What the heck is this???

[Wrangl3r93]

Ok i posted a thread about a leaky seal in my axle and thank ya'll for the information there, but I've run into a snag. New seal and everything in just went to cleaning before i put everything back together and i found pieces of a ring in the bottom of the 4wd shift motor housing. Looked around and on the inside(towards the pumpkin) there's this. I attached a pic. My book says nothing about it, it's not a seal, it's not a bearing, but whatever it is the outside rings crumbled away. What the heck is it?

 

[currupt4130]

Looks like what would have been a bearing for the intermediate shaft on the passenger side to ride on.

 

[Wrangl3r93]

so pretty important huh? I was hoping to have it up and running by tomorrow and the parts stores are all closed

 

[currupt4130]

I'm not sure, don't quote me on that. That's just my best guess. It's in the pumpkin side of the axle tube inside the hole for the vacuum disco?

 

[Wrangl3r93]

Yup, couldn't find anything in any book and it looks like nothing else i've ever pulled out of my jeep before so i brought it to the great minds at this site to figure out

 

[currupt4130]

That's the only thing I can think of it being. Are your axle shafts out? Can you tell if it slides through there? Is it big enough to be what I think it is?

 

[Wrangl3r93]

Yeah the axle shafts slide through it and you can see on the shaft where it rides(kinda like you can tell where the seal sits on the outershaft).

 

[currupt4130]

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[currupt4130]

Looks like part 22 in Q-tecs exploded diagram

http://www.quadratec.com/advisor/jeep_oem_replacement_parts/axle/axleYJ30F.php#22

 

[Wrangl3r93]

Ok i got ahold of my quadratec magazine and yeah it's just a plastic bushing that it rides on. It's just the outer ring inside the shift motor housing that shows damage I think I'm just gonna put my shafts back in and order the piece. Either put it in when i get it or when something tears up.

 

[currupt4130]

Cool.

 

[Wrangl3r93]

And hey currupt... Thanks again

 

[currupt4130]

It's what I'm here for

 

[Utah_jeepster]

It's what I'm here for

And for taking cheap shots at.

 

[currupt4130]

I'm good for that in my club, at school, and everywhere else... I just seem to be a punching bag...