Recent content by daniresch

This last sentence. Make sure its not just the valve covers leaking in the back before trying to replace the rear main seal. I almost made the same mistake.

Totally normal for it to be a tight fit! You have two choices: 1). Try putting it in again as is, like others have mentioned, turning the ring gear by twisting the pinion flange can help "walk it in" 2). Grind a little off your axle housing with an angle grinder. Do a proper clean up and drop...

Could also be leaking valve guide, stuck valve, leaking piston o-ring, faulty injector, spark or coil.. Have you done a compression test?

You don't need to pull the harness.... Didn't know people were actually doing that. Everything is plug and play besides the reverse light bulb (the bulb size is a little bigger/smaller). All you need to do with the reverse light is splice the two wires. It takes 1 minute.

I'm sure OEM's are great. I went another route though and bought these on amazon. $32 shipped. Comes with built in shims, and all the pins and clips. They don't make any noise and brake much better than my old pads so I'm happy...

Yes that's the best tool you can use. Place it over the wheel lock, then hammer it on hard, then you should be able to break it free. Using an impact gun helps.

I'm with you the e-locker is known to be very reliable. For a 3rd gen 4runner they are perfect (I run one on my rear axle, and an ARB on the front). Physically the ARB can handle more abuse than an e-locker. But both are solid options. IMO: Daily/camping rig = e-locker or ARB Heavy...

Now I'm curious, leaking from where?

From my experience ARB lockers are very reliable. 99% of the time if I see anyone having issues with an ARB, its due to poor installation, which has been very rare for me. Unless its a factory equipped Rubicon edition Jeep. Its not a real ARB those come with stock, same way they don't come...

No different than if it was lifted.

Even sporty cars are phasing out manuals... All 2019 Model Audi's will be auto, and even the new generation BMW 3 series will only come in auto as well. :sad:

Another vote for BFG Ko2. Goodyear DuraTrac are good too.

I just bought those because my toytec boss coilovers were leaking after ~40K. Ride is softer, I like it. I had to take the top spacer off the passenger side to level the lift out. Hope they hold up better than the boss coilovers.

Leave them, and place the spacers on top. But that wont fix your 60mph shimmy you feel. Those are more likely due to your wheel/tires not balanced correctly. Or alignment/worn out bushings. I'd start with a rotation/rebalance of your tires.

I wouldn't worry about a 1inch change in the rear impacting your front end alignment.