 7th beer, TC not even pulled apart... Decided to move to the hubs and u joints, and the rotor is seized onto the hub and I don't have a torch. I just soaked it down with PB and gave been beating on it with a dead blow.... Nothing. Jeep gods are either telling me to go to bed, or to quit being a little ******** and grab the mini sledge....

 

damn man, tonight is not your night. i would soak them over night and restart tomorrow. its always harder when so many things go this wrong so fast.

 

by the way saw your jeep on the great lakes picture thread. looks good

 

This is the one I'm working on. The white one is getting sold as soon as I get this one "finished".

 

nice looking, i like it. mine has a long way to go before it gets there.

 

Well, I had one HECK of a time getting the back piece off. Indeed up with the entire output shaft and planetary gear set, and both back side case pieces on my chest. Took 20 minutes with a dead blow to knock the bearing off the shaft. The bearing was actually perfect, so I left it be. I got everything cleaned up real nice and RTVd together. The filter was clean and the magnet was nearly clean. Chain wasnt very slack at all, and compared to rebuild videos, it looked almost new, so I'm pretty satisfied. I never want to deal with snap rings again, but now I have great set of snap ring pliers. Rotors are still seized to the hubs and I broke my 1/2" trying to crack the axle nuts off, so to. HF I go for a cheap breaker tomorrow. Can't wait to take the old girl out for her first spin with a freshly serviced TC.

 

damn sounds like you had a hell of a night again. and yea snap rings suck hard. good ol HF. well at least you got the t case done.

 

Be careful wacking on that rotor you'll damage your hub bearing. Hit the face of the rotor. Good luck.

 

Unless your replacing the hubs. lol if your just doing u joints I find it easier to remove the hub and axle assembled.

 

Yeah, hubs are spent, so I'm not worried. Just really want to get those puppies off haha

 

hows it looking? get her all done?