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Kejtar
October 31st, 2007, 18:14
so I was doing some more work on the jeep today and found out that I lost a weight on the driveshaft!!!!!!!!!!! This bites!!!!! I just put the damn thing on... also it explains the weird vibe I picked up on the way back from AZ. Oh well, I'll wait till after Calico to get the shaft balanced.
djblade311
October 31st, 2007, 19:12
Just put some long zip ties on it. hehe
Clean Racing
October 31st, 2007, 19:30
Just position a hose clamp on the shaft where the weight fell off... or maybe two..
Kejtar
October 31st, 2007, 19:43
Just position a hose clamp on the shaft where the weight fell off... or maybe two..
it's still driveable, I just gotta stay under 75 :D
JohnX
October 31st, 2007, 20:14
it's still driveable, I just gotta stay under 75 :D
Staying under 75 isn't really driving, now is it?
Clean Racing
October 31st, 2007, 21:13
it's still driveable, I just gotta stay under 75 :D

Well then don't drive faster than the posted speed limit and you will be ok....:looser:
Kejtar
October 31st, 2007, 21:21
Well then don't drive faster than the posted speed limit and you will be ok....:looser:
wel... I was in AZ... speed limit there is 75.... to be exact, I had to stay at about 73 and lower
RobertF
October 31st, 2007, 21:37
Do the hose clamp like Scott suggested, it works.
IslanderOffRoad
November 1st, 2007, 11:27
your jeeps can go that fast?
GrimmJeeper
November 1st, 2007, 12:03
your jeeps can go that fast? mine hasnt gone over 65 in 2 years lol.
slowrider
November 1st, 2007, 12:09
Mine will run down the highway at 80 mph but it sounds like you're riding a dumpster down from Big Bear:)
4xSanta
November 1st, 2007, 12:31
Mine will run down the highway at 80 mph but it sounds like you're riding a dumpster down from Big Bear:)

At 80 MPH my junk is as smooth as silk but maybe thats cause it's on the trailer,off the trailer top end is like 12 MPH then hang on.......SANTA
IslanderOffRoad
November 1st, 2007, 13:41
At 80 MPH my junk is as smooth as silk but maybe thats cause it's on the trailer,off the trailer top end is like 12 MPH then hang on.......SANTA

I really didn't need to know how smooth your junk is
Rawbrown
November 1st, 2007, 19:15
I've still managed to get mine up to 100... no doors, hatch... buggy'd out. yeah it was loud but damn it was fun. It was actually pretty smooth. you know that point where the vibs get there worst then you go faster and they go away!
JXPEEJ
November 1st, 2007, 20:28
I know that point, it's the point right before shit happens.
xjjeeper19
November 1st, 2007, 20:34
I know that point, it's the point right before shit happens.

or like when you buy a jeep with a 5 spd, 4.56's, and some 30x9's and try to drive it from san diego to apple valley....
Kejtar
November 1st, 2007, 20:37
or like when you buy a jeep with a 5 spd, 4.56's, and some 30x9's and try to drive it from san diego to apple valley....
what's wrong with that? I took an XJ with a 5spd, 4.88's and 31's from OC to Rubicon and back :D I loved that gear ratio on the trail! Didn't use much of low range as it felt that in first it's already capable of climbing a tree :D
xjjeeper19
November 1st, 2007, 20:42
what's wrong with that? I took an XJ with a 5spd, 4.88's and 31's from OC to Rubicon and back :D I loved that gear ratio on the trail! Didn't use much of low range as it felt that in first it's already capable of climbing a tree :D

Thats right up there with what craig(JXPEEJ) did....he later commuted in it from apple valley to redlands, so he put some 3.73's in it, and we stuck the 4.56's in my brother's with 32's...that worked great too.

Justin