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I pulled the left axle to replace brakes and the seal....of course I broke the differential pin locking bolt and finally got that out, and replaced it. Reassembled and when I rotated it, it seemed there was a bit of resistance at one or another point.....not the brakes...didn't have the drums on yet..... blew the case out clean with air, and brakekeen. I began to think maybe I had a shred of a rag in there because it seemed soft when it met resistance... but I couldn't find anything, it seemed mild and if it is a piece of rag, It will grind up....
Finished the brakes, muffler and some frame repairs, gas tank back in, go to move it and it binds up...pretty hard. Forward 4-6 feet and bump...no hard noise, just like I had a chain on the back to a tree. Reverse same thing....back a few feet and lockup. I gave it some throttle, but it's a real solid bind
Raised left wheel off the ground, locks up. Spin by hand 1.7 rotations of the wheel and bump...locked.
Raised both wheels, typical counter rotation of the axles....all good there.....20 rotations...nothing
With the bed still off I can get to it easy enough, pull the cover and have a better look.
When I had the axle out, nothing moved, nothing fell out...whatever that mid resistance was when I had it open is sure enough causing a real hard binding now.
Any ideas? I'm going to pull it apart...take a look. Gotta be something about the spider gears.....maybe I did move something,...but it went back together ok...
Finished the brakes, muffler and some frame repairs, gas tank back in, go to move it and it binds up...pretty hard. Forward 4-6 feet and bump...no hard noise, just like I had a chain on the back to a tree. Reverse same thing....back a few feet and lockup. I gave it some throttle, but it's a real solid bind
Raised left wheel off the ground, locks up. Spin by hand 1.7 rotations of the wheel and bump...locked.
Raised both wheels, typical counter rotation of the axles....all good there.....20 rotations...nothing
With the bed still off I can get to it easy enough, pull the cover and have a better look.
When I had the axle out, nothing moved, nothing fell out...whatever that mid resistance was when I had it open is sure enough causing a real hard binding now.
Any ideas? I'm going to pull it apart...take a look. Gotta be something about the spider gears.....maybe I did move something,...but it went back together ok...
