I have a couple suggestions as to cause that may be overlooked. First. It is possible that the seal was not installed properly. Gm has and provides specific tools used for installation of seals. Good technicians find and use the proper tools. Bad techs use what ever they can find to pound it in. So it’s possible it was not installed properly. It also could have been hit by the axle splines when the tech was re installing the axle.
It is easy to overfill the rear dif on these. It is also easy to underfill. You have to put the fluid in with a machine and the machine pumps faster than the fluid can spread into the dif. So you have to let it sit for a minute and let it run out and settle a couple times. Should be even with fill plug and a small trickle of fluid come out of fill plug when removed.
I also recommend replacement of the vent as this often goes overlooked for the root cause of leaking seals.if it is plugged or obstructed, pressure can’t escape and can cause seal failure.
I was wondering if the vehicle feels like it binds at all on tighter turns?i would compare it to driving in 4wd on dry surface but not as aggressive. I’ve replaced electric clutch on these in the past where fluid has leaked out of the pinion seal and got into the torque tube where the clutch sits and when this happens the clutch won’t release properly. This can cause the dif to overheat.
The 3rd is the tires. What condition are the tires in. Awd vehicles all the tread should be within 3/32” of each other. If they are not they can load the dif up and cause gear ratio issues. This can not only damage the rear dif, but also the transfer case so I would also check the fluid in the t case for metal or evidence of failure.
The last thing would be worn bearings in the rear dif. This is the least likely scenario as they really don’t wear out and if they do there will be other evidence. When they wear out on this style dif it will affect the backlash and preload in the dif and there will usually be a lot of noise associated with that.
I hope this helps

So what I did was got the 73sv then the ps-22 panoptix transducer. Then purchased pvc and hardware to mount the transducer to. I rigged it on the side of my boat to try it out and it worked awesome. What they don’t show you in the video is the down view which is absolutely amazing. I can say that now after owning and experimenting with it some.
So it is a directional transducer which shows left and right sides, depth, and distance away in real time. What makes this great is you can literally see in real time what side of transducer fish is located and what direction it is swimming while seeing presentation and how far away it is. If you see this thing in action, you will be in awe. You won’t bother with a ice transducer so I’m my opinion it Is not needed because you will not use it after seeing what the downview does.
I’ve noticed a lot of people are discouraged by the cost of panoptix setup. Look at it this way. If you own a garmin depthfinder that is panoptix ready you are looking at $1000 for this add on. That is a lot of money for just a “transducer”. Yeah but you are gonna spend 5-800 for a decent marcum,vex,ice 55 etc. and you won’t use in the summer. Then you have your summer setup. Another 500-1000 or more depending on what you run. I have the garmin ecomap 73sv with ps-22 panoptix ducer which does down view and foreword view. This unit has side and down imaging, built in mapping and gps, chirp and built map options all in 1 unit. And I can use it year round and it is superior to anything I’ve ever seen to date in my opinion.

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Panoptix is amazing technology. I’ve run it for two years on my boat now and in some ways would be lost without it.

The ice applications I feel will revolutionize the <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>ice fishing business.

As far as lawsuits. It’s business. Many companies protect there business by suing anybody that appears to have something close to there technology. In some cases it’s purely stagegy if they win…great, if it creates market doubt against their competitors …great, if it delays competitors….even better. These companies are so large they tie up multiple millions of dollars just to play though their strategy. Based on what I read in the previous post. They accomplished some of those points.

My take. I just want to use what works for me. I’ll let the companies fight out there stuff and work out their market strategy on there own. There big boys!

Competition by the way, makes sure all our brands improve and we all benefit with increasingly better technology.

X2 the lawsuit stuff doesn’t concern me. it’s business.. the ice applications are gonna be a lot of fun. I have some ideas for river fishing from shore if the bank is steep enough that I might try with the foreword view also. could be game changing if it works..

