woodkrawler
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
I took the XJ out today after putting in a rear XJ 44 with detroit and 4.88s as well as a detroit in the HP 30 and 4.88s. im running 285/75/16 maxxis bighorns on moabs. but as it turns out i ended up breaking the passenger side u-joint all to pieces!! not that big of a deal since its been in there since 1992 and it was a 260x not 297x, i guess it was too be expected. i actually think it slung the caps off then broke. anyway..
my question is i took the long side inner shaft out and stuff some plastic bags down in the open tube and duck taped the end closed and then left the stub shaft in tack in the hub and drove home, about 1 hr. away. all was going well until i was about 15mins from home and bang!! i pulled off the road to find NOTHING wrong?? could my front detroit just have popped really loud or should i check for anything else??? i proceeded to drive the jeep on home and then around town some more and no problems?? im baffled?? i also put it in 4 wheel drive at home and the detroit is still working fine???
is this method a "safe" alternative to get home when you break a ujoint or shaft?? (if you don't have spares yet!)
my question is i took the long side inner shaft out and stuff some plastic bags down in the open tube and duck taped the end closed and then left the stub shaft in tack in the hub and drove home, about 1 hr. away. all was going well until i was about 15mins from home and bang!! i pulled off the road to find NOTHING wrong?? could my front detroit just have popped really loud or should i check for anything else??? i proceeded to drive the jeep on home and then around town some more and no problems?? im baffled?? i also put it in 4 wheel drive at home and the detroit is still working fine???
is this method a "safe" alternative to get home when you break a ujoint or shaft?? (if you don't have spares yet!)