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BENT AXLE HOUSING PICS
- Thread starter curbdog17
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1991XJCherokee
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- Location
- XJ LAND!!!
haaah thats is not good. replace that old d30
magimerlin
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- Location
- Flatonia, Tx
its a gonner for sure. that axle tube should be straight..
orangeamc13
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- Location
- East Springfield, MA - U.S.A.
Just hit it with a BFH, you'll be fine! :wow:
wim hoppenbrouwers
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- Location
- Netherlands europe
Hallo. How do you do that? Are you using the wrong jacks?
Or you abuse the Jeep.:nono:
Or you abuse the Jeep.:nono:
- Location
- Columbus, In
onesic6
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- Location
- Northern VA
that is pretty impressive :laugh3:
Red90Laredo
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- Location
- 1990 4.0 242 Automatic
bananarama!
Begster
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- Location
- Cape Cod/Boston, Mass
I noticed there are no bearing caps, you can toss those out too, you can't use them again.tossed out the old one today
Thanks i was not sure about that.
tbburg
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- Location
- Scottsdale AZ
Toss it out! Are you CRAZY? Pressure wash it, touch up the paint, and hang it on the wall! That's a keeper if I ever saw one. You'll have everyone who sees it begging to know how it happened. How DID it happen? I've seen several bent housings, but I've never seen one that was bent BACK before(except for traffic accidents that usually smash the front of the wagon). What did you do, jump it and do a serious face plant?
Inquiring minds want to know,...
RCP Phx
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- Location
- Phoenix,Az
Gussets should be at least 3/16",that doesnt even look like 1/8".
That's exactly what i was thinking. That thickness + those welds = bent/torn off gusset. What type of welder are you using? And don't worry, we've all laid down beads that look like that:laugh3: Keep practicing and you'll get the hang of it...
The steal is 12 ga. its what i had around. my thinking is any type of gusset is better than none.
That's true i guess but if you're putting enough strain on the axle to bend it like that, you might wanna go with something stronger than that, maybe an axle truss?
Edit: just saw your post about the reason it was bent. Hopefully you now have recovery points and you won't have to worry about that happening again
tbburg
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- Location
- Scottsdale AZ
Well, that explains the banana!
Well, we all make errors. :rof: That was an expensive one for you, but hey, nobody got hurt, so in a way, it was a cheep lesson.
Look long and hard at that axle housing when you go to put tow hooks/shackle points on the front of your jeep. Learn two lessons from that mistake. Don't cheep out on bracing behind the bumper. 'Specially on the XJ with the sheet metal frame, the tow hook brackets should extend to AT LEAST the back of the steering box mount, and preferably also pick up the next two holes in the frame behind that.
The most memorable "recovery" pic. I've ever seen was of a YJ wrangler. It had about a 5" wide snatch strap attached to the front bumper by a shackle. The other end of the strap also had a shackle, attached to a recovery point. The recovery point/shackle was threaded back through the windshield, and through the driver's seat headrest. Seems the pulling vehicle lost the shackle and it slammed back into the wrangler hard enough to penetrate the seat back. Luckily, no one was in the wrangler when it happened. 'Wish I had a copy of that photo.
Begster
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- Location
- Cape Cod/Boston, Mass
I remember that picture, I wish I saved it as well. Its floating around somewhere.
Another one that's up there is the recovery video of the people who attached a strap to the roll bars of a YJ stuck in mud, pulled it sideways, and ripped the body off the frame.
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