The build of my flag ship Black Pearl
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wjtstudios
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BFG makes great tires. They last for such a heavy tread. Looks awesome!
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black pearl
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Thanks!
I've been really happy with them. I was also surprised on how well they lasted, I put almost 37,000 on them and countless wheeling trips. They would still be good for trail use, but with a 3000 mile road trip coming up I thought it best to change them out.
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black pearl
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Little after work project on the jeep.
Next on the list is to change the alternator, to get rid of that horrible whining sound.
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Next on the list is to change the alternator, to get rid of that horrible whining sound.
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Jsouder53
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TrainWreck618
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jesse3638
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Yeah I have about 36k on my KM2's doing a 5 tire rotation. They still have about 30-40% left. Damn things will never wear out..haha. May have to replace them due to age for safety reasons..haha.
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JKbrick
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black pearl
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Yeah I was getting stress cracks at the base of the lugs from pulling on the rocks. Also missing a few chunks [emoji23]
Yeah. That's why I changed it, it was hissing a little bit.
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Arrcherr
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black pearl
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Thank you!
If they only kept the look with use. [emoji23]Sent from my iPhone using WAYALIFE mobile app
black pearl
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Changed out the alternator today, in hopes the whining sound would go away. It didn't... it's still about the same. So I pulled the stethoscope back out, came up with the same findings. The sound is coming from the alternator. The more I think about it. The more I want to say it's always made this sound. Even went as far as going through past videos. I can hear it in almost all of them, going back a couple years. One from when it was only six months old I can't really tell if it's there. 
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maybe I'll pull the belt again tomorrow and check the Idlers and tensioner again.
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* maybe I'll pull the belt again tomorrow and check the Idlers and tensioner again.
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black pearl
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I'm an idiot. I must have passed over the idler right under the alternator. Checked it again today and bingo 
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WJCO
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I'm an idiot. I must have passed over the idler right under the alternator. Checked it again today and bingo
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I feel your pain. Glad you found it.
black pearl
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I hate throwing parts at it but I had myself convinced I had found it. I'm glad I rechecked!
Good to see you got your rig up and running again to. I bet that's a relief to be done with that one.
I turned the old one in for a core charge, couldn't swing the price of a new one right now. It didn't look happy anyways. But yes found the issue and will have the replacement part tomorrow.
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black pearl
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Well got the new idler in today. No more whining! So glad I got it taken care of finally. Only photo is of middle of the job.
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WJCO
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Nice :thumb: