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09-18-2006, 04:22 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: sleeping in my truck!
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|  clicking sound
went to a comp today for the first time. while running i had a kind of mean clicking sound coming from either the axles or the trans. i'm running an xxt losi trans and tlt axles locked out with jb weld. anyone experienced this. any help would help before i tear everything apart. thanks.
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09-18-2006, 05:50 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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I had a problem with the three tiny screws that hold the two parts of the diff together backing out and it would make a clicking sound.
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09-18-2006, 08:05 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2004
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your ring and pinion are stripped. Time to get some new ones and shim them this time you install them. Prolongs the life of the gears greatly.
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09-18-2006, 08:51 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Post Falls
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I did the same thing this weekend. Ordered new gears from Tower. It's got to be the dif gears.. This may seem like a dumb question, but how does one shim the gears? |
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09-18-2006, 08:52 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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09-18-2006, 08:55 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Post Falls
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Thanks, did'nt mean to hi jack the thread, thought it might help the orig poster too.
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09-18-2006, 10:02 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Vancouver Island B.C.
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I had a strange clicking in one of my diffs, and it ended up being one of the pins that holds the spider gears. It broke, and slipped out of the carrier and was contacting the housing. I pulled the pin out and i am still running it that way. I think my JB weld job failed and is allowing some play, which broke the pin.
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09-18-2006, 10:51 AM
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09-18-2006, 10:59 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: sleeping in my truck!
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thanks guys, i'll check the diffs first. for the guys who had this problem was it the front or the rear that was the problem? just curious. thanks for the quick reply.  |
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09-18-2006, 10:59 AM
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I have all new parts to replace it, but i will run it until it fails completely  |
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09-18-2006, 11:05 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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I think mine was the rear, but a buddy just shredded his ring gear in the front this past weekend.
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09-20-2006, 09:48 PM
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Mine was the rear.
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09-21-2006, 08:16 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose
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I've had the screws back out and broke two of the pins and it still works. Hey Jerod does Sheldons sell they shims? If so I"ll stop by there on friday and pick some up. You working? Make sure you pack the crap out of the diff case with grease. |
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09-21-2006, 08:34 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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rear........once the clicking started it was about 1 bater pack before it was toast.
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09-21-2006, 09:44 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Folsom, CA
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I work at a bikeshop and found some shims we use to shim MTB disc brake calipers to the proper position. These ended up working perfectly to shim the pinion closer to the ring gear. I only used 1 per pinion, works great so far  |
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