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01-13-2002, 10:10 AM
I ordered a chain, gasket and seal kit from Four Wheel Parts yesterday. Someone including myself has asked where to buy a cheap chain. They had a ????-Gear brand chain for 104.95 (there on sale right now) but couldn't make up their mind which one to order so they gave me a Milemarker for the same price, someone here know's who makes MM's chains.
Since Blue's quadratrac was sitting on the garage floor I decided to break it down tonight. I stood it up on the bench with a 2X4 under the side that bolts to the tranny. Then I put two lag bolts through a couple of holes that bolt it to the tranny into the 2X4 and secured it to the bench. I removed every single part with the exception of the bearings. Mainly to better understand how it works and clean it properly. I am glad I did, I needed some 3' cheetah pipes to break the yoke nuts loose.
I slipped the chain a couple of times before I pulled it out and put Mean Greens transfer case in it's place. I was happy to see no visible wear from the chain slipping.
Once I figured out what was holding the vacuum switch in place, I pulled the little c-clips which promptly flew into never never land; on the other hand, the vacuum switch still works great so I'm not going to convert it to cable operation.
Had the transfer case not been on the ground, I would have replaced the chain in the vehicle...I still hate working underneath a vehicle on my back.
[ January 13, 2002: Message edited by: 243 ]
Since Blue's quadratrac was sitting on the garage floor I decided to break it down tonight. I stood it up on the bench with a 2X4 under the side that bolts to the tranny. Then I put two lag bolts through a couple of holes that bolt it to the tranny into the 2X4 and secured it to the bench. I removed every single part with the exception of the bearings. Mainly to better understand how it works and clean it properly. I am glad I did, I needed some 3' cheetah pipes to break the yoke nuts loose.
I slipped the chain a couple of times before I pulled it out and put Mean Greens transfer case in it's place. I was happy to see no visible wear from the chain slipping.
Once I figured out what was holding the vacuum switch in place, I pulled the little c-clips which promptly flew into never never land; on the other hand, the vacuum switch still works great so I'm not going to convert it to cable operation.
Had the transfer case not been on the ground, I would have replaced the chain in the vehicle...I still hate working underneath a vehicle on my back.
[ January 13, 2002: Message edited by: 243 ]