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Finally was able to get the front differential put back in as well as replacing the steering rack and pump. Also got it cleaned out and vacuumed the truck to get it ready for further modifications and my trips this spring (Moab and Overland Expo West). Weighed the Alpha with a full tank of gas...

Well, thought I'd add an update of sorts. Been working on selling our house so that we can move farther north and get out of the city, but the market for our area apparently slowed to a crawl right when I listed it back at the beginning of June. Hopefully we can sell and finish moving before the...

We switched to cots last year after I got fed up with waking up in the middle of the night flat on the ground because the air mattresses we use only a few times end up with holes in them. Wife and I are using Cabelas regular folding cots and our 3 girls are using the low profile Cabelas cots...

Truck did great going down and back from Overland Expo West. I had a lot of fun, got to meet Ronny Dahl as well as some new friends that I camped next to. Still have lots to do, not the least of which is replacing the steering system amd getting the front axle back in. But man those 4.56 gears...

Two days of driving so far and I think it's working out well. Pretty sure most of the noise I hear is my Duratracs showing their age, plus I tweaked everything pretty well apparently. Glove box now barely brushes against the passenger door, there's a creak when stopping and starting as the...

Finally have the rear axle back in. Took me until 4AM to get it all finished, though that included replacing the front swaybar links. Those ACDelco "professional" links are apparently pieces of garbage. The driver side was completely sheared off the studs, and the passenger side's lower stud...

Got the axle back today. Unfortunately it took me all evening to replace the u-joints on the rear drive shaft. It didn't help that you need a special tool to press the old u-joints out, which I had to fabricate: But the driveshaft is ready now, so hopefully tomorrow evening I can get the axle...

Talked to the shop today, rear axle should be ready tomorrow so I'm borrowing my friend's truck again to pick it up. Hopefully I can have it installed tomorrow night and be back on the road again. I spent last night and tonight pulling the front differential and CV axles. Turned out to be a good...

Dropped the axle and ARB locker off at the shop, hopefully they can get it done this weekend and I can pick it back up on Monday. I'm going to pull the front axle this weekend and get that all prepped as well. The front ARB locker is taking longer to get to me but that's OK. It'll be great to...

More pictures of the damage. I pulled the axle assembly completely out in preparation for taking it to the shop that will be rebuilding it for me, and tore it the rest of the way down but left the carrier installed in case they wanted to check everything, plus I know you need to keep the caps...

Video of the diff: [VIDEO]

Unfortunately there was also damage to the ring gear and tiny nick to the pinion from what I can see. Looks like a chunk was wedged between the nose of the pinion and the carrier: A small flake is all I saw on the pinion: So now I'm trying to determine what exactly to do. I was...

So this happened: Blew the spider and axle gears in the rear differential on Metal Masher down in Moab this week. I was trying to get up a short ledge/waterfall (maybe three feet) and apparently hit it just wrong and popped a gear apart, by the time I got up it and started getting to the...

Yes, the main reason for getting it was so that I could monitor my transmission temperature. I also have it showing oil pressure and temperature.

I had to focus on getting ready for my Moab trip. I'll update the thread when I get back home. I have the Switch Pros installed but it's not hooked to any lights yet. Tried out the Bluetooth and it seems to work well so far.

I've been using the Ultragauge MX for a few years now, it's been great. Cheaper than a scangauge and can display a lot more than four gauges at a time.

Been a while, work has been keeping me busy and the weather has not really been cooperating when I do have free time, plus trying to get the house packed up and ready to sell has been chewing a lot of my time. I've made zero progress on the rear power of course, but with a trip to Moab coming up...

Looking at it from this angle you are going to want to add gussets from the rectangle tube under the winch mount to the chassis mounting brackets, or if those are too far in, gusset directly to the Westin cradle. Otherwise you're very likely to find that it will fold over when you go to use the...

I'll be down there the week after with a group from the Hummer forum I am on. We always go the week immediately after. Maybe some time I'll go to Safari, enough people confuse the H3 for a Jeep that I can probably blend in easily. [emoji38]

So you sniped a bumper out from under someone that was already on their way and driving a long distance to pick it up, and it's not even what you actually wanted? [emoji848]