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Minimum Vehcile Requirements for Rubicon

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FMR SIERRA CHAPTER HMFIC
NAXJA Member
Minimum vehicle requirements for the Rubicon portion of Sierra Fest:
· 33"+ tires
· At least 1 FULL locker
· If you have stock steering you must carry spares
· No D35's or 27 spline 8.25's unless you have multiple spare axle shafts and knowledge to change them.
· Spare parts including spare D30 shafts, drive shaft u-joints, spares for whatever non-standard parts installed on your rigs, a full set of tools and the knowledge to use them.
· Mini skids or reinforced LCA brackets, a t-case skid, and a gas tank skid HIGHLY recommended. These are things that are REALLY HARD to fix on the trail!!
PLUS the equipment required according to bylaws:

1. Visibly charged fire extinguisher (BC or ABC)
2. First aid kit
3. Adequate spare tire, jack and lug wrench
4. Safety belts for driver and any current passenger
5. Adequate attachment points in the front and rear of the vehicle:
a. Acceptable forms of attachment points: (All Items must be mounted in a manner to provide adequate strength and integrity)
b. Tow hooks of OEM or greater integrity
c. D-Rings
d. Shackle/Clevis
6. 20ft 10,000lb snatch strap without any metal hooks
7. Secured battery (no bungee cords)
The minimum requirements are there to ensure we have as few hang ups as possible along the trail. Can you run the Rubicon on 31's and a D35? Yes you can. But this would make for a very long weekend if we dealt with multiple breakdowns along the way with a large group.

These minimum requirements are there to make sure everyone has a good time wheeling and not have it turn into a wrench fest.
 
I wont be able to make the trip again this year but out of curiosity, what are we considering a "Full Locker"?

Lunchbox?
Welded?
Full Case replacement? (ARB, etc)


I'm assuming the above is fine, just open dif (obviously) and Limited slip do not count as "lockers".
 
I wont be able to make the trip again this year but out of curiosity, what are we considering a "Full Locker"?

Lunchbox?
Welded?
Full Case replacement? (ARB, etc)


I'm assuming the above is fine, just open dif (obviously) and Limited slip do not count as "lockers".

All of the above are "full lockers." Lunchbox lockers work great, even though there have been failures in the past. Kelly "rocknxj" had a lunch box locker fail on SlickRock a couple years ago. I'm not a fan of welded diffs, but Gordon welded his rear diff before SierraFest a few years back and it worked well all week. Full case replacements had failed in the past as well. No matter what your running, you can always experience a failure.

Like it says in the post, it's about making sure everyone has a fun time running the trail and to keep the group moving at a good pace.
 
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