Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Sorry to hear about the wreck Mike... hope you (and now your Jeep) are OK.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FC54F48.DD7D42BE@sympatico.ca...
> I had a bad pinion bearing in my 86 CJ7.
>
> I stupidly believed a local Jeep shop when he told me his air gun was
> set 'right' for doing up the 'old' pinion nut when he put a new yoke and
> seal in for me.
>
> Grrrr.... I 'do' know better, but....
>
> Man, it turned the internal oil slinger washer into a funnel shape and
> all the tapered bearings inside got the small end just chewed off....
> The lock nut was a finger spin, it is supposed to be crimped into a
> triangle and is a one use nut. Well, 'maybe' a second use, but that is
> pushing it.
>
> The shop doing the proper replacement went to press off the old bearing
> and it just fell into pieces. He went 'crap, well that is sure a
> bearing that 'just fell apart in my hands, wow how much noise was it
> making?' He replaced all the bearings while he had it open, the carrier
> bearings had been vibrated bad enough to have play too.
>
> I didn't figure it was really noisy until I left the shop to come home.
> 'Hey!, what the heck happened to my mud tire 'road noise'?'
>
> LOL! I just figured the tires were getting slowly noisier as they
> wore. Nope.
>
> The thing is scary it is so quiet now, feels like 10 more HP too.
>
> I couldn't get it fixed all summer because I was a passenger in a nasty
> passenger side T-bone hit and the insurance didn't start giving me
> income replacement until last week. At least the suckers owed me 6
> months back pay....
>
> What a royal pain to have no income all summer. I am thankful my
> landlord waited for the insurance cheque for rent. Nice guy!
>
> Now I have my CJ7 purring and gas money and finally the doctors
> permission to go on trails so I am going to go get lost in the bush for
> a week real soon. Can't work yet, so going for a commune with Mother
> Nature does good things for my soul.
>
> I hope the temperature drops some, it is still top and doors off today
> with rain when it comes down, I prefer snow at these temperatures.
>
> Anyone want to join me next week for a deep Canadian bush run?
>
> Heading into the same place as our spring, summer, fall and New Years
> RAMJ+W runs.
>
> Have GPS tags for the campsite I am heading for at Whitefish Lake near
> Bancroft Ontario.
>
> A Yup, I am going solo so far too.... Ya ya, but if solo, I sure don't
> plan on getting anyplace I can't hike out of if all else fails. Have a
> Warn XD9000i and a hand winch, but don't plan on using them or being in
> anyplace I might need them.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Sorry to hear about the wreck Mike... hope you (and now your Jeep) are OK.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FC54F48.DD7D42BE@sympatico.ca...
> I had a bad pinion bearing in my 86 CJ7.
>
> I stupidly believed a local Jeep shop when he told me his air gun was
> set 'right' for doing up the 'old' pinion nut when he put a new yoke and
> seal in for me.
>
> Grrrr.... I 'do' know better, but....
>
> Man, it turned the internal oil slinger washer into a funnel shape and
> all the tapered bearings inside got the small end just chewed off....
> The lock nut was a finger spin, it is supposed to be crimped into a
> triangle and is a one use nut. Well, 'maybe' a second use, but that is
> pushing it.
>
> The shop doing the proper replacement went to press off the old bearing
> and it just fell into pieces. He went 'crap, well that is sure a
> bearing that 'just fell apart in my hands, wow how much noise was it
> making?' He replaced all the bearings while he had it open, the carrier
> bearings had been vibrated bad enough to have play too.
>
> I didn't figure it was really noisy until I left the shop to come home.
> 'Hey!, what the heck happened to my mud tire 'road noise'?'
>
> LOL! I just figured the tires were getting slowly noisier as they
> wore. Nope.
>
> The thing is scary it is so quiet now, feels like 10 more HP too.
>
> I couldn't get it fixed all summer because I was a passenger in a nasty
> passenger side T-bone hit and the insurance didn't start giving me
> income replacement until last week. At least the suckers owed me 6
> months back pay....
>
> What a royal pain to have no income all summer. I am thankful my
> landlord waited for the insurance cheque for rent. Nice guy!
>
> Now I have my CJ7 purring and gas money and finally the doctors
> permission to go on trails so I am going to go get lost in the bush for
> a week real soon. Can't work yet, so going for a commune with Mother
