Post by kb5xg on Feb 29, 2008 22:47:21 GMT -5
I dont have an ARB compressor, but Sam's Offroad installs an extra air chuck when they install the ARB lockers so that you can use the compressor to air back up. They have steered me in the right direction on most of my mods they have helped with so I have no reason to doubt them on this one. When I let them install my lift, they spaced down the front of the transmission oil pan skid so that it would not allow the front drive shaft to hit when in flex. I hated that part as it lowered the front of that skid (extreme front t shaped piece) about 2 inches lower than the main transfer case skid.
I added an Nth Degree mobility oil pan skid, (after my son crushed his oil pan on his Unlimited Rubi) and felt pretty good as I was covered from oil pan to the rear of the transfer case with factory skids which are better than nothing, but I still hated the drop on the transmission oil pan skid. You can see the drop from the oil pan skid to the transmission oil pan skid in the above picture. I added a Gen-right transmission pan skid.
It bolts to either the bell housing or in my case to the rear of the Oil pan skid and allowed me to remove the factory transmission oil pan skid.
As you can see it is just about 1/4 inch too short to reach the transfer case skid. If you were to bash it into a rock or something it could be pressed (shoved) into the transmission oil pan, this is not going to work, I also noticed that it lacked coverage on the passenger side of the skid of about 3 inches of the transmission oil pan. I removed it and had a buddy, (local FFA agriculture instructor) weld a strip about 4 inches wide to the passenger side of the skid to cover the transmission oil pan. And another piece about 3 inches long to the rear of the skid so that I could bolt it to the stock transfer case skid. I bolted it to the stock transfer case skid and I thought I was good to go but now I noticed a strong vibration through the frame. The oil pan skid bolts directly to the motor and then the bell housing but is isolated from the frame. I bolted to the oil pan skid then to the transfer case skid which is bolted directly to the frame and was transfering a vibration from the motor through the oil pan skid into the transmission oil pan skid, into the transfer case skid to the body. To remove this vibration I unbolted the transmission oil pan skid and placed a rubber bushing on each of the bolts which connects the transmission oil pan skid to the transfer case skid. When tightened up, the vibration was gone. All in all I am a happy camper and pleased with the way everything worked. By the way, teraflex also makes an oil pan skid which is similar to the Nth degree mobility oil pan skid, The gen-right skid will bolt to it also but would need the same modifications. Price of the gen-right skid is in the $75 dollar price range and if you have a welder friend or can weld would make a nice addition to your under armor. By the way, the Nth degree mobility oil pan skid and tummy tuck are now available from AEV.
secure.aev-conversions.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=nthdegree
www.genright.com
I added an Nth Degree mobility oil pan skid, (after my son crushed his oil pan on his Unlimited Rubi) and felt pretty good as I was covered from oil pan to the rear of the transfer case with factory skids which are better than nothing, but I still hated the drop on the transmission oil pan skid. You can see the drop from the oil pan skid to the transmission oil pan skid in the above picture. I added a Gen-right transmission pan skid.
It bolts to either the bell housing or in my case to the rear of the Oil pan skid and allowed me to remove the factory transmission oil pan skid.
As you can see it is just about 1/4 inch too short to reach the transfer case skid. If you were to bash it into a rock or something it could be pressed (shoved) into the transmission oil pan, this is not going to work, I also noticed that it lacked coverage on the passenger side of the skid of about 3 inches of the transmission oil pan. I removed it and had a buddy, (local FFA agriculture instructor) weld a strip about 4 inches wide to the passenger side of the skid to cover the transmission oil pan. And another piece about 3 inches long to the rear of the skid so that I could bolt it to the stock transfer case skid. I bolted it to the stock transfer case skid and I thought I was good to go but now I noticed a strong vibration through the frame. The oil pan skid bolts directly to the motor and then the bell housing but is isolated from the frame. I bolted to the oil pan skid then to the transfer case skid which is bolted directly to the frame and was transfering a vibration from the motor through the oil pan skid into the transmission oil pan skid, into the transfer case skid to the body. To remove this vibration I unbolted the transmission oil pan skid and placed a rubber bushing on each of the bolts which connects the transmission oil pan skid to the transfer case skid. When tightened up, the vibration was gone. All in all I am a happy camper and pleased with the way everything worked. By the way, teraflex also makes an oil pan skid which is similar to the Nth degree mobility oil pan skid, The gen-right skid will bolt to it also but would need the same modifications. Price of the gen-right skid is in the $75 dollar price range and if you have a welder friend or can weld would make a nice addition to your under armor. By the way, the Nth degree mobility oil pan skid and tummy tuck are now available from AEV.
secure.aev-conversions.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=nthdegree
www.genright.com
