Currently stalled out. It's cleaned and painted, I just need to find a source for the different thickness gaskets and metal shims. The current crop of rebuild kits don't include all that I want.
Plus I gotta decide how I want to set the bearing clearances. If the factory built the cases but a lot were showing tight clearance, maybe I should set them a bit on the loose side, maybe even looser than the low spec? I still haven't heard any definite numbers from someone that's successfully built one. I really want to set the bearings with a dial guage to the point of zero lash, where the book calls for removing shims until the proper turning torque is reached.
On the other hand I don't want to experiment and have to go through it all again.
The heat issue...
It seems that swapping the driveshaft to the center output, along with using lockout hubs would cause a significant drop in temps but some people have said that's not so.
Also Chuck's Trucks claim no overheating problems (large tires, mostly show trucks) unless the oil is low. They mount their cases straight up and down to gain the drop to compensate for huge lifts, maybe they get more oil in than in ours? Maybe adding a 90 degree fitting and a short pipe nipple would allow slight overfilling to improve cooling capacity?
Shoot me now, I've thought about this way too much. I'm determined to have my tcase run cool and quiet as supplied (yea yea, I know a gear drive won't be quiet).
Chris
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