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Discussion starter · #1,822 ·
"cleaned" my skid is pretty bad after the long crawl assault. Don't think I have a broken shaft. No rush to tear it down. There was so much rubber above skid plate from my burnouts. Can't believe a tire didn't blow. @Grassman was dodging smoking junks of rubber :sonicjay:
 
Discussion starter · #1,829 ·
It's out. The tcase adapter that is. Had to Remove seats, floor, and under belly cage and skid.

I need to get gaskets before I can reinstall. Gonna take 205 into work and regasket and seal it back up. Thankfully fluid that came out was clean and metal free.

Not sure how I'll get the 205 back in though. A lot of maneuvering to get it out. I'll probably kill myself in the process.

Putting a cast iron adapter back in place of the broken aluminum one.

I run a poly mount on the adapter for the standard mounting location. I also run a rear tmr 205 support. Hoping I don't have another issue. Next to cracking would be trans housing.



 
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CheapThrillB2 said:
To win in a landslide in points, to win in can stacking, then to lose in paper rock scissors...... Totally not worth it :sonicjay:
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I thought we were over this lol


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Mustache run = dumb lol


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Discussion starter · #1,833 ·
:sonicjay: when I'm done fixing it :thumb:.



I think I hit my rear drives haft in the long crawl. Which violently pushed up on the drivetrain. When I came to a stop I noticed I had knocked the rear 205 seal out. And then when I was doing burnouts after the last course I noticed I was leaking trans fluid. I thought I was overheating the trans causing the leak at that time. But when I pulled up onto bounty Hill I noticed it leaking again. And looked through the shifters and seen the crack. It was only cracked around the top two mounting bolts. Why it wasn't leaking when level.
 
Discussion starter · #1,835 ·
I limped my Explorer from the golden crack to moab a couple years ago. Thankfully I still had rwd and a winch lol. Surprised how well it did even in 2wd.

Not a good place to limp from, I can't imagine getting dragged out.
 
Discussion starter · #1,836 ·
Back together minus topping off trans fluid. Replaced my front shaft bearing while it was out. As well as all the u joint strap kits.

Leaving the skid off, gonna build a new one in the spring. Found a off site storage for the buggy this winter. That's really gonna help with the Galaxie project having that space freed up. Looking forward to starting on that soon.
 
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CheapThrillB2 said:
Back together minus topping off trans fluid. Replaced my front shaft bearing while it was out. As well as all the u joint strap kits.

Leaving the skid off, gonna build a new one in the spring. Found a off site storage for the buggy this winter. That's really gonna help with the Galaxie project having that space freed up. Looking forward to starting on that soon.
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nice on finding the storage! have fun with the galaxie project :thumb:
 
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