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I figured I might take a 2000 mile road trip over the holidays so a little inspection was necessary. As I changed the old about 3 weeks ago didn't expect to see much but it was peace of mind.
I quickly found two issues: the O'Reilly brand oil pressure switch was leaking, and the property shaft CV was throwing more crap than a room of Hillary supporters.
Here's what a leaking CV looks like
Of course Reloader had a spare on the shelf so I put that in. Right as I was finishing up I knocked a cap off of the u-joint and sent some needle bearings flying. Luckily I found them all and reassembled it
The oil sensor was an easy swap, no pictures on that today.
I hit up the scratched spots on the rocker protection and the bumper with some Rustoleum Hammered Metal Paint.
Finally, since I've never fully washed and waxed under the Gobi since it was installed, I did that today. I removed all of the mounting bolts except the front two, but I did loosen those. I removed the wind deflector and tilted the back up. I couldn't easy raise this more due to the wiring of the lights.
Once I removed the wind deflector I found damage from the grit that gets under the seal. There are pits in the paint and I bet if I was in the rust belt it would have been bad.
Other than was and wax, I didn't do anything with those pits today.
The u-joint is squeaking a bit, I think, so I may teach myself to replace that tomorrow.
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I quickly found two issues: the O'Reilly brand oil pressure switch was leaking, and the property shaft CV was throwing more crap than a room of Hillary supporters.
Here's what a leaking CV looks like
Of course Reloader had a spare on the shelf so I put that in. Right as I was finishing up I knocked a cap off of the u-joint and sent some needle bearings flying. Luckily I found them all and reassembled it
The oil sensor was an easy swap, no pictures on that today.
I hit up the scratched spots on the rocker protection and the bumper with some Rustoleum Hammered Metal Paint.
Finally, since I've never fully washed and waxed under the Gobi since it was installed, I did that today. I removed all of the mounting bolts except the front two, but I did loosen those. I removed the wind deflector and tilted the back up. I couldn't easy raise this more due to the wiring of the lights.
Once I removed the wind deflector I found damage from the grit that gets under the seal. There are pits in the paint and I bet if I was in the rust belt it would have been bad.
Other than was and wax, I didn't do anything with those pits today.
The u-joint is squeaking a bit, I think, so I may teach myself to replace that tomorrow.
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