> Nature does good things for my soul.
>
> I hope the temperature drops some, it is still top and doors off today
> with rain when it comes down, I prefer snow at these temperatures.
>
> Anyone want to join me next week for a deep Canadian bush run?
>
> Heading into the same place as our spring, summer, fall and New Years
> RAMJ+W runs.
>
> Have GPS tags for the campsite I am heading for at Whitefish Lake near
> Bancroft Ontario.
>
> A Yup, I am going solo so far too.... Ya ya, but if solo, I sure don't
> plan on getting anyplace I can't hike out of if all else fails. Have a
> Warn XD9000i and a hand winch, but don't plan on using them or being in
> anyplace I might need them.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Sorry to hear about the wreck Mike... hope you (and now your Jeep) are OK.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3FC54F48.DD7D42BE@sympatico.ca...
> I had a bad pinion bearing in my 86 CJ7.
>
> I stupidly believed a local Jeep shop when he told me his air gun was
> set 'right' for doing up the 'old' pinion nut when he put a new yoke and
> seal in for me.
>
> Grrrr.... I 'do' know better, but....
>
> Man, it turned the internal oil slinger washer into a funnel shape and
> all the tapered bearings inside got the small end just chewed off....
> The lock nut was a finger spin, it is supposed to be crimped into a
> triangle and is a one use nut. Well, 'maybe' a second use, but that is
> pushing it.
>
> The shop doing the proper replacement went to press off the old bearing
> and it just fell into pieces. He went 'crap, well that is sure a
> bearing that 'just fell apart in my hands, wow how much noise was it
> making?' He replaced all the bearings while he had it open, the carrier
> bearings had been vibrated bad enough to have play too.
>
> I didn't figure it was really noisy until I left the shop to come home.
> 'Hey!, what the heck happened to my mud tire 'road noise'?'
>
> LOL! I just figured the tires were getting slowly noisier as they
> wore. Nope.
>
> The thing is scary it is so quiet now, feels like 10 more HP too.
>
> I couldn't get it fixed all summer because I was a passenger in a nasty
> passenger side T-bone hit and the insurance didn't start giving me
> income replacement until last week. At least the suckers owed me 6
> months back pay....
>
> What a royal pain to have no income all summer. I am thankful my
> landlord waited for the insurance cheque for rent. Nice guy!
>
> Now I have my CJ7 purring and gas money and finally the doctors
> permission to go on trails so I am going to go get lost in the bush for
> a week real soon. Can't work yet, so going for a commune with Mother
> Nature does good things for my soul.
>
> I hope the temperature drops some, it is still top and doors off today
> with rain when it comes down, I prefer snow at these temperatures.
>
> Anyone want to join me next week for a deep Canadian bush run?
>
> Heading into the same place as our spring, summer, fall and New Years
> RAMJ+W runs.
>
> Have GPS tags for the campsite I am heading for at Whitefish Lake near
> Bancroft Ontario.
>
> A Yup, I am going solo so far too.... Ya ya, but if solo, I sure don't
> plan on getting anyplace I can't hike out of if all else fails. Have a
> Warn XD9000i and a hand winch, but don't plan on using them or being in
> anyplace I might need them.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Hi Mike,
Cool, thanks for the update.
Good guys need to be plugged.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I have almost half that on it already. Got gas money finally and have
> been buzzing around all over the place the last couple days.
>
> The weather has been wicked for Nov. in Canada. Sunny so I can go top
> and doors off!
>
> Even went down to visit 'Mad Jo' at her new 'studio' for seamstress
> training and sewing work today. Haven't seen her in months. Steve and
> her are doing fine, but neither has time to post here these days.
>
> The rear end on the CJ is just purring.
>
> The dude did a good job and knew what he was doing. I watched him
> mic'ing out the spacers for the pretorque and set up. His shop also has
> all the wicked big machines. Mills, lathes, boring/honing machines and
> all 'Big' machines, not toys. He can do total engine and head rebuilds
> and has been in business since 74 with a really good reputation.
>
> I 'am' a picky bugger when it comes to work done on my vehicle by
> someone else because I know how to do most of it and know how the 'right
> way' is supposed to work.
>
> The guy's name is Hans at Ontario RV in Toronto Canada.
>
> I was impressed.
>
> Mike

