Dana 30 spartan locker problems
06-06-2015, 01:02 PM
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Dana 30 spartan locker problems
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First post here, I've been ghostin the forum for a while and have learned a ton since getting my jeep last fall. It's a 96 jeep cherokee sport with a auto tranny, lifted 4 inches on 33. Anyways this is the first major problem lve had that I cannot figure out myself. I installed a spartan into my dana 30 last night and all went well and I got all 4 thrust washers out and the gap was in spec. Today driving it all of sudden started ratcheting and spinning pretty violently when driving in a straight line of the pavement. The racheting gets quicker as I speed and completely stops whenever I put on the brake. It was working fine last night and this morning and only small unnoticeable racheting when making tight turns. I'm not sure what could have happens to change it. Any help would be great! Thanks!
First post here, I've been ghostin the forum for a while and have learned a ton since getting my jeep last fall. It's a 96 jeep cherokee sport with a auto tranny, lifted 4 inches on 33. Anyways this is the first major problem lve had that I cannot figure out myself. I installed a spartan into my dana 30 last night and all went well and I got all 4 thrust washers out and the gap was in spec. Today driving it all of sudden started ratcheting and spinning pretty violently when driving in a straight line of the pavement. The racheting gets quicker as I speed and completely stops whenever I put on the brake. It was working fine last night and this morning and only small unnoticeable racheting when making tight turns. I'm not sure what could have happens to change it. Any help would be great! Thanks!
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06-06-2015, 02:23 PM
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Hi guys,
First post here, I've been ghostin the forum for a while and have learned a ton since getting my jeep last fall. It's a 96 jeep cherokee sport with a auto tranny, lifted 4 inches on 33. Anyways this is the first major problem lve had that I cannot figure out myself. I installed a spartan into my dana 30 last night and all went well and I got all 4 thrust washers out and the gap was in spec. Today driving it all of sudden started ratcheting and spinning pretty violently when driving in a straight line of the pavement. The racheting gets quicker as I speed and completely stops whenever I put on the brake. It was working fine last night and this morning and only small unnoticeable racheting when making tight turns. I'm not sure what could have happens to change it. Any help would be great! Thanks!
First post here, I've been ghostin the forum for a while and have learned a ton since getting my jeep last fall. It's a 96 jeep cherokee sport with a auto tranny, lifted 4 inches on 33. Anyways this is the first major problem lve had that I cannot figure out myself. I installed a spartan into my dana 30 last night and all went well and I got all 4 thrust washers out and the gap was in spec. Today driving it all of sudden started ratcheting and spinning pretty violently when driving in a straight line of the pavement. The racheting gets quicker as I speed and completely stops whenever I put on the brake. It was working fine last night and this morning and only small unnoticeable racheting when making tight turns. I'm not sure what could have happens to change it. Any help would be great! Thanks!
06-06-2015, 02:33 PM
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That's what I'll probably end up doing but I'll just wait to see if anyone else knows what's up, thanks for the quick reply!
06-06-2015, 03:44 PM
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UPDATE! I am an idiot! The problem was that I forgot to tighten down the lug nuts all the after i let the jeep down. 
just glad I didn't lose a tire on the road today while driving!
just glad I didn't lose a tire on the road today while driving!
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