I had my first shakedown at big creek with CTB last weekend. I drove down on state highways at 55 mph to keep any unnecessary stress off of the Dana 300 until I knew how it handled highway duty. Some seepage out of the front output and shift rails. Nothing significant though.
Get to big creek and opt to ride around in 4lo all day in hopes to officially break in the bearings/gears. The twin sticks were wonderful navigating through all of the trees there. 1st gear was too slow for anything since it was mucky and slippery.
Shocks through the floor in the back were noticeable. Still have a little clearance job to do. And the traction bar was invisible. Didn’t even scrape any paint off of it.
I return to Greensboro and notice the front output shaft has more end play in it. I imagine this is from bearings and gears officially breaking in. Oddly enough there was zero oil seepage after the ride. I’ll play it safe and reset the bearing preload on the front output (simple).
No strange noises or vibrations. I beat on it a little on a pretty slick obstacle I eventually had to winch over.
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