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@tomhopkins
The ps-22 runs one function at a time? So in a boat one has to select position before running on water then stop boat reposition ducer to use the other function if the mounting lets you do that.
Not knocking the transducer just asking about the set up.

correct.
front scan would need to be selected on depth finder and then transducer positioned foreword. down view you would re position ducer down and then select down view window on depth finder. kind of a pain, but better than purchasing 2 transducers. as for ice fishing this will work great imo. scan foreword to find then switch to down view to fish them

correct. front scan would need to be selected on depth finder and then transducer positioned foreword. down view you would re position ducer down and then select down view window on depth finder. kind of a pain, but better than purchasing 2 transducers. as for ice fishing this will work great imo. scan foreword to find then switch to down view to fish them.

I totally agree. They need work on the marketing for fresh water and ice fishing. But ya know if you do the research you reap the rewards I guess.

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ended up with 26 in 2 hrs.

That is getting on them! I saw Will >> @MalmoMafioso posted a clicker pic on FB hitting the 100 mark with over 150 for the night on the north end.

We went out at 5am and after some searching around we found a decent bite on the SE rocks. Trolling cranks and rigging leeches put a lot of fish in the boat. Didnt keep count, but like Sticker, my hands are chewed up pretty good today!

-J.

On our way to the lake on just before midnight on Friday I (mostly jokingly) said that our goal was going to be 100 fish by sun-up… Surprisingly we hit our “goal” before 4 AM and ended at 6:30 AM with 149 walleyes after 30 minutes of not being able to get one last fish shallow trolling once the sun came up. I’m pretty sure that’s a 6 hour stretch of <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleye fishing I’ll never top.

Saturday we modified our approach a little looking for bigger fish and ended up with ONLY 41 walleyes between 8 PM and 1 AM but we did find the bigger fish with 16 of the 41 coming in between 24-28.5″.

A couple things that we may have done differently than others was we were able to quickly key in on UV Pink/Green Husky Jerks as the hot bait. I almost never run the same lures on every line but the UV HJ’s were out-fishing every other lure 2-1. Also, each time that we had a strike I would quickly pause the Terrova allowing our bait so slow down and start slowly rising (Think exactly like the Rapala Shadow rap commercials) and we almost never caught just one fish at a time.

Will

There was a period where my wife hooked one and we paused the terrova while we got the hooks out of her walleye. my lure was still out and before I hit the go button I picked up my rod and bam fish on. After I landed it I cast out and was just gonna hit button again and bam. Another one. Haha. My wife made me give her my lure or she was gonna throw me out of the boat as I was up 14 to 4 at that point. I was using blue glass #10 husky jerk. She was using pink but it was broke off earlier at the boat on a nicer eye. We then switched her to perch color hj but they would not touch it. I ended up using a purple shadow rap to finish out the night and that worked ok but the blue glass hj was the ticket for us.

Myself and my wife went out for midnight opener Friday night and did well. We went out of red door. Trolling #10 husky jerks at 1.5 mph in 6-8 fow. Barely got trolling motor on and doubled right out of the gate. We only stayed out til 2am due to having to get up with the kids in the am but ended up with 26 in 2 hrs. Most were 17-18″ Several mid 20″s. Best opener I have had in recent memory. Didn’t seem to matter the method either. Jigging drifting bobber fishing or trolling all was working as everyone we went by was doing well.

I started using a lint roller to remove ticks after walking through the woods. It is slick. Highly recommend trying.

I saw that. Looks like rainy for me at this point. Just looked at 10 day forecast for baudette and it is really looking good. The river is open past visas now but landings need to be cleared yet. But they are thinking that they will be cleared by this weekend. So as of now I’m planning to run up maybe next Wednesday or Thursday.

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Thank you for posting! Won’t be long now!!!

My boat isn’t that big. I have a tracker v16 pro guide. Big enough for the lake if calm. Small enough for the river. Looking like there will be run off with the snow coming. That is a good sign. I’m just gonna play it by ear and go at the last minute.

