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After biting the bullet and replacing my FUBAR rear axle with a brand spanking new one from ECGS, I finally test drove it. On a midly slippery dirt road at slow speeds in 2wd (Front Hubs locked though) everything shuffled around a little bit and found its place and I tightened everything up a little bit and it was rolling very well. I decided to put it in 4wd and I felt the front end pulling to the right mostly but both sides and I had to fight to keep control so I put it back in 2wd while still fighting for control and there was a hugeee bang and I obviously stopped and made sure everything was still attached and everything looked ok. I started driving again (2wd) and it drove just fine all the way back home. Once in my driveway (muddy and uneven) I put it back in 4wd and it wasn't nearly as bad and didn't produce the loud bang. I tried 4wd one more time on the road and the front shaft bound up so bad it didn't want to move even after i took it out of 4wd and unlocked the hubs. I eventually just had to force it down the road until it finally let go with an even louder bang. Although i was convinced my tcase or tranny had blown up I tried to shift into gear and it went no problems. Drove like nothing happened after that. I have since changed my underwear lol and checked the tcase fluid level and it is definitely low.
94 YJ 4.0, AX15 and 231 tcase. PO installed Scout Dana 44 front and rear with supposed 4.88 gears.
My thoughts are, seeing as this has absolutely never happened before is either 1: PO lied and I don't have 4.88's or 2:ECGS put in the wrong gears.
I will attempt to check my gears tomorrow both front and rear and see if there is a mismatch and I will top off my tcase fluid to rule that factor out
Any help or advice from the Jeep gods will be tremendously appreciated as I am working off logic not experience
94 YJ 4.0, AX15 and 231 tcase. PO installed Scout Dana 44 front and rear with supposed 4.88 gears.
My thoughts are, seeing as this has absolutely never happened before is either 1: PO lied and I don't have 4.88's or 2:ECGS put in the wrong gears.
I will attempt to check my gears tomorrow both front and rear and see if there is a mismatch and I will top off my tcase fluid to rule that factor out
Any help or advice from the Jeep gods will be tremendously appreciated as I am working off logic not experience