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03-13-2011, 04:33 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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|  Wear on ground-sliding parts (axles etc)
Guys, I noticed yesterday, that slowly but surely, all the sliding across rocks starts to chafe away at the skidplate and especially the diff cases on the axles. Is this something I should worry about? Do I just ignore it and call it "character" ? It doesn't look like it will chafe all the way through the plastic, but Im curious what others are thinking/feeling/doing about it? Im always paranoid  |
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03-13-2011, 04:53 AM
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| Try to Bend it   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Perth Australia
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Dont worry about it..  They will snap before they wear through.
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03-13-2011, 05:13 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Estonia
Posts: 317
| You're not the first nor last to notice that. Don't worry that is totally normal. And if you see(in a few years) a hole in the diff case. Just buy a new one. Plastic lasts quite long and is fairly cheap. |
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03-13-2011, 07:55 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NTXRCC
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Yep, when you do wear them out they are cheap. The axle housings are like $10 to replace. If the bottom of your links, skid, and axle housings aren't all scratched up you need to do some more crawling.
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03-13-2011, 12:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Toronto Canada
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You would cry if you could see the bottom of my touring car. - was like you in the beginning, now I just thrashj my truck. It's the only way to learn the capabilities of your truck. I actually have a practice body that I painted on the outside, this helps me learn better lines (not wrecking hours of painting LOL).
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03-13-2011, 03:19 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: buford
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 Probably would have made it longer but I ground my stubs to short and thought they would handle a 7t puller. By the way those axles are almost two years old but I only get to crawl a couple of times a month. Dave | |
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03-15-2011, 01:08 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NTXRCC
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Beef toobs will fix that problem  |
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03-15-2011, 01:11 PM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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I file the bottoms and edges of my axles to slick them up. Never had a problem.
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