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So, should have been a bit more careful. I gently started one of the seals, got a bit cocked. This was just getting it started. Repositioned everything, took a break, more careful, got it in true and square. Note, this is flush to the outer end of the tube, more on this in a bit. It...

This will be the longest Dana 30 inner axle oil seal install post in history, bare with me, might be useful. I ordered a "WeHope" brand Dana 30/44/60 inner axle oil seal install tool off Amazon, $20 to my door. No issue with the tool, seems well made, straight, true, good threads. Would...

Piddling, waiting on inner axle oil seal install tool, so some preliminary reassembly work. Stub shaft large spindle seals installed: Inner spindle seal then the plastic thrust washer.: Installed the inner wheel bearings into the hubs, the bearing with the larger ID. Hub seals...

And like all of my little projects, this one takes a detour, but not too far out of the way. Last time I messed with the front end I noticed the driver side axle shaft oil seal must have been seaping a bit. It hasn't magically gotten better, has not really got worse, but I told myself I would...

Post #1,952 on this thread helps me remember the big stuff. When I change the oil, I write date/mileage on the filter box lid and keep it in the console. Every 3k miles, oil change and grease all the zerks (steering/suspension/driveshafts/clutch linkage) Every 6k miles, same as above but add a...

Remembered to grease the ball joints. Only way to grease the upper ball joint is with the axle shaft removed. I keep these plugs in the zerk holes when the Jeep is being driven. The OD of the front axle shaft/u-joint assembly is too large to keep the upper zerk fitting in place. I only...

Those are idle mixture adjustment screws, NOT idle RPM screws. Yes, adjusting them will change RPM because you are adjusting the mixture, so it will increase RPM and can stall the engine. You usually leave those out IIRC 2.5 turns after gently bottoming them out. Then fine tune mixture from...

A little bit of work tonight. Packed the wheel bearings and spindle bearings, zip lock bags to keep dirt out. Installed the new rotors on to the wheel hubs. And the big accomplishment, well, at least for me 😆 New Spicer u-joints installed, no problems. I think I always dread...

The comments below the video contradict the video?

So, I just purchased/renewed my OHV Permit from the CO website, I was still in the system from the Buena Vista National. Do I also need to purchase a "sticker" when I get to Colorado?

Removed the other axle shaft u-joint this afternoon, all four caps were dried out. So, I reckon it was a good idea to take a look at all of this stuff. Much easier to address this in the garage as opposed to the trail. Still can't fathom why both of these u-joints were dried out? Both...

To nice to spend all day in the garage so took this one on a 2 hour goof off drive this morning.

Hardly any Jeep work today, but I did remove one front axle u-joint, because sometimes you just got to know! One cap completely dried out, the grease in the end of the cross was thick, no grease left around the needle bearings. The other three sides were fine. Not really sure what...

Almost 4 years, a little over 40k miles, figured it would be a good time to repack the front wheel bearings. Parts removed from one side. I went ahead and removed the spindles to inspect/repack the spindle bearings, so also pulled the axle shafts. I was kind of surprised to find that...

Front wheel bearing/spindle/axle shaft/brake maintenance and parts replacement, been about 40k miles.

Gravity bled all four corners, then two quick rounds of the old "pump pump" bleed, good to go. Back on all fours again, finally. Took it for a 20 mile low/variable speed/no load test drive, and then back home again to let the new differential bearings go through their initial heat/cool...

Almost finished!! I always like to clean the backside of the tires/wheels when they are removed, especially after doing any type of maintenance. Any new leaks will be easy to spot. Got the rear flex line installed. I installed the lower axle mounted "T" block pointing backwards compared to...

I ended up using the O'Reilly's lines. I used these lines before, on my old Tan Scrambler with a 4.5" RE lift, so knew they would work here, as well. I like these lines due to the metal tube on the caliper end. Even though this line is NOT for a Jeep CJ, it works well. I did have to hand tweak...

Frame end of lines, details of bracket security. OEM style, clip on both sides of the frame bracket. Thinner clip to the outside groove. Thick clip to the inner side of bracket. The two OEM style clips. On the Rubicon Express lines, the the larger hed head OD prevents line from...