RealCavDog
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Well Guys and Gals, after just over a week of new ownership and close to 600 miles of daily driving, Yertle the Turtle decided that things were going too good to be true from a GL truck and must have got pretty jealous when I picked up my buddy John and his 11 year old son to go to the "Guilty by Association Truck Show", sponsored by the Chrome Shop Mafia, (4 State Trucks), where he and I have both worked 3 different times each over the last 20 years !
Anyway, after about cruising all the chrome and custom paint, we took a break to head back to the "Anti-Chrome Mobile" just to check on it, as it was getting quite a bit of attention, and as we approached the passenger side, to our surprise, we both saw a slightly low tire and just a little bit of what was obviously fresh and clean gear lube spray on the tire of the front rear ! Also just a bit of clean clear lube pooled in the lip of the rim and a trickle from the axle flange ! Upon starting her up and checking the CTIS, I was shocked to see it flashing "FLAT", although all the others were at 45 PSI, and the right front rear was at 25-27 PSI !
Skip WAY ahead to airing up and holding pressure, return to show, recheck upon leaving, drive home to park for night, held pressure overnight, BUT more lube leaking pretty good !
After hours of searching threads here, M35A3, and Google, I referred to my trusty downloaded to a flash drive TM, compliments of Jatonka's website, and I must admit, still at a bit of a loss overall, but from what I can tell thus far,
1) Lube should not make it to the outer axle flange to be able to leak ? Due to the pressurized air system, and opposed to a standard axle that uses the gear lube to wet the outer bearings ? Am I mistaken and just need to reseal the axle flange ? (Which the bolts were surprisingly loose !)
2) O-Rings and quad seals may be the culprit ? Did not want to attempt the Axle flange reseal and run option described above due to the CRAZY pricing on the A3 bearings I have read about !
3) Lube and CTIS do not play well together ! (Not a question !)
4) This should be fixed before even driving her the 35 miles one way to the D-Day Rally on Friday, or would I be safe to button her back up , check the lube and short run her for 1 daytrip ? (suspect I know the answer, but NO lube in brake area !) Timing could not be worse due to working next 3 days, and no parts determined yet !
Now, if this has been covered previously, your referrals and direction will be gratefully accepted, but after an all day research binge, here I am open to suggestions !
The truck has been absolutely awesome up to this point, and I realize this is just a minor issue, but the information is a bit sparse in detail !
Thanks for ANY input Ya'll !
Jay
Anyway, after about cruising all the chrome and custom paint, we took a break to head back to the "Anti-Chrome Mobile" just to check on it, as it was getting quite a bit of attention, and as we approached the passenger side, to our surprise, we both saw a slightly low tire and just a little bit of what was obviously fresh and clean gear lube spray on the tire of the front rear ! Also just a bit of clean clear lube pooled in the lip of the rim and a trickle from the axle flange ! Upon starting her up and checking the CTIS, I was shocked to see it flashing "FLAT", although all the others were at 45 PSI, and the right front rear was at 25-27 PSI !
Skip WAY ahead to airing up and holding pressure, return to show, recheck upon leaving, drive home to park for night, held pressure overnight, BUT more lube leaking pretty good !
After hours of searching threads here, M35A3, and Google, I referred to my trusty downloaded to a flash drive TM, compliments of Jatonka's website, and I must admit, still at a bit of a loss overall, but from what I can tell thus far,
1) Lube should not make it to the outer axle flange to be able to leak ? Due to the pressurized air system, and opposed to a standard axle that uses the gear lube to wet the outer bearings ? Am I mistaken and just need to reseal the axle flange ? (Which the bolts were surprisingly loose !)
2) O-Rings and quad seals may be the culprit ? Did not want to attempt the Axle flange reseal and run option described above due to the CRAZY pricing on the A3 bearings I have read about !
3) Lube and CTIS do not play well together ! (Not a question !)
4) This should be fixed before even driving her the 35 miles one way to the D-Day Rally on Friday, or would I be safe to button her back up , check the lube and short run her for 1 daytrip ? (suspect I know the answer, but NO lube in brake area !) Timing could not be worse due to working next 3 days, and no parts determined yet !
Now, if this has been covered previously, your referrals and direction will be gratefully accepted, but after an all day research binge, here I am open to suggestions !
The truck has been absolutely awesome up to this point, and I realize this is just a minor issue, but the information is a bit sparse in detail !
Thanks for ANY input Ya'll !
Jay
