December 28, 2023. It's been quite a while - eight months to the day - since the last Rig Review, making this only the second review of 2023. That's just pure lazy on my part, but I'll plead "no way to work on the truck since it's been in Las…
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TL;DR - After replacing the transmission seal on the transfer case input shaft, my leak disappeared for about three months. But, it's back, so I need to replace the seal again. When replacing the seal in the transmission where the input shaft of the transfer case connects to the output…
Leave a CommentTL;DR - The seal in the transmission that accepts the input shaft from the transmission is leaking and needs to be replaced. At the same time I noticed the slow leak at the rear diff, I also noticed a drop of gear oil on the transfer case skid plate. A…
Leave a CommentTL;DR - the form in place gasket (FIPG) used to seal the carrier to the rear axle housing is leaking just a tad and needs replacing. Not much more to say about this for now. I suspect this will be a reasonably straightforward fix, which I'll take care of when…
Leave a CommentTL;DR - I noticed on the NMBDR that the steering rack was leaking. I'm going to replace it with a new OEM Power Steering Rack (44250-35042) I don't know if it was related to the work that I did on the steering rack bushings or LCA bushings (where the steering…
Leave a CommentTL;DR - seems to have resolved itself. The fluid was power steering fluid, I believe. I still had bit of spray at the beginning of the trip. A quick inspection of the engine bay by everyone came to the conclusion that it was power steering fluid from when I removed…
Leave a CommentTL;DR - I don't really know what this is, but I'm going to keep monitoring it. Hopefully it's nothing. A couple times during the last (Roaming Around Rainier) trip, when I opened the hood to connect the air compressor and air up the tires, I noticed that there was some…
Leave a CommentTL;DR - I have oil leaking from the transfer case where the front drive shaft attaches. The truck is subjected to a lot of muddy water crossings and over time that muddy water gets in the various seals and things start to leak. That has happened on one of the…
Leave a CommentTL;DR - The rear axle seal replacement seems to worked beautifully and there is no more leaking at all. My trip to Canada and the Whipsaw Trail was cut short when I discovered a leaky rear axle seal on the driver side. Upon my return, I replaced the seals using…
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