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11-18-2009, 12:05 AM
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On the MTRs, I have those on our LJ and now that they've got some wear on them they are L-O-U-D. I don't know how much you care, but I don't think that they're to the point where they need replacing and I was REALLY happy to put the hard top back on last weekend due to it.
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'84 Alaskan Postal CJ-8: Right-hand drive, World Cab, 35s, outboarded RE 4.5" lift, XD9000i, PSC armor, Waggy 44/HD20, in the middle of a 4.0/AW4 swap
'05 Rubi LJ: Nightcrawler bumper, Ramsey 9000e, dual top, 6-speed, CB
'08 JK Unlimited: Stock, auto, hard top
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Rockcrawler.com story of bringing the postal home
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11-18-2009, 06:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigwalton
On the MTRs, I have those on our LJ and now that they've got some wear on them they are L-O-U-D. I don't know how much you care, but I don't think that they're to the point where they need replacing and I was REALLY happy to put the hard top back on last weekend due to it.
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Eric,
When I first bought my Scrambler, it had MTR's on it. They were new, and not too loud. But a few thousand miles later they were terrible. I eventually swapped them out for GSA's. In researching the problem, I read that you need to rotate MTR's every couple thousand miles to avoid the wear patterns that cause the bad noise. I don't know if that's true, but if it is, seems either way seems like a good reason to avoid MTR's
Panther,
Love this build!! I want one! Anyone want to trade me one for the Gaucho?
Jeff
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11-18-2009, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jscherb
In researching the problem, I read that you need to rotate MTR's every couple thousand miles to avoid the wear patterns that cause the bad noise. I don't know if that's true, but if it is, seems either way seems like a good reason to avoid MTR's 
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I knew that and tried to not let it go more than about 5k miles between rotations and I rotate the spare in. Obviously it wasn't often enough.
I will say that I have been shocked about the life I got out of them, I got the thing on the assumption that 25k would probably be the max I would get out of them and I'm on 34k or so now IIRC.
I actually have them on the Postal too, but I just write off any noise with that thing  Great offroad though, I'm pleased in both cases other than the noise thing.
Lee, one alternative I might suggest is the Truxxus MTRs. Had those in 33" before the MTRs on the Scrambler and they were shockingly quiet. I upgraded to the MTRs before they had more than a couple thousand miles on them, so I don't know how they wear, but I was real happy with them for on and off-road use.
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'84 Alaskan Postal CJ-8: Right-hand drive, World Cab, 35s, outboarded RE 4.5" lift, XD9000i, PSC armor, Waggy 44/HD20, in the middle of a 4.0/AW4 swap
'05 Rubi LJ: Nightcrawler bumper, Ramsey 9000e, dual top, 6-speed, CB
'08 JK Unlimited: Stock, auto, hard top
My AK Postal page
Rockcrawler.com story of bringing the postal home
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11-18-2009, 09:49 PM
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Bradford,
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Model/Year: 82 Scrambler Laredo
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I have a while to go on tires but the MT/R's we're talking about aren't even around anymore anyway. I waited for months for them to be available for civilian use during desert storm a few years ago and now when looking for a spare I find there's a "new" Mt/R. I've had them on the scrambler for over 3 yrs and like them overall, we'll see for this project. I did finally find a spare (it's the one in the pic) on ebay for cheap.
The donor arrived today.
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Yesterday, 10:49 PM
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Scrambler Nut
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Bradford,
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Not much to report on, driveshafts have been removed and some minor details.
I've now seen 4-5 other guys doing the same build which is
Anyone interested there are several on CL National Craigslist Search
Right now there's one in OH and another in NJ.
Edit: In fact they need to sell this one in NJ by next weekend, price negotiable!
http://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/1474451589.html
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