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Hi Mike,
Cool, thanks for the update.
Good guys need to be plugged.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I have almost half that on it already. Got gas money finally and have
> been buzzing around all over the place the last couple days.
>
> The weather has been wicked for Nov. in Canada. Sunny so I can go top
> and doors off!
>
> Even went down to visit 'Mad Jo' at her new 'studio' for seamstress
> training and sewing work today. Haven't seen her in months. Steve and
> her are doing fine, but neither has time to post here these days.
>
> The rear end on the CJ is just purring.
>
> The dude did a good job and knew what he was doing. I watched him
> mic'ing out the spacers for the pretorque and set up. His shop also has
> all the wicked big machines. Mills, lathes, boring/honing machines and
> all 'Big' machines, not toys. He can do total engine and head rebuilds
> and has been in business since 74 with a really good reputation.
>
> I 'am' a picky bugger when it comes to work done on my vehicle by
> someone else because I know how to do most of it and know how the 'right
> way' is supposed to work.
>
> The guy's name is Hans at Ontario RV in Toronto Canada.
>
> I was impressed.
>
> Mike

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Hi Mike,
Cool, thanks for the update.
Good guys need to be plugged.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I have almost half that on it already. Got gas money finally and have
> been buzzing around all over the place the last couple days.
>
> The weather has been wicked for Nov. in Canada. Sunny so I can go top
> and doors off!
>
> Even went down to visit 'Mad Jo' at her new 'studio' for seamstress
> training and sewing work today. Haven't seen her in months. Steve and
> her are doing fine, but neither has time to post here these days.
>
> The rear end on the CJ is just purring.
>
> The dude did a good job and knew what he was doing. I watched him
> mic'ing out the spacers for the pretorque and set up. His shop also has
> all the wicked big machines. Mills, lathes, boring/honing machines and
> all 'Big' machines, not toys. He can do total engine and head rebuilds
> and has been in business since 74 with a really good reputation.
>
> I 'am' a picky bugger when it comes to work done on my vehicle by
> someone else because I know how to do most of it and know how the 'right
> way' is supposed to work.
>
> The guy's name is Hans at Ontario RV in Toronto Canada.
>
> I was impressed.
>
> Mike

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Thanks, it is looking at a while yet before I am 'ok' again. :-(

But the CJ is working sweet! :-)

Got hit on June 9th.

I had busted/dislocated ribs from the seat belt, torn ligaments in my
knee and ankle, compressed neck vertebra from C3 to C7 that seized up
all my chest muscles so I couldn't breathe and was rushed to emergency
for that 2 weeks later and a 'stroke' or bleed out in my brain from my
head bouncing off the door frame....

One Doc said it is a good thing I have a 19 1/2" neck or it might have
been broken....

It has been a looooong and boring and painful summer, that's for sure.

The muscles are starting to work again, but the stroke symptoms and
pinched nerves in my neck are really slow to go away.

I have no sense of smell at all on the right side and my right eye can't
handle daylight, my right reflexes are slow on the neurologist's 'stun
gun' test with a weak right leg too.

Physio has me just being able to move my neck more than 1/4 way to the
left in the last couple weeks. The chiropractor part was finally able
to adjust the top vertebra after a painful go with a massage therapist.
That released the spaz out on the left side back/chest muscles so I can
breathe easy again. Feels great!!!!!! Have even gone a couple days
without any pain pills. Too cool!

