Brian Carpenter July 6 at 3:56pm
Be careful towing a Jeep with a Jeep. It is often not a matter of power, but wheelbase. you want to keep the front / rear of the tow rig's wheelbase larger than the rear/trailer distance. It can be overcome if you flat tow, but then you are wearing tires, and wouldn't go anywhere if the Jeep really breaks good. Some of that can be overcome with a good set of trailer brakes, but maneuvering the trailer can be shaky in different situations.
I had no idea that Tom Woods offered a deal like that. it really is a good price, and his driveshafts are the best. You should check... I think I still have a gift certificate that i won at a Jeep raffle a year or two ago. If it will do you good, let me know and i will mail it to you. It is either $50 or $100. I have no use for it. I have made the last few driveshafts I have needed. I don't run high horsepower or high speed, so i can get away with that.
Your D44 'shim' sounds to me like you might have the axles in backwards. It is slight, but there is a variance. One is longer. (driver's side to compensate for the thickness of the gears on the carrier I think) You can run a shorter one in the longer side, but not the other way around. It should be easy enough to check, but if it is 101 degrees, you may want to wait for a cold snap.
Other ways to test it... pull the rear driveshaft and run it around the block in 4wd. if the noise is gone, that was your problem. With the stock shaft, tape on a plastic baggie to the slip yoke to keep the extra fluid in, and top it off when you get back home. It won't cure the growl of the flowmaster, but it will help. You could try it and shut the engine off / slip into neutral and coast down a hill to listen to the running gear.
Here it is in the 90s (three days and counting). they say ti is our first heat wave in six years. OOOhhh. Everybody is melting, staying inside with the lights out. It never really bothers me. It just sounds like topless weather for the Willys. :-)
I had no idea that Tom Woods offered a deal like that. it really is a good price, and his driveshafts are the best. You should check... I think I still have a gift certificate that i won at a Jeep raffle a year or two ago. If it will do you good, let me know and i will mail it to you. It is either $50 or $100. I have no use for it. I have made the last few driveshafts I have needed. I don't run high horsepower or high speed, so i can get away with that.
Your D44 'shim' sounds to me like you might have the axles in backwards. It is slight, but there is a variance. One is longer. (driver's side to compensate for the thickness of the gears on the carrier I think) You can run a shorter one in the longer side, but not the other way around. It should be easy enough to check, but if it is 101 degrees, you may want to wait for a cold snap.
Other ways to test it... pull the rear driveshaft and run it around the block in 4wd. if the noise is gone, that was your problem. With the stock shaft, tape on a plastic baggie to the slip yoke to keep the extra fluid in, and top it off when you get back home. It won't cure the growl of the flowmaster, but it will help. You could try it and shut the engine off / slip into neutral and coast down a hill to listen to the running gear.
Here it is in the 90s (three days and counting). they say ti is our first heat wave in six years. OOOhhh. Everybody is melting, staying inside with the lights out. It never really bothers me. It just sounds like topless weather for the Willys. :-)
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