Xeek's '91

[jd4242]

It is,I'm on my OLDDDDDD blackberry!!! I miss my droid!!!b yea I might try and go butt not do any runs,aint got $50 to spare!!and I have wideband so I kno I'm running REAL lean at wot

 

[Xeek]

i have a htc dream. old ass crap. its half bricked, trying to fix it.
its mostly gonna be jdm rice cars, but there should be a couple trucks more then likely. id really like to get mine on there. would be cool if you came too

 

[jd4242]

Yea I use to build ricers,raced a integra for years and I had a sick ass probe gt too.integ was a full built race car and probe was a show car both on spray!!!both was dyno over 300!!! Ill try and go

 

[Xeek]

gotta do what you gotta do Just be careful in the rain/slick conditions...the rear might kick out to the side a bit. Best to mess around with it in an empty parking lot and learn how it behaves from what people tell me. I'll be able to comment on my experience after I do the install this weekend.

didnt use a parking lot, but i think ive figured it out.
coasting and very light throttle its fine, anything somewhere around the 1k mark and higher ill spin and chirp on the inside.
i looked up ls/open/locker info and found out lockers unlock and turn into open? is that why im ok coasting in turns?

after doing this, i get some hard pulling to the left or right, going straight, not when brakeing either, 90% of the time im coasting.


jd, read my post in my engine thread. that really stumpped me that day.

 

[Ronin8002]

Yes, at light or no throttle it it will act like an open diff. When you give it enough throttle that puts enough force through the center pin on the carrier of the diff to cause the locker to engage both axles together. Here's a couple of vids that kinda show/explain how it works:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL0hPEOStGk

Skip to 5:26 on this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTKnGRNzigA&feature=related


Here's 1 more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nolYJ43A45E&feature=related

The reason you chirp on the inside on powering through turns is in a turn, most of the weight is on the outside tire (which needs to spin faster anyway). So you tend to lose traction on the inside tire because of the weight shift and because that outer wheel needs to spin faster but can't (because you are on the gas and have the axles locked) so it spins the inside tire with it to get that extra rotation speed. On a lighter vehicle you might find it spins the outside tire too, but for a heavy explorer the weight and therefore the traction is too much for that to happen (at least on dry pavement...wet/icy might be a different story)

 

[Xeek]

ill look at the vids at home, a loud air horn sound will play if i goto youtube at work(they cant make up their minds if they wanna block it or not :/) lol
found a good vid demonstration of open/ls/locked, now i really understand why i was fk'ed when i went in the mud. lol

yea i know why it happens, just didnt even think of the weight shift having anything to do with it.
you get yours in yet?

 

[Ronin8002]

Yeah I have had it in for almost 2 weeks now...installed it when I did my front and rear gear install.

On a trip now so I didn't get to drive it a whole lot before I left....I miss it

 

[Xeek]

lol i miss mine to when i do anything to it and cant drive it.

looks like jds left in the dark still without a locker. me and you will have one for july 4th obx trip.

 

[Ronin8002]

No july 4 trip for me I get home from this trip on that weekend and then I think I have a day or 2 off then I have somewhere else I gotta be for work. If I didn't have to work right after the 4th I'd go though.

 

[Xeek]

that sucks. cant stop by a day or two?

 

[Ronin8002]

Depends. Going to be working ~14 hour days for the next 3 weeks so when I fly back home I think I am going to be pretty wiped out. If I end up having to travel again on the 5th then all I plan on doing is chilling out at home for the few days I'm back. Stuff could change though so we'll see!

 

[jd4242]

Mines going in next weekend!!

 

[Ronin8002]

Awesome JD!

Look at the part in my "How to" thread about the thrust washers and clearances if you run into that same problem with your 8.8:

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums//showthread.php?t=318076

 

[Xeek]

that thing aint in yet?! slacker! what you been doing! couldve been productive and washed my truck or something! lol
speaking of cleaning/washing. you have a sandblaster right? could you sandblat my stock wheels so i can paint them? not right now, or even before the trip, just asking.


ronin, you say to mark the driveshaft to keep it balanced. ive read that in the haynes book also.
what about when i put my new axle in? theres no way i couldve marked that. is it possible its not balanced right casue of that?

 

[Ronin8002]

Could be. If you notice a shaking that you can trace down to it you can have it balanced. All that really entails is they put clamps on the driveshaft in positions that balance out the heavy side.

 

[Xeek]

i noticed theres a strip of metal on there, near the flange. ~1/4" thick&wide, 1.5-2" long.

i havent really noticed anything. just the weird pulling i get. going straight and not hitting the brakes. didnt do it before the axle swap, and i didnt touch the front

 

[Ronin8002]

I wonder if your truck is dogtracking, since you noticed it after the axle swap. Are you sure the rear axle is true with the front axle? If its off somehow (ie the axles aren't parallel) wouldn't that cause a pulling or wandering symptom?

 

[jd4242]

Could be a brake dragging also

 

[jd4242]

II've been work on my hood and fenders! !the hood cracked so i had to take all the bondo off and fiberglass it!!!!

 

[Xeek]

i dont feel it slowing down tho, just pulling. so i dont think brakes.

plus, saying not aligned right makes me think of the decision we made on the ubolt plates....
my plates are on the otehr way, making a gap between the bolts and springs/perches

you can see what i mean in these 2 pics

i wonder if its shifting? the perches were welded on by the old owner with a 2nd gen. i doubt they were welded off-center