I was a passenger in a Saturn sedan. The dork that T-boned us needed to
be towed away, his 2002 Honda's front end was crushed. The Saturn
likely has a bent frame but was still driveable.

We were turning 'right' into a driveway in front of the house with the
signal on because the/my driver knew he was being followed, on a short
narrow residential road and the fool tried to pass us on the ditch side
at full throttle showing off for the two Russian chicks with him. He
spoke some english, but they were fresh in. Likely a club hiring
'entertainers' from overseas, it is common here, tons of Russians near
my area, there is a whole mini city of them in North Toronto.

Mike

JimG wrote:
>
> Sorry to hear about the wreck Mike... hope you (and now your Jeep) are OK.
>
> --
> JimG
> 80' CJ-7 258 CID
> 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
> D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
> 4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
> Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
> Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:3FC54F48.DD7D42BE@sympatico.ca...
> > I had a bad pinion bearing in my 86 CJ7.
> >
> > I stupidly believed a local Jeep shop when he told me his air gun was
> > set 'right' for doing up the 'old' pinion nut when he put a new yoke and
> > seal in for me.
> >
> > Grrrr.... I 'do' know better, but....
> >
> > Man, it turned the internal oil slinger washer into a funnel shape and
> > all the tapered bearings inside got the small end just chewed off....
> > The lock nut was a finger spin, it is supposed to be crimped into a
> > triangle and is a one use nut. Well, 'maybe' a second use, but that is
> > pushing it.
> >
> > The shop doing the proper replacement went to press off the old bearing
> > and it just fell into pieces. He went 'crap, well that is sure a
> > bearing that 'just fell apart in my hands, wow how much noise was it
> > making?' He replaced all the bearings while he had it open, the carrier
> > bearings had been vibrated bad enough to have play too.
> >
> > I didn't figure it was really noisy until I left the shop to come home.
> > 'Hey!, what the heck happened to my mud tire 'road noise'?'
> >
> > LOL! I just figured the tires were getting slowly noisier as they
> > wore. Nope.
> >
> > The thing is scary it is so quiet now, feels like 10 more HP too.
> >
> > I couldn't get it fixed all summer because I was a passenger in a nasty
> > passenger side T-bone hit and the insurance didn't start giving me
> > income replacement until last week. At least the suckers owed me 6
> > months back pay....
> >
> > What a royal pain to have no income all summer. I am thankful my
> > landlord waited for the insurance cheque for rent. Nice guy!
> >
> > Now I have my CJ7 purring and gas money and finally the doctors
> > permission to go on trails so I am going to go get lost in the bush for
> > a week real soon. Can't work yet, so going for a commune with Mother
> > Nature does good things for my soul.
> >
> > I hope the temperature drops some, it is still top and doors off today
> > with rain when it comes down, I prefer snow at these temperatures.
> >
> > Anyone want to join me next week for a deep Canadian bush run?
> >
> > Heading into the same place as our spring, summer, fall and New Years
> > RAMJ+W runs.
> >
> > Have GPS tags for the campsite I am heading for at Whitefish Lake near
> > Bancroft Ontario.
> >
> > A Yup, I am going solo so far too.... Ya ya, but if solo, I sure don't
> > plan on getting anyplace I can't hike out of if all else fails. Have a
> > Warn XD9000i and a hand winch, but don't plan on using them or being in
> > anyplace I might need them.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Thanks, it is looking at a while yet before I am 'ok' again. :-(

But the CJ is working sweet! :-)

Got hit on June 9th.

I had busted/dislocated ribs from the seat belt, torn ligaments in my
knee and ankle, compressed neck vertebra from C3 to C7 that seized up
all my chest muscles so I couldn't breathe and was rushed to emergency
for that 2 weeks later and a 'stroke' or bleed out in my brain from my
head bouncing off the door frame....

One Doc said it is a good thing I have a 19 1/2" neck or it might have
been broken....

It has been a looooong and boring and painful summer, that's for sure.

