I honestly was only interested in helping and conversing on this topic. But seeing where this thread is going......
What made you decide to look UNDER a shipping label, and how is it that the sticker pulled off well enough (without ripping the printed cardboard under it) for you to see D30 printed on the shipping box? Seems kind of odd to me. :crazyeyes:
I'd have thought with all that experience you had you wouldn't rely on Northridge to suggest sleeves.:idontknow:
Anyway the question is probably moot at this point of the thread..
Any time buddy. Big talk coming from a guy who looks like a chick (Seriously, look at his profile pictures, its funny trying to picture the girly man acting tough). I got your face and your jeep memorized. trust me, I am not a keyboard worrier my friend.
I was respectful to you until you started being a dick head. Now that you have been disrespectful to me for no reason at all, your a dick head in my book that needs to learn some respect.
Ok. You've proven you are a badass with your awesome fab skills, wordy responses and excellent Google search skills. Why are you still here?
Oh you know how to use google to look up my pics! Awesome! Now if only you knew how to use those skills on searching if you got the right parts before you welded them in like a dumb ass we wouldn't be having this conversation now would we
google search skills? fab skils? WTH are you going off on now? lol. I change my mind, this forum is fun.
I honestly was only interested in helping and conversing on this topic. But seeing where this thread is going......
no, you uploaded pictures to your profile here.
Lots of pics of my jeep yes but none of me. Nice try tho. Why don't you just go weld some more axle sleeves into the wrong housing.
Oh shit, you gained a stalker and threats today also?
Since you asked...
First I would've let NR fix it. IF I chose to take it on myself, I would've consulted some local machine shops as I suggested. I work and design the machines they use for a living and know there are ways to setup and mill the tube out. If that didn't pan out, I would've drilled and cut the welds and then attempted sleeve removal. I would not have worked from the differential case by hand with any tool.
I'm confused on the flapper disk rant. I never said it was the wrong tool to knock down welds or sand. But that isn't what you were doing. You were using it to cut, mill, and grind. A painfully slow process and the end product will be inconsistent as the disk conforms too much.
All this said, I acknowledge I wasn't there and I don't know exactly what you are dealing with. It just seems you are stacking negatives and hoping enough of them will turn into a positive.
If Northridge said bring it over, I would be gone in no time.
True story, I ordered spring retainers for my rear springs from Amazon, instead they sent me a track bar bracket for a xj.
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Wrong part they sent me, but I'm going to pound this bitch in and weld it on my rear springs. Then maybe make a thread how Amazon caused this "nightmare".
Haha your so funny man. If you read back I belive I already said "moral of the story is check your parts before installing". Come on, what else ya got dick head. Yeah, your a dick head, you like to be an ass for no reason. I will see ya on the trail and you can come be a disrespectfull dick to my face, I dare ya. Fyi, my 4x4 group is not a bunch of yuppies in their expinsive jeeps. I should be at moab, rubicon and sevral other trails at some point, look for me, I'm sure we will see echother. I will bring my invoice and you can come ask to see it ;-)
Cool. Mine will be the 4 linked/coiled YJ with a 496 big block, built 1tons and a TH400/NWFab blackbox doubler, full hydro on 44s, or my 1ton k5 with the 396 stroker motor on 44s, th400 with 203/205 double. All built, fabbed and welded by myself. Did you do the work on your jeep or did ya pay someone to do it for ya? I bet your one of those yuppies that buys an already built by a company axle and also drops your jeep off at a shop to have your suspension installed for you and then talks about how much you know about building 4x4s. Where im from we work on our own junk and beat the snot out of it any chance we get. I think you guys came and played once in our neck of the woods with one of our local clubs here in Moses Lake, so you should get an idea how we roll.
Hey, we agree on something!
Lets see your work, oh wait, your a wanabe who buys all his parts I forgot. I bet you dont even know what your looking at. Thats a shaved 14b with a truss ready for a 4 link setup. It also has a custom dual 1ton caliper brake setup, 513 gears with a Detroit locker.