CommandoXJ96
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Tucson
no, theres nothing in appearance that would signify them to be odd in anyway... but I have a habit of jumping my jeep alot. (look at my Avator picture - thats not the biggest jump its seen either) I would say that 39 out of 40 times, nothing breaks. And only once has something that needed a repair broke. And yes, it has been jumped more then 40 times. (its been going airborne for about a year now anytime in the dunes and sometimes on the trail) I think someone has told me "wow, in the last 15 minutes I saw air under 2 or 4 tires... about 9 times." Once I had to ziptie my speaker bar in the rear back up. Once on a not so straight landing I put a bend in my LCA axle side mount. Out this past weekend I was jumping with fairly high PSI and a couple of people in the rig and after a bit I heard a clunk... and the rear leaf spring snapped.
Now, I am trussing the front axle this weekend because I'm going out to the dunes in a couple weeks. But I kinda wonder why the front axle has not exploded completely yet. I remember once that I had some awfully long airtime... where I actually had time to think - since it was dark and I couldn't see the ground beneath me very well; " huh, I wonder if I actually left the ground... I havent felt a big impact from landing" 1... 2.... Bam! That was out in the dunes, not on the trail like last weekend, but I probably had between 4 and 6 feet of air the whole time and landed quite a ways off.
so... taking measurements recently my 8.25 and Dana 30 are straight or are within less then a 1/16th of an inch of being straight. is this odd? I ask because I know I need to truss the front end, but I've heard the 8.25 is actually quite well off even compared to XJ-D44s because of the thicker axle tubes. Should these usually be trussed for this kinda abuse, or would it be fine? I see lots of 35/44 trusses but not so much with 8.25s... but I'm also thinking if I want to keep it in one piece driving it this way, it needs to be trussed no matter what it is. oh, and anyone else had a magical Dana 30 from Heaven? (someone else called mine that)
Now, I am trussing the front axle this weekend because I'm going out to the dunes in a couple weeks. But I kinda wonder why the front axle has not exploded completely yet. I remember once that I had some awfully long airtime... where I actually had time to think - since it was dark and I couldn't see the ground beneath me very well; " huh, I wonder if I actually left the ground... I havent felt a big impact from landing" 1... 2.... Bam! That was out in the dunes, not on the trail like last weekend, but I probably had between 4 and 6 feet of air the whole time and landed quite a ways off.
so... taking measurements recently my 8.25 and Dana 30 are straight or are within less then a 1/16th of an inch of being straight. is this odd? I ask because I know I need to truss the front end, but I've heard the 8.25 is actually quite well off even compared to XJ-D44s because of the thicker axle tubes. Should these usually be trussed for this kinda abuse, or would it be fine? I see lots of 35/44 trusses but not so much with 8.25s... but I'm also thinking if I want to keep it in one piece driving it this way, it needs to be trussed no matter what it is. oh, and anyone else had a magical Dana 30 from Heaven? (someone else called mine that)
