Aluminum Highland crawlers locked won't stay tight!!!!

[Farmer]

Hey Harley, draw up those stage 3 lockers and I will get them made I know you can do it
Later,
Farmer

[MG200]

The one downside of a no slop locker is that the set screw can come loose. I have a few sets of both highlands and felesnfest and they both come loose occasionally. More red loctite would probably fix it but then they may never come out. I am thinking of switching back to the bulletproof HR steel spools. Never had a problem with those.

[Farmer]

Originally Posted by MG200

The one downside of a no slop locker is that the set screw can come loose. I have a few sets of both highlands and felesnfest and they both come loose occasionally. More red loctite would probably fix it but then they may never come out. I am thinking of switching back to the bulletproof HR steel spools. Never had a problem with those.

Thanks for the input
Later,
Farmer

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by XJ Farmer

Is the slop on the hr spools tolerable? Thanks for the info. I almost bought those first. Now I have have two ring gears drilled out for 4-40 is there enough meat on the hr spools to drill and tap to 4-40?

Later,
Farmer

Both of mine are very tight fitting.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by eric113

TLT days I know guys welded the spider gears together, gears to the cup.

I still do that with my TLTs!

[Jeepfixer1]

I don't know if there is enough room to increase the screw size but I love my hr spools. Had em a little bit and slop is minimal.

[jcboof]

I vote ya just throw that chunk of doo doo in the garbage and buy a Summit.

[Farmer]

Originally Posted by jcboof

I vote ya just throw that chunk of doo doo in the garbage and buy a Summit.

Had a summit, they are for pussies who don't know how to wrench on their rigs Plus with the money I have in this pig I could almost buy 3 suckits
Later,
Farmer

[Farmer]

Ok, thinking of pulling the trigger on the HR units. My issue is I need to know if there would be enough room for me to drill and tap to 4-40, since my ring gears are drilled and counter sunk for that hardware Thanks in advance for any info on this
Later,
Farmer

[Solitaire]

Not much meat around the mounting holes, but you can make that determination.

[Farmer]

Thanks a lot man Wow, I was hoping for a little more meat. Looks like I need to just get some in hand. Stupid Wraith.......
Thanks,
Farmer

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by XJ Farmer

Thanks a lot man Wow, I was hoping for a little more meat. Looks like I need to just get some in hand. Stupid Wraith.......
Thanks,
Farmer

If you drill them bigger update us how it goes. I too wish there was a bit more metal around the holes so that they could be drilled and tapped to 3mm.

[Farmer]

Little update, rear is still holding. Front is completely junk. Took it out for a bit between courses at our comp and failure within 5 minutes. I also decided to put the beast in the river Looks like I have time to corosion x everything now Probably should have done that already......lol. Someone please build a strong locker. Maybe they will..........

Later,
Farmer

[BLKXJ 96]

I will see if I can get my hands on some of the Green Mopar thread locker we have at work. It is stronger than the red, maybe this will work.


Im still impressed how far you skied on one flip-flop across the mud to save your rig out of the river yesturday....that was awesome! Truck in the river......not awesome..

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by BLKXJ 96

I will see if I can get my hands on some of the Green Mopar thread locker we have at work. It is stronger than the red, maybe this will work.


Im still impressed how far you skied on one flip-flop across the mud to save your rig out of the river yesturday....that was awesome! Truck in the river......not awesome..

Green is usually sleeve retainer...if it's Permatex Loctite brand.

[Farmer]

Originally Posted by BLKXJ 96

I will see if I can get my hands on some of the Green Mopar thread locker we have at work. It is stronger than the red, maybe this will work.


Im still impressed how far you skied on one flip-flop across the mud to save your rig out of the river yesturday....that was awesome! Truck in the river......not awesome..

Yes, I was impressed myself Got the pig stripped down and not to much water in anything. I think letting it hang out in the 500 degree car helped. Foams were barely wet. All was dry this morning. Once the corosion x comes in she will get the treatment. Now I need to go find a front locker, nothing can fix it now.

Later,
Farmer

[BLKXJ 96]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Green is usually sleeve retainer...if it's Permatex Loctite brand.

Maybe thats what im thinking of, seems like I had some Mopar stuff (that I can't find now) and it was a grade above red thread lock. I could be wrong.

Good deal Farmer, im sure the hot subi helped. I would still drop it in some rice till your corrosion x shows up, like I said the tail lights were starting to blink when you pulled the battery.