The Hard Struggler
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- Atlanta GA.
What the heck happened!?!?!?!?
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Project "girly" jeep
- Thread starter shortxjdoug
- Start date
shortxjdoug
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- Location
- Chattanooga tn
the carrier let go where the dowel pin hold the cross pin, cross pin slid out and decided to commit axle parts genocide.......all at 70mph down I-40.
i found the head of the pinion gear in the hole
were finding our limits
no worries though, already have a spare housing.
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MoparManiac
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- Location
- Amherst, NH
Lowrange2
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- Location
- Abbeville, SC
Ha, was that an "I told ya so."?
MoparManiac
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- Amherst, NH
Kind of :laugh:
I've just seen too many D30 failures that resulted from the shitty carrier.
I've just seen too many D30 failures that resulted from the shitty carrier.
Lowrange2
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- Location
- Abbeville, SC
Yeah, I don't think I've ever pulled a stock carrier out after some decent wheeling and it not have hair line cracks in it somewhere.
shortxjdoug
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- Location
- Chattanooga tn
Made the decision to invest in a full case locker for it... The carrier was the weakest link, these axles are going in mine later this year, she's getting a 44/super 8.8 combo for it
shortxjdoug
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- Location
- Chattanooga tn
You can say it
At the time it was a money and time thing.... Now it's extra money and extra time. Oh well we had fun wheeling it
Lowrange2
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- Location
- Abbeville, SC
Do you intend to make a statue using the old housing? I think you should.
Broken parts man.
Broken parts man.
shortxjdoug
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- Location
- Chattanooga tn
it would make a nice mailbox post.....i sure as hell cant hang it on the wall
Lowrange2
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- Location
- Abbeville, SC
Decorate the tree in the front yard with broken parts?
- Location
- Columbus, In
She is a sweet girl.....unless you're a Jeep.......then you should be VERY AFRAID!
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Holy crap. I bet that sounded awesome.
shortxjdoug
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- Location
- Chattanooga tn
it was epic.....at 70 mph
Lowrange2
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- Location
- Abbeville, SC
I had a very similar experience at around 60 mph. I was having to drive using 'front wheel drive' only. Apparently, the pinion bearings didn't care much for that added strain that they weren't used to.
Bearings melted, pinion cocked sideways and all of a sudden my front two 35's went from spinning 60 mph to not spinning at all. Needless to say, it's a very invigorating experience.
Bearings melted, pinion cocked sideways and all of a sudden my front two 35's went from spinning 60 mph to not spinning at all. Needless to say, it's a very invigorating experience.
shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
i lost a passenger tie rod end at speed once (70mph)
thatll put some color in cheeks for sure
shortxjdoug
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- Location
- Chattanooga tn
Sold the last of the 30 parts today...time to build a real jeep
- Location
- Warsaw, IN
Just went thru your whole build thread. Very nice work on it. Gave me some good ideas on the rockers.
shortxjdoug
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- Location
- Chattanooga tn
Drove it to the gas station to air it up so my air compressor wouldn't wake my baby nephew
It is out of alignment on a wicked level and it ha some major driveline vibes.... Probably from the front axle shafts floating with no diff or the now not so good pinion angle in the rear.....
So I figured I'd drive it work