Thanks for the tip bud. Usually not praying for rain,but I am now. Lol

I really wanted to try the peshtigo river and ocono. I think that may be what I do this year. Been wanting to try this for a few years. That whole area looks like a walleye Mecca.

I’m not set on a date to go either. Just trying to decide which trip to take. Both look so tempting. Kinda wondering which one will produce more I guess of if anyone has fished both this time of year and had a preference in ideal conditions what direction they would go.

I run a g loomis nrx with a stratic C14. I’m very happy with this setup.

As soon as over nite temps are in the 40’s they will start moving in. That is usually when the leaves start falling. Just have to pay attention around that time. It is all about the temp with the frogs. They can only go dormant one time. When there body temp gets close to freezing, they release a hormone that allows them to freeze with out freezing. As temps get cooler they start to produce this and move to bedding areas for the winter. I have only stumbled on this 1 time and wow was it a site to see. In the early spring the warmer temps will “wake them up” and horemone wears off. If they wake up due to early spring warm up and then it goes cold again you will see s bunch of dead frogs in the water as they cannot re produce hormone again and will die. Pretty cool how they are able to do this.

Can’t wait!!!

That time of year I would target between big and little Martin islands, three sisters islands,lost Bay Area or Harris island can be good . The wind will dictate where to fish to be honest. I would not even consider going out without gps with mapping and navigation trails. Two turns and you will be lost. Everything looks the same. Also there are rocks all over that come up out of no where. A lot of them are not marked. You really have to watch it out there. We take it easy on our trip out,record trails and then use the trails to go between spots. We tend to run and gun and let the fish tell us what they want. The spots that I listed tend to hold fish all year. The Martin island area has a deep gorge between the two islands and some nice ones come out in the fall. This may sound crazy but don’t be afraid to go shallow either.pitch plastics up to shore along Harris island on the sw corner. We have done good there in the past.aldo make sure to check out the rock garden.

Here is the Web address. http://www.montanawhiskey.com/

Roughstock whiskey. They are out of montana. Fantastic.

Just got back from rainy. Fished out of birchdale on Friday. Wind was terrible. It was freezing. Fishing was slow. Marked a bunch but couldn’t move them. We were casting moxies and pattletails along shore and dealing with line freeze. It was hard to work a jig slow due the wind blowing 30mph against the current. Water Temps were 35 degrees.tried Saturday at Frontier. Tons of boats we went up river about 3 miles. There was nothing happening there even though the the weather was a little nicer.marked tons of fish. Water temps here were 34 degrees. Most people were working the Middle of the river for the little walleyes.we talked to a bunch of people and all said the same thing. Slow. We saw 2 nice fish caught.one 20 and one 28. Both were caught trolling crawlers. The water is too cold yet. I would go to the gap or 2 miles out at the ice sheet and work from there if the wind allows.

If you see someone a few days in a row and see them taking their limit every visit, take a pic of them call tip line. Meet with Dnr and show them where you were and give them pic. They will deal with them. I started taking pics at a spot I fish that is only frequented by a few. We all know each other and can always tell when some one new shows up. Spot gets trashed with garbage,broken line etc. I started taking pics of their cars and coming back after they left. I kept a file to give them the benefit of the doubt. It was always the same 3 cars that left a mess.including a garbage bag full of fish carcasses. (Yeah they brought a garbage bag in and dumped it) I ran in to a Dnr officer at this spot and got to talking with him. He complained about all the trash he hauled out of there on several visits. I smiled and in response said wanna see something? I don’t see those cars anymore and no more trash so far. This was like 3 or 4 years ago.
Otherwise take a few pics of the meat hogs and post pics online shame them. Look at the treatment people get for posting a pic of 1 fish on a lot of forums.

I have a case made by lakewood products.I purchased it from Thorne Bros a few years ago and it has worked great for me. Also has the 2 compartments for tackle. Hard case with padding.

