rkntoy's Oil Changes and Broken Things

[rkntoy]

Too many build threads around so I figured I would start a thread on my oil changes and things I break. If there are questions on my mods I will answer those here as well so that I don't have to keep replying to the same PMs.

Thanks for watching - next oil change in 2,855 miles.

 

[rkntoy]

Anyone broken a CV in this spot before? My only Moab carnage.

 

[audiness]

Anyone broken a CV in this spot before? My only Moab carnage.

damn, were you able to lock the center diff and drive home, or did you have to trail-repair it?

 

[Tyler James Inc]

damn, were you able to lock the center diff and drive home, or did you have to trail-repair it?

Center diff [emoji23] Rkntoy has a real 4WD [emoji6]
Also interested if you needed to replace it to get through the trail you were on though! That's a pretty crazy break.
Let's hear more about these oil changes though. Lol
How often to you change? And what oil do you use? That should get some people fired up.

 

[theesotericone]

Anyone broken a CV in this spot before? My only Moab carnage.

Weren't we just talking about IFS, 37's, and breaking CV's in some other thread recently? I'm guessing even smart wheeling didn't have a chance of stopping that failure.

I was hoping dual cases would help prevent that sort of thing but maybe the extra torque will make it happen more not less? What where you doing when it snapped?

 

[rkntoy]

Center diff [emoji23] Rkntoy has a real 4WD [emoji6]
Also interested if you needed to replace it to get through the trail you were on though! That's a pretty crazy break.
Let's hear more about these oil changes though. Lol
How often to you change? And what oil do you use? That should get some people fired up.

I like 5-30, late nights in the snow, and wind through my half doors.

Satoshi grill anyone? Should prevent premature cv issues

 

[rkntoy]

Weren't we just talking about IFS, 37's, and breaking CV's in some other thread recently? I'm guessing even smart wheeling didn't have a chance of stopping that failure.

I was hoping dual cases would help prevent that sort of thing but maybe the extra torque will make it happen more not less? What where you doing when it snapped?

Not supposed to break there. CV cage should have gone first. We will see if I can break it there again in the future.

Picked a bad line on a steep (read STEEP) downhill on Hell's Revenge and was backing up to realign. Most of the weight was on the front tires. Should have let it creep at idle but gave it some gas because I was concerned about what would happen if I rolled forward.

Funny thing - it was such a jagged break mostly inside where the wheel bearing is it still worked to drive the wheel. Thought I had broken the CV cage - nope the CV and wheel still turns. Then I thought it was the gears in the manual hub - nope they looked in great shape. Convinced myself it was the locker releasing when I went from forward to reverse under load. Only indication of something else was that the locking hub was hard to turn.

Still drove the rest of the trail and back to Bend.

For 6 days in Moab on 37s I will take it.

 

[rkntoy]

damn, were you able to lock the center diff and drive home, or did you have to trail-repair it?

It kept for 3 weeks including finishing Hells Revenge and the drive back to Bend from Moab.

Trail swapping these is easy-peasy compared to some of the axle shafts in my old straight-axled rigs. Usually 15-20 minutes. If you have not done the manual hub swap it is even faster.

 

[BigFishAllDay]

Too many build threads around...

Definitely agree, but...

So far this thread sucks dog farts. At least post a pic of the rig in Moab, as mentioned below. I would definitely enjoy seeing some pics/info on your setup.

It kept for 3 weeks including finishing Hells Revenge and the drive back to Bend from Moab.

 

[rkntoy]

Definitely agree, but...

So far this thread sucks dog farts. At least post a pic of the rig in Moab, as mentioned below. I would definitely enjoy seeing some pics/info on your setup.

OK - was in lead most of the time so not too many pics of mine.

 

[rkntoy]

And only one from Saturday after slapping my rig back together.

 

[Tyler James Inc]

I didn't know you took the KO2's to Moab!
What do you think of them so far?

 

[rkntoy]

I didn't know you took the KO2's to Moab!
What do you think of them so far?

Love them 90+% of the time. I am getting an "off-road" set of tires and mounting them up on beadlocks - especially for times like this:

 

[rkntoy]

Dual Case Install

Link to my dual case install and nail through finger pic.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/230277-rkntoys-really-slow-dual-case-install.html

 

[JZiggy]

Anyone broken a CV in this spot before? My only Moab carnage.

Was this an OEM CV?

 

[rkntoy]

Was this an OEM CV?

Yup. Definitely not a normal spot.

 

[theesotericone]

Link to my dual case install and nail through finger pic.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/230277-rkntoys-really-slow-dual-case-install.html

I was just looking at that a few nights ago.

Last summer I did the exact same thing except on my left index finger and through my glove as well. It was end of the day. I'd just got done building a window well. The last thing to do was attach the double hangers to the new header.

My positive placement gun was in the job box so I did what we all do in that scenario. I shot the hangers with my framing nailer and 16's. On the last nail of the last hanger I missed the hole.

As you probably know when you miss with a 16 you here the metal on metal then you hear the nail that missed bounce off something. I heard the former but not the latter. Just about then I realized my left hand really hurt. Sure enough there's the nail halfway through my index finger.

My boss was downstairs talking to the owner. I couldn't even scream or swear. I also couldn't get a really good look at it because it went through my glove as well. So I sat on the edge of the well, grabbed my small channel locks from my bags, put my arm between legs and pulled really hard really fast.

Just like you I got lucky. The nail missed the bone and my finger nail. I ended up hand driving that last nail. Lol

 

[rkntoy]

I was just looking at that a few nights ago.

Last summer I did the exact same thing except on my left index finger and through my glove as well. It was end of the day. I'd just got done building a window well. The last thing to do was attach the double hangers to the new header.

My positive placement gun was in the job box so I did what we all do in that scenario. I shot the hangers with my framing nailer and 16's. On the last nail of the last hanger I missed the hole.

As you probably know when you miss with a 16 you here the metal on metal then you hear the nail that missed bounce off something. I heard the former but not the latter. Just about then I realized my left hand really hurt. Sure enough there's the nail halfway through my index finger.

My boss was downstairs talking to the owner. I couldn't even scream or swear. I also couldn't get a really good look at it because it went through my glove as well. So I sat on the edge of the well, grabbed my small channel locks from my bags, put my arm between legs and pulled really hard really fast.

Just like you I got lucky. The nail missed the bone and my finger nail. I ended up hand driving that last nail. Lol

Looking at it I figured for sure I hit the bone - should have just grabbed the vise-grips and yanked it out. I was not allowed to build things in the shop on Christmas Day this year.

 

[rkntoy]

Birthday present to me to pair with my off-road tires.

 

[owyheerat]

I can't wait to see them mounted and on your 4runner...