The muscles are starting to work again, but the stroke symptoms and
pinched nerves in my neck are really slow to go away.

I have no sense of smell at all on the right side and my right eye can't
handle daylight, my right reflexes are slow on the neurologist's 'stun
gun' test with a weak right leg too.

Physio has me just being able to move my neck more than 1/4 way to the
left in the last couple weeks. The chiropractor part was finally able
to adjust the top vertebra after a painful go with a massage therapist.
That released the spaz out on the left side back/chest muscles so I can
breathe easy again. Feels great!!!!!! Have even gone a couple days
without any pain pills. Too cool!

I was a passenger in a Saturn sedan. The dork that T-boned us needed to
be towed away, his 2002 Honda's front end was crushed. The Saturn
likely has a bent frame but was still driveable.

We were turning 'right' into a driveway in front of the house with the
signal on because the/my driver knew he was being followed, on a short
narrow residential road and the fool tried to pass us on the ditch side
at full throttle showing off for the two Russian chicks with him. He
spoke some english, but they were fresh in. Likely a club hiring
'entertainers' from overseas, it is common here, tons of Russians near
my area, there is a whole mini city of them in North Toronto.

Mike

JimG wrote:
>
> Sorry to hear about the wreck Mike... hope you (and now your Jeep) are OK.
>
> --
> JimG
> 80' CJ-7 258 CID
> 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
> D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
> 4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
> Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
> Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:3FC54F48.DD7D42BE@sympatico.ca...
> > I had a bad pinion bearing in my 86 CJ7.
> >
> > I stupidly believed a local Jeep shop when he told me his air gun was
> > set 'right' for doing up the 'old' pinion nut when he put a new yoke and
> > seal in for me.
> >
> > Grrrr.... I 'do' know better, but....
> >
> > Man, it turned the internal oil slinger washer into a funnel shape and
> > all the tapered bearings inside got the small end just chewed off....
> > The lock nut was a finger spin, it is supposed to be crimped into a
> > triangle and is a one use nut. Well, 'maybe' a second use, but that is
> > pushing it.
> >
> > The shop doing the proper replacement went to press off the old bearing
> > and it just fell into pieces. He went 'crap, well that is sure a
> > bearing that 'just fell apart in my hands, wow how much noise was it
> > making?' He replaced all the bearings while he had it open, the carrier
> > bearings had been vibrated bad enough to have play too.
> >
> > I didn't figure it was really noisy until I left the shop to come home.
> > 'Hey!, what the heck happened to my mud tire 'road noise'?'
> >
> > LOL! I just figured the tires were getting slowly noisier as they
> > wore. Nope.
> >
> > The thing is scary it is so quiet now, feels like 10 more HP too.
> >
> > I couldn't get it fixed all summer because I was a passenger in a nasty
> > passenger side T-bone hit and the insurance didn't start giving me
> > income replacement until last week. At least the suckers owed me 6
> > months back pay....
> >
> > What a royal pain to have no income all summer. I am thankful my
> > landlord waited for the insurance cheque for rent. Nice guy!
> >
> > Now I have my CJ7 purring and gas money and finally the doctors
> > permission to go on trails so I am going to go get lost in the bush for
> > a week real soon. Can't work yet, so going for a commune with Mother
> > Nature does good things for my soul.
> >
> > I hope the temperature drops some, it is still top and doors off today
> > with rain when it comes down, I prefer snow at these temperatures.
> >
> > Anyone want to join me next week for a deep Canadian bush run?
> >
> > Heading into the same place as our spring, summer, fall and New Years
> > RAMJ+W runs.
> >
> > Have GPS tags for the campsite I am heading for at Whitefish Lake near
> > Bancroft Ontario.
> >
> > A Yup, I am going solo so far too.... Ya ya, but if solo, I sure don't
> > plan on getting anyplace I can't hike out of if all else fails. Have a
> > Warn XD9000i and a hand winch, but don't plan on using them or being in
> > anyplace I might need them.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Thanks, it is looking at a while yet before I am 'ok' again. :-(

But the CJ is working sweet! :-)

Got hit on June 9th.

