uscg2008
Explorer
So I finally got around to replacing some worn out items, as well as doing some much needed maintenance items. :Mechanic:
First I started off my replacing my fuel filter with a CAT fuel filter and adapter
And then I ran into a problem..... the adapter would not spin all the way onto the filter housing
After some research I found out I'm one of the few lucky ones that had a defective fuel filter housing from the factory. The threads on it were cast oblong making it impossible to thread the billet adapter onto the metal housing. So another order from XDP and I had a new one on the way
New one with the adapter on
And all installed
Next was changing out my leaking transfer case output seal
And while I had the driveshaft out I decided change out the rear u-joint
It was pretty seized up and rusted so I replaced it
And after that I got to changing my trans fluid and filter
And God knows when the previous owner changed it out because this is what the fluid looked like
I also changed the gear oil in all the diffs and the transfer case with some AFE gear oil. After that I moved onto finding out where the problem I was having with the front. I had been noticing some squeaking and vibrations coming from the front. It ended up being the right hub. It was worn and had a bunch of play in it. You can see the wear mark on the top of the dust shield. luckily my cousin is a diesel mech with plenty of big boy impact sockets, so with plenty of break free and "heat wrench" we got the old one off and new one on.
So we stopped for some late lunch. We went to some random street at 2pm for some street tacos, which i freaking love. You know the place is good when it has a line all day long.
After a mess of pastor and aside tacos it was back to work. I have had a leaking steering box for a while now and recently i have been having a lot of play in the steering wheel.
So the output shaft from the box to the steering wheel shaft was worn. Also there was a dent next to the pitman arm output shaft.... god knows where that came from. But, it cause the pitman arm out put shaft seal to be pushed up and thats where it was leaking from.
So with the pitman arm switched over to the new box we installed it, which went in smoothly. That was nice but when i went to hook up the two hard lines not so much.... It took me a hour to get them on
. I had a hard time getting the lines and the B-nuts to line up perfectly at the same time to get the threads started. And, with there being little room to work in the wrench throw was not very much so it took forever to get them tightened down once i did get them started. So, after some scrapped arms i got it all in.
On a side note rock auto said that the old one had to be clean when returned so i could get my core charge refund. This is after i scrapped a bunch of gunk off of it.
Before i used a little purple power cleaner and power washer back at my shop while on duty
After cleaning it up
First I started off my replacing my fuel filter with a CAT fuel filter and adapter
And then I ran into a problem..... the adapter would not spin all the way onto the filter housing
After some research I found out I'm one of the few lucky ones that had a defective fuel filter housing from the factory. The threads on it were cast oblong making it impossible to thread the billet adapter onto the metal housing. So another order from XDP and I had a new one on the way
New one with the adapter on
And all installed
Next was changing out my leaking transfer case output seal
And while I had the driveshaft out I decided change out the rear u-joint
It was pretty seized up and rusted so I replaced it
And after that I got to changing my trans fluid and filter
And God knows when the previous owner changed it out because this is what the fluid looked like
I also changed the gear oil in all the diffs and the transfer case with some AFE gear oil. After that I moved onto finding out where the problem I was having with the front. I had been noticing some squeaking and vibrations coming from the front. It ended up being the right hub. It was worn and had a bunch of play in it. You can see the wear mark on the top of the dust shield. luckily my cousin is a diesel mech with plenty of big boy impact sockets, so with plenty of break free and "heat wrench" we got the old one off and new one on.
So we stopped for some late lunch. We went to some random street at 2pm for some street tacos, which i freaking love. You know the place is good when it has a line all day long.
After a mess of pastor and aside tacos it was back to work. I have had a leaking steering box for a while now and recently i have been having a lot of play in the steering wheel.
So the output shaft from the box to the steering wheel shaft was worn. Also there was a dent next to the pitman arm output shaft.... god knows where that came from. But, it cause the pitman arm out put shaft seal to be pushed up and thats where it was leaking from.
So with the pitman arm switched over to the new box we installed it, which went in smoothly. That was nice but when i went to hook up the two hard lines not so much.... It took me a hour to get them on
. I had a hard time getting the lines and the B-nuts to line up perfectly at the same time to get the threads started. And, with there being little room to work in the wrench throw was not very much so it took forever to get them tightened down once i did get them started. So, after some scrapped arms i got it all in. 
On a side note rock auto said that the old one had to be clean when returned so i could get my core charge refund. This is after i scrapped a bunch of gunk off of it.
Before i used a little purple power cleaner and power washer back at my shop while on duty
After cleaning it up
