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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by letsgomuddin
Whats a good back space for an 8" rim with 12.5" tires so they wont rub the control arms too bad?
4" or numerically lower.
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 05:33 PM
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So the 3.75" i got will work great then?
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by letsgomuddin
So the 3.75" i got will work great then?
Yep. I ran a set of 12.5" wide tires on 8" wide rims with 3.75" BS with no run on aftermarket LCA's
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by letsgomuddin
So the 3.75" i got will work great then?
My 3.75" bs rims with the 12.5" wide 33's don't rub. Its a great set up.
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:46 PM
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:46 PM
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I don't think that's a good color to see coming out of my transfer case ???!!!?
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Celticclove
I don't think that's a good color to see coming out of my transfer case ???!!!?
no.... lol

Your transfer case brings all the boys to the yard?
(and they're like, it's dirtier than yours; Damn right, it's grinding in 4)

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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by salad

no.... lol

Your transfer case brings all the boys to the yard?
You did not just say that lol:P.

Dude how is that, that color
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch
You did not just say that lol:P.

Dude how is that, that color
2 things... one someone put the wrong oil in it... should be atf...

you have had it in a deep puddle? that will cause that.. drain it. add atf. drive 5 miles. drain and fill again. repeat till fluid is clean
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by odgreen89on35s

2 things... one someone put the wrong oil in it... should be atf...

you have had it in a deep puddle? that will cause that.. drain it. add atf. drive 5 miles. drain and fill again. repeat till fluid is clean
Ive been door deep through streams and it never done the unless his has been in there for years with many water crossings.
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by odgreen89on35s

2 things... one someone put the wrong oil in it... should be atf...

you have had it in a deep puddle? that will cause that.. drain it. add atf. drive 5 miles. drain and fill again. repeat till fluid is clean
This. That **** is gross.

Lol salad.
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Celticclove
I don't think that's a good color to see coming out of my transfer case ???!!!?
Its still better than no oil coming out at all or metal pieces....

Funny story: damaged TC rear output seal while offroading into the badlands 5000km away from my house(summer 1995 4x4 road trip coast to coast and back). I put ATF in a water bottle with a pull out cap to top up the transfer case until I could get to the nearest part store to get a seal but I accidentally twisted the bottle while filling up and the little white cap fell inside the TC. FFFFUUUUCCCCKKKKK.. Anyway, I figured.. Plastic "Ill open the TC when I get back home". The trip was over a month long. Went off roading in the rockies and multiple other places on the way back to Halifax in Canada and the US. Or course I replaced the seal at the next part store.. I got home and forgot about it. About 5 years later, I figured it was time to change fluids. When I pulled the drain plug, the plastic cap came out. Id didn't have a single scratch other than teeth marks from when my kid drank the water. Way to go ATF...

true story..

PS I now have a very very big syringe for those jobs in my tool box.. Its slow but it makes no messes and it works.
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 07:23 PM
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I use a hand gas pump bulb from the boat section of Walmart.
Old Sep 9, 2013 | 08:13 PM
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 08:13 PM
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Yeah I was door deep lol I got it wall out



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