I had busted/dislocated ribs from the seat belt, torn ligaments in my
knee and ankle, compressed neck vertebra from C3 to C7 that seized up
all my chest muscles so I couldn't breathe and was rushed to emergency
for that 2 weeks later and a 'stroke' or bleed out in my brain from my
head bouncing off the door frame....

One Doc said it is a good thing I have a 19 1/2" neck or it might have
been broken....

It has been a looooong and boring and painful summer, that's for sure.

The muscles are starting to work again, but the stroke symptoms and
pinched nerves in my neck are really slow to go away.

I have no sense of smell at all on the right side and my right eye can't
handle daylight, my right reflexes are slow on the neurologist's 'stun
gun' test with a weak right leg too.

Physio has me just being able to move my neck more than 1/4 way to the
left in the last couple weeks. The chiropractor part was finally able
to adjust the top vertebra after a painful go with a massage therapist.
That released the spaz out on the left side back/chest muscles so I can
breathe easy again. Feels great!!!!!! Have even gone a couple days
without any pain pills. Too cool!

I was a passenger in a Saturn sedan. The dork that T-boned us needed to
be towed away, his 2002 Honda's front end was crushed. The Saturn
likely has a bent frame but was still driveable.

We were turning 'right' into a driveway in front of the house with the
signal on because the/my driver knew he was being followed, on a short
narrow residential road and the fool tried to pass us on the ditch side
at full throttle showing off for the two Russian chicks with him. He
spoke some english, but they were fresh in. Likely a club hiring
'entertainers' from overseas, it is common here, tons of Russians near
my area, there is a whole mini city of them in North Toronto.

Mike

JimG wrote:
>
> Sorry to hear about the wreck Mike... hope you (and now your Jeep) are OK.
>
> --
> JimG
> 80' CJ-7 258 CID
> 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
> D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
> 4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
> Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
> Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:3FC54F48.DD7D42BE@sympatico.ca...
> > I had a bad pinion bearing in my 86 CJ7.
> >
> > I stupidly believed a local Jeep shop when he told me his air gun was
> > set 'right' for doing up the 'old' pinion nut when he put a new yoke and
> > seal in for me.
> >
> > Grrrr.... I 'do' know better, but....
> >
> > Man, it turned the internal oil slinger washer into a funnel shape and
> > all the tapered bearings inside got the small end just chewed off....
> > The lock nut was a finger spin, it is supposed to be crimped into a
> > triangle and is a one use nut. Well, 'maybe' a second use, but that is
> > pushing it.
> >
> > The shop doing the proper replacement went to press off the old bearing
> > and it just fell into pieces. He went 'crap, well that is sure a
> > bearing that 'just fell apart in my hands, wow how much noise was it
> > making?' He replaced all the bearings while he had it open, the carrier
> > bearings had been vibrated bad enough to have play too.
> >
> > I didn't figure it was really noisy until I left the shop to come home.
> > 'Hey!, what the heck happened to my mud tire 'road noise'?'
> >
> > LOL! I just figured the tires were getting slowly noisier as they
> > wore. Nope.
> >
> > The thing is scary it is so quiet now, feels like 10 more HP too.
> >
> > I couldn't get it fixed all summer because I was a passenger in a nasty
> > passenger side T-bone hit and the insurance didn't start giving me
> > income replacement until last week. At least the suckers owed me 6
> > months back pay....
> >
> > What a royal pain to have no income all summer. I am thankful my
> > landlord waited for the insurance cheque for rent. Nice guy!
> >
> > Now I have my CJ7 purring and gas money and finally the doctors
> > permission to go on trails so I am going to go get lost in the bush for
> > a week real soon. Can't work yet, so going for a commune with Mother
> > Nature does good things for my soul.
> >
> > I hope the temperature drops some, it is still top and doors off today
> > with rain when it comes down, I prefer snow at these temperatures.
> >
> > Anyone want to join me next week for a deep Canadian bush run?
> >
> > Heading into the same place as our spring, summer, fall and New Years
> > RAMJ+W runs.
> >
> > Have GPS tags for the campsite I am heading for at Whitefish Lake near
> > Bancroft Ontario.
> >
> > A Yup, I am going solo so far too.... Ya ya, but if solo, I sure don't
> > plan on getting anyplace I can't hike out of if all else fails. Have a
> > Warn XD9000i and a hand winch, but don't plan on using them or being in
> > anyplace I might need them.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Got my CJ7 up and safe to drive finally. Yee Haw!
 

