Wading in a 4th Gen?

Lambert wrote: The problem is essentially twofold, in sufficient depth of water the cooling to the axle by the water will create enough of a vacuum to potentially pull water into the axle if the factory breather is under water and in some way compromised, it is only a spring loaded cap arrangement that supposedly makes a seal when the pressure overcomes the spring force. They are not good. Secondly the seals on the steering swivels are only really to keep dust and mud and larger rocks out of the cv joints, submerged they will let water pass which then sits in the bottom kingpin bearing and kills them quick fast in a hurry giving you death wobble. Knowing this if you are determined to go playing in water you have to accept a significantly higher level of maintenance than if you give water a wide berth. I prefer not rebuilding axle joints to playing in water. And all that assumes that the water is clean and not deep enough to get into things like alternators and sensors, if it's dirty water especially from silt laden rivers and ponds it is going to act like a course grinding paste and require serious maintenance.

Lambert wrote: The problem is essentially twofold, in sufficient depth of water the cooling to the axle by the water will create enough of a vacuum to potentially pull water into the axle if the factory breather is under water and in some way compromised, it is only a spring loaded cap arrangement that supposedly makes a seal when the pressure overcomes the spring force. They are not good. Secondly the seals on the steering swivels are only really to keep dust and mud and larger rocks out of the cv joints, submerged they will let water pass which then sits in the bottom kingpin bearing and kills them quick fast in a hurry giving you death wobble. Knowing this if you are determined to go playing in water you have to accept a significantly higher level of maintenance than if you give water a wide berth. I prefer not rebuilding axle joints to playing in water. And all that assumes that the water is clean and not deep enough to get into things like alternators and sensors, if it's dirty water especially from silt laden rivers and ponds it is going to act like a course grinding paste and require serious maintenance.