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You can hold the fish how ever you want, most of those are tanks!there is no denying that.look at the shoulders on most of those eyes. They don’t get the “hump back” until they are usually 26″or bigger. And they are kids. Awesome job guys!!! Keep it up. Just remember when you get trophy caliber fish like that you don’t need to over embellish the photo. And no matter how you hold your fish there will always be critics, Good and bad.

The action on the tucr pp is extra fast. The first 3 inches are light before transition to backbone. I would also highly consider the bull whip in 32″ for a walleye rod. For me it is perfect. Noodle tip with medium backbone transition. It is sensitive enough to fish 1/8oz spoons up to ripping raps as I have used it for both. I have hooked a few very large walleyes with it as well and it held up fine. With a power precision or med sweetheart they are almost too heavy. I own both. To be honest I’m a tucr fan. I had all tb rods before tucr was on the market. I got a power precision 30″ as my 1st rod from them and have now swapped all my rods over.they are lighter,more sensitive, come standard with recoil guides, and in my opinion have a overall better feel.i now own a 30″power precision,32″bull whip,and 30″precision noodle. You can get the same quality from tb if you upgrade the guides and handles but it will be a lot more $.I have a tb sweetheart with the recoil guides and foam handle that I still use for a crappie rod.but that rod was around 130 The rest I now use for backups.also Jr just came out with some new custom rods that look very close to tucr. I have not used one yet,but they look pretty nice and are priced less that both. I believe they start around $65.

The biggest crappies I’ve caught or found have come from small shallow high fertile waters. Some of those waters are known to winter kill.this creates a lot of the time a boom or bust scenerio. A high fertility creates high foliage.winter kill will keep the stunt growth fish(over population of small fish)in check allowing the surviving fish to grow really big,really fast.also note I look for these type of waters that are either very remote or very hard to access. This eliminates fishing pressure. And the people that do go through that work to fish these type of waters usually don’t go there to fill buckets up with meat.the other thing I look for is type of crappies that habit the lake. If size is what your after white crappie or hybrids usually grow bigger than blacks. Something else to note is believe it or not some neighborhood ponds right under your nose hold some huge panfish.
Classic popular crappie factories that you see get hammered year after year but keep producing will provide the occasional hog. What I’ve learned is to find the areas that hold em but aren’t sheer numbers of them. Secondary structure away from the crowds etc. The areas less pressured. If there is some hogs swimming in with the masses they are not eating the typical presentation. Most of the biggest crappies I’ve caught were on the smallest presentations.they have amazing eyesight. Ever notice on an agressive bite in 30fow when you drop a tiny jig down the hole and the jig makes it 3 or 4 ft down the fish all start shooting up from the school racing to your presentation? That is amazing to me that they can detect something that small from that far away. What I’m getting at is to get the most finicky fish you have to be spot on in your presentation.ive also found that they usually are not the 1st one to the bait so you have to raise past the 1st bunch of feeders and drop below them to get to those biggons hanging off to the side watching.hope this helps

The best part is I offered to pay for it and they said that they are covering it. Ya don’t run into that very often. I must admit it caught me off guard but also made my day.

I can truly say you will be 100% impressed. It pulls surprisingly easy even fully loaded and fishes two large adults perfectly. I have very high standards as far as what I demand from a portable fish house and equipment and it delivers.you will be happy with the purchase.

Think of it this way. Slender spoons are proven. Most lures now days are targeting fisherman not fish. We fill boxes with useless junk. Now knowing this you can confidently spend $5 on a lure you know will work. This is why I love IDO. I am not sponsored by anyone. My 1st hand experience with products that Ido backs …..slender spoons, h20 jigs, moxi minnows, snowsuit,strikemaster 4stroke auger, and now TUC ice rods. They are the best product hands down in my opinion and have improved completely how successful I’m as a fisherman. The advice you get on both technique and product here is priceless. I have spent a lot of money on product I saw on here and can say I saved a ton because I didn’t have to burn through ten different things that didn’t work to find one that works.