Hi Mike : It sure sounds like your able to get up and around a lot more
than before. I to wished I could make it up to your jeep run as well. I've
never been to Canada. I have always wanted to get there . I just always seem
to be working to much. I have been making Jeep Bumpers On the side from my
normal Job and it's been keeping me busy. I know what it's like some what
to be tied up and not being able to go Jeeping. I love being out in the
wilderness . Well good luck on your better health and have fun on your
jeeping.
Jeep
Jimmie Jeep OIIIIIIIO Jeep 86 C J'S Forever.


"JimG" <jimg@cj7_2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:Vhdxb.1121$fH2.125@news01.roc.ny...
> Sorry to hear about the wreck Mike... hope you (and now your Jeep) are OK.
>
> --
> JimG
> 80' CJ-7 258 CID
> 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
> D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
> 4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
> Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
> Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:3FC54F48.DD7D42BE@sympatico.ca...
> > I had a bad pinion bearing in my 86 CJ7.
> >
> > I stupidly believed a local Jeep shop when he told me his air gun was
> > set 'right' for doing up the 'old' pinion nut when he put a new yoke and
> > seal in for me.
> >
> > Grrrr.... I 'do' know better, but....
> >
> > Man, it turned the internal oil slinger washer into a funnel shape and
> > all the tapered bearings inside got the small end just chewed off....
> > The lock nut was a finger spin, it is supposed to be crimped into a
> > triangle and is a one use nut. Well, 'maybe' a second use, but that is
> > pushing it.
> >
> > The shop doing the proper replacement went to press off the old bearing
> > and it just fell into pieces. He went 'crap, well that is sure a
> > bearing that 'just fell apart in my hands, wow how much noise was it
> > making?' He replaced all the bearings while he had it open, the carrier
> > bearings had been vibrated bad enough to have play too.
> >
> > I didn't figure it was really noisy until I left the shop to come home.
> > 'Hey!, what the heck happened to my mud tire 'road noise'?'
> >
> > LOL! I just figured the tires were getting slowly noisier as they
> > wore. Nope.
> >
> > The thing is scary it is so quiet now, feels like 10 more HP too.
> >
> > I couldn't get it fixed all summer because I was a passenger in a nasty
> > passenger side T-bone hit and the insurance didn't start giving me
> > income replacement until last week. At least the suckers owed me 6
> > months back pay....
> >
> > What a royal pain to have no income all summer. I am thankful my
> > landlord waited for the insurance cheque for rent. Nice guy!
> >
> > Now I have my CJ7 purring and gas money and finally the doctors
> > permission to go on trails so I am going to go get lost in the bush for
> > a week real soon. Can't work yet, so going for a commune with Mother
> > Nature does good things for my soul.
> >
> > I hope the temperature drops some, it is still top and doors off today
> > with rain when it comes down, I prefer snow at these temperatures.
> >
> > Anyone want to join me next week for a deep Canadian bush run?
> >
> > Heading into the same place as our spring, summer, fall and New Years
> > RAMJ+W runs.
> >
> > Have GPS tags for the campsite I am heading for at Whitefish Lake near
> > Bancroft Ontario.
> >
> > A Yup, I am going solo so far too.... Ya ya, but if solo, I sure don't
> > plan on getting anyplace I can't hike out of if all else fails. Have a
> > Warn XD9000i and a hand winch, but don't plan on using them or being in
> > anyplace I might need them.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>