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04-18-2009, 04:45 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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|  when to do a tear down...........
how many batt packs do you run your rig on before you do a tear down....or do you wait till you hear something is a-miss then tear into it....or is there a regular schedule you "try" to keep to when you tear down your rig.... i have bout 20 runs on the tigress and i'm kinda itching to tear her apart to see how things are holding up "or not"  ....but just thinking back to when i put her together and took her apart many, many times during the fab stage to how she sits now, well not realy looking towards doing it  yet ....................bob.... |
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04-18-2009, 04:50 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hartsville, SC
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I never tear mine down. Dont have to I change so much crap around all the time. I usually end up tearing every thing down once every couple of months anyways because I cant leave well enough alone. I believe thats probally what most people do......Unfortunatly.LOL  |
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04-18-2009, 05:04 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: In a very dark cave can't you tell...
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I really never do a complete tear down. I just check my rig after every run, and that is just a quick overlook of the truck. I listen to the sounds it makes, because you can hear things change over time with the motor, transmission, and other parts on your rig when things are going down hill. That gives you a heads up. Theres no need to tear down a rig after every other run. Routine checks do just fine. |
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04-18-2009, 05:46 PM
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| ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ   Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In tha Bush of Louisiana
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I never tare it down till something breaks or the axles start making weird sounds.
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04-18-2009, 05:57 PM
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| TEAM MODERATOR  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee
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I usually have to tear it down after every comp and sometimes between comps. |
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04-18-2009, 05:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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i had some clunking sounds from the front axle and was gonna take the knuckles off to see if the axial CVD pins were wearing....the set screw in the hex hub wasn't loc-tite'ed when i put them on, the noise i was hearing were the pins spinning across the slots they go into....so i didn't need to pull the knucles off, so far  ...............bob.... |
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04-18-2009, 05:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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 either your running junk or are very hard on things :-( ....dang i was hard on these 20 batt packs i ran through mine already, can't imagine what your doing different  .........bob.... | |
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04-18-2009, 06:06 PM
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| ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In tha Bush of Louisiana
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04-18-2009, 06:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tucson
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If something sounds a little off, then I'll take it apart and see whats going on. Best bet is to practice PMCS, Preventive Maintance Checks and Services. I like to crack the gear boxes now and then to clean out the old lube and repack with new. Doesnt hurt anything to have a freshly lubed diff and it satisfies my OCD.
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04-18-2009, 06:12 PM
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| TEAM MODERATOR Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee
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04-18-2009, 06:20 PM
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| ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In tha Bush of Louisiana
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04-18-2009, 06:28 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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I do a full tear down to clean, inspect and re-lube after the season is over or if I hear unusual noises. Anytime a repair is made if I'm close to the tranny or axles I'll go a little farther to clean, inspect and re-lube if there's time. |
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04-19-2009, 02:17 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sin City
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I used to rebuild it between comps but now it just gets some air to get the dust out unless im bored.
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04-19-2009, 06:44 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: MD
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Either when something breaks, or before a large event. If its free crawl format, I know I will have plenty of time to inspect it before each run.
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