davidlb512

Outrageously helpful resource to have! Thank you so much for sharing.

I am putting together a plug for our PTU, that will be easier for others to put together, and requires no machine work, milling, tapping, etc. I have ordered an M22x1.5 thread male-to-1/4" female pipe thread adapter, and will be putting a grease zerk in the 1/4" pipe thread end. I will take the entire thing out of the PTU, to drain the fluid, and reinstall, and use the grease zerk to fill the PTU with 75w90 synthetic gear oil. I will add a plastic grease zerk cap, to cover, and protect, the grease zerk. I will come back here with pictures, after the adapter has arrived, and I put it together. This should be a cheap, and easy, way to streamline everyone's ability to perform routine maintenance on their PTU. I will also add the part #'s for the adapter, grease zerk, and cap, that I use, after I confirm that they perform the function that I am hoping. Wish me luck guys!

Well, I am on the lookout for a viscous coupler. Really wishing the used parts dealers would sell them separately from the rear diff.

Here is the diagram, and part #'s, for the PTU. Hopefully they help someone out.

Here is the diagram, and part #'s, for the rear differential and viscous clutch assembly. Hopefully they help someone out.

Found these photos of the 8" OEM sub, out of the box, with a measuring tape on it, that might give a little help with deciding what route someone might want to go with replacing their factory sub.

Mark, did you ever get any further on this project? I've been considering the JBL GX963 6x9's, and a Skar IX8 D4 8" dual voice coil 4ohm sub (due to it running off of very low RMS wattage). I read somewhere else, that the Journey door speakers with the Alpine system receive full range, but you said that they only receive mids & lows. Have you confirmed that they only receive mids & lows?

bramfrank, My first step is trying a reformat, and reload, of the music files. Hoping it's something simple. It's weird, because on "Album" search mode, it treats some files as though they are corrupted, and just skips them. But when in "Artist" search mode, it will play the same files just fine. I just prefer the Album search mode, personally.

So, I have always had a USB stick in the console, and played music off of it since 2014. I use the far right button, and dial, below the A/C controls for navigation. All songs on the USB drive have always worked/played, using the "Folder" search option it that automatically goes to when you press the far right button control below the A/C control. Well, a couple of weeks ago, about half of the folders when selected, may just play a single song, and it may not even be the song that gets selected. Also, when you turn the knob, it stays within that same folder, or just plays that specific song over and over again. It used to loop through to the next folder, and you could go through the entire USB stick with the knob. This is getting frustrating. No settings that I have messed with, have nade any difference in this issue. Anybody else had any similar experience?

I have a similar issue with my 2011 R/T. I have left/right controls, but don't have rear A/C controls. My right side blows cold, whether on feet, combination, dash, or defrost. It doesn't matter if it's on Sync, or not. I've tried messing around with adjusting the temp while sync is on, while sync is off, adjusting to cold with sync on, turning sync off, and adjusting each side individually, and vice-versa. I'm really hoping there's some simple "trick" to fixing this, and I don't have to replace the blend door actuator.

I have a 2011 AWD R/T with factory 19" wheels, and factory Kumho's, and untreated roads covered in ice that we've had here in Birmingham, haven't fazed the R/T a single time. I drove all over the place, when the vast majority of people were stranded at home, or the side of the road. I actually was able to help lots of people eat, drink, get home, or get back to their cars that they had to leave in the roads.

I agree with jkeaton. I would most certainly get another opinion from another service department. I have a 2011 R/T, and haven't had any issues with the brakes so far. I hope your issue gets resolved soon, and I hope that you're not getting the run around because you are a female.

Kayaks would be my main reasoning for the roof rails. $400 isn't too terribly bad of a price, but doesn't sound too good either. Haha.

My Journey doesn't have the factory roof rack. I was wondering if anyone has had the roof rails installed after purchasing their Journey? How much did it run you, what was the time for completion, was it done at the dealer, or private shop, and how's the quality of the results?

Was it the K&N FIPK intake kit?