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  1. Palmer7

    Weird vibration?

    Just recently I have been getting an interesting vibration it starts around 15 mph and its worst is at 20 mph and stops at about 25mph. The vibration is only noticeable when not pressing the gas and sounds like its mostly in my rear end because my back hatch is rattling. Any guesses? I just...
  2. Palmer7

    blam boom POW! t-case stuck?

    So I just got my car back on the road and I'm noticing around very tight (like 90°) turns in parking lots that my front end is lunging, popping and binding like I was in 4x4. My t case had always sort of given me problems but I never really noticed it till I put it in 4hi the other day then took...
  3. Palmer7

    metal shavings clean out?

    Hey so after my ring and pinion exploded my axle has lots of small shavings to large shavings throughout I'm wondering if anyone has a good way of getting everything out I have been scrubbing this thing down for 2 days and there is a lot of shavings still left in.
  4. Palmer7

    axle shaft in open carrier?

    Hello all, I'm going from having a lsd rearend over to an open carrier with a Spartan locker. My question is how do you prevent the axle shafts from sliding out each end of the axle? On the lsd there are c clips inside of the carrier but now there is no place for c clips so I'm confused. Thanks...
  5. Palmer7

    extra open carrier? oregon/Washington

    Wrong place to post but I was assuming I would have a better chance here. Does anyone near Portland, Oregon have an extra open carrier I could snag? All the ones online are pretty pricey and I rather not sit in 20° weather at a picknpull. I want to put a Spartan in my rear end (no pun intended)...
  6. Palmer7

    extra open carrier? oregon/Washington

    Wrong place to post but I was assuming I would have a better chance here. Does anyone near Portland, Oregon have an extra open carrier I could snag? All the ones online are pretty pricey and I rather not sit in 20° weather at a picknpull. I want to put a Spartan in my rear end (no pun intended)...
  7. Palmer7

    Ranger bench 60/40 to explorer

    I know some people have done it but there is no threads on a completed project. I was just wondering if i get a 60/40 from a 98 ranger would it fit in my 93 explorer? i dont care about the brackets as much because ill end up making some if its not bolt in, im just more worried about it actually...
  8. Palmer7

    bearing blew... again.

    So for the second time now my front right bearing has blew up from what I'm suspecting is overheating the first time I deemed my fault for not following specs on tightening the spindle locking nuts or what you use for the manual hubs. But this time I know I followed the correct specs as well as...
  9. Palmer7

    need to remove middle axle shaft

    This thing. How do o do it. Thanks.
  10. Palmer7

    tire size/gear question.

    So I have 33 mt tires currently on my rig and I want to go too a/t for awhile but since the size difference between the two I was thinking I would get 34 35's would I still need to re-gear even though they are a/t vs. M/t tires? I have stock gears and yes I know it's hard on the car.
  11. Palmer7

    how to replace/ repair pillar?

    Part of my pillar came off this morning little rust under it also. Is there anyway to replace these? And maybe eliminate some of the rust in the process I'm not very good with body work but do have a welder and time.
  12. Palmer7

    Palmer7's Explorer 2.0

    Well I sold my old explorer about 2 months ago got a bronco and was feeling a little home sick so i decided heck... ROUND 2! Little info about a 5.5" SOA, superlift Superrunner lift, sitting on 33" MT's (fronts are a little worn). it has a year old rebuild on the M5OD and a lot of other...
  13. Palmer7

    shifted axle?

    Alright I might just be crazy but my tire sticks out further on the passenger side of my car than the drivers side. I did get in a large crash about 2 months ago where my car went into a ditch at a local offroading area (pictures on my registry) and it did hit pretty hard on my driver side. So...
  14. Palmer7

    dana 30 sas.

    Wanting to do a jeep Dana 30 sas because I can easily get one over a 44. There is two available fully built hp Dana 30 with 3.54 gears or lp Dana 30 with 3.55 gears. Which one would be better to go with?
  15. Palmer7

    Something is wrong with my axle knuckles...

    Been getting a lot of popping noises from the front end recently and I just replaced my ball joints and tie rod ends. This is what I found. Axle hits knuckle here on both sides. And here both sides. Kinda hard to see on the second photo but that's the back of the axle on my pass side and it...
  16. Palmer7

    Help window regulator.

    93 explorer limited checked out that walk through in stock explorers but I still can't get my regulator out with the 3 bolt out. Need to get it fixed in an hour haha. There are these bolts on there that are silver but don't know how to get them out. It's my front pass door.
  17. Palmer7

    Spark plug wire dilemma!!!!!

    Ok so got a little over excited and pulled all my spark plug wires out at once and wasn't thinking about what position they are supposed to go in and now!!!!! My car sounds like ****! Soooooo, I need to know what order they plug in the distributor so I can put themin the correct way. Please...
  18. Palmer7

    anyone wanna help?

    I need to replace all 4 of my ball joints and both tie rod ends. I personaly have no idea what to do and it is my DD so I would like to not mess up. If there is anyone in the area that could help me out i have until tuesday off and would love to get this done. Even washington guys if your not...
  19. Palmer7

    Looking for some help!

    Hey I am looking for some people for a big run sometime in the next couple months and I want to film the whole thing so I can show monster energy. I'm looking to try and get a sponsor from them or anyone I can show the video too. If anyone is willing to help me or be involved in the process I...
  20. Palmer7

    Exhaust smell..

    So trying to pin point why this might be happening my exhaust smell when the car is on is what I think is rich? Like super rich. Smells and rich as bill gates. Or like a smell I can't really pin point... Well besides that it doesn't smell normal. So is there some way I can find what is causing this?
  21. Palmer7

    Probably a problem?

    Was reading another thread about cracked heads saw a pick and made me want to check out mine. Is this bad? top of my oil cap.
  22. Palmer7

    How to do I put a switch here?

    I'm trying to put my light switch a little below the fog light switch but I have no Idea how to get that little pannel up to make a hole and put the switch in.
  23. Palmer7

    Is this normal?

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  24. Palmer7

    Camber nut!!

    I just installed some coil spacers and now need to change the camber I would just go get an alignment but I have no money till tomorrow which is when that will happen and I am also nowhere near a automotiv place to do that for me so all I need to know is how the heck do I get this thing out I...
  25. Palmer7

    Browns trip!

    Hey everyone I got me and 2 other newbies looking to go to browns on the 20th (Tuesday next week) gonna have some fun shoot some guns and get a lot of trail time in. If anyone is interested (including you Washington people with all the AWESOME RIGS!!!!!) please PM me and we can set up a meeting...
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