- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
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Goatfest carnage thread
- Thread starter Wiser
- Start date
_87_XJ_
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Lakewood, CA
here's a shot of my control arm taco
Man your ruff, I think a little boxing is in order if your gonna run the stockers.
silverslk
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Garbage Grove, CA
Whos job was it to take Grimms keys??? ha ha ha
Skwerly
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ash Fork, AZ (Freedom)
Dean took the honors.
Ryno XJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Murrieta, CA
comrad_zeelaagee
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- N. San Diego
here's a shot of my control arm taco
guess you found the weak spot there.
Gerr
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- River Drive Norco Ca 92860
Not sure if its really jv carnage but my battery is done. I think ill blame winching grimmy.
Death wobble is mysteriously gone though. I can't find any cause for it nor have I fixed anything yet so I'm just gona let it ride
Death wobble is mysteriously gone though. I can't find any cause for it nor have I fixed anything yet so I'm just gona let it ride
GrimmJeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardena, CA
yeah dean grabbed the keys from me when the courage started flowing, haha. I did that friday night before I started drinking. i think it was bent before and had a weak spot, I came over a burm and nosed into a rut on the other side only going about 10 mph. I slowed down cause i didnt know what was on the other side and when the tire dropped into the rut it jarred the jeep pretty good. drove through it and back to camp and parked it for the night. Josh noticed the bent control arm the next morning.
Aftershock took out my Warn Stub:
Aftershock also took out my antenna, and Chocolate Thunder took out my Warn Hub:
I still don't know how bad the damage is from the stub break, about the last 60 miles from home I had some violent grinding from the front end.
Aftershock also took out my antenna, and Chocolate Thunder took out my Warn Hub:
I still don't know how bad the damage is from the stub break, about the last 60 miles from home I had some violent grinding from the front end.
Darky
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- 29 Palms, CA
That's what you get for bringing a TJ.
- Location
- Antioch, CA
Sorry to dig this thread back up. I just got around to getting my pics uploaded.
I also wanted to post up a big thanks to Carol for letting me borrow her car no questions asked, well at least until AFTER I had already left. Needed to run into Lucerne Valley for a blow torch and some solder to fix my radiator. Racing through the desert trying to beat Letterman back to camp was a blast. But the big puddle of coolant under my rig when I got there first wasn't much fun.
Radiator is less than 1 month old. Good thing I didn't buy the plastic and aluminum one. The fan clutch caught the support bracket and pushed it into the radiator tubes.
Took out approx 5 or 6 tubes.
I had been running this same clutch for years with no problem. It appears the new radiator is slightly bigger and caught one of the fingers on the clutch. The fingers have since been removed.
Took a few hours to fix. Got help from Letterman and Jack. Goatman came by and heckled me until it got fixed and put back together.
Thanks again to Mike Finch, and to Carol for finding me a ride into town. My repair held for the 450 mile drive home, and is still holding up just fine.
See you guys next year.
I also wanted to post up a big thanks to Carol for letting me borrow her car no questions asked, well at least until AFTER I had already left. Needed to run into Lucerne Valley for a blow torch and some solder to fix my radiator. Racing through the desert trying to beat Letterman back to camp was a blast. But the big puddle of coolant under my rig when I got there first wasn't much fun.
Radiator is less than 1 month old. Good thing I didn't buy the plastic and aluminum one. The fan clutch caught the support bracket and pushed it into the radiator tubes.
Took out approx 5 or 6 tubes.
I had been running this same clutch for years with no problem. It appears the new radiator is slightly bigger and caught one of the fingers on the clutch. The fingers have since been removed.
Took a few hours to fix. Got help from Letterman and Jack. Goatman came by and heckled me until it got fixed and put back together.
Thanks again to Mike Finch, and to Carol for finding me a ride into town. My repair held for the 450 mile drive home, and is still holding up just fine.
See you guys next year.
- Location
- Mission Viejo
nice work on the repair! I would have just thrown my hands up and bought a new radiator
- Location
- San Diego, CA
Always happy to help, and I'm glad you made it home intact!
I just thought it was funny when I realized Finch hadn't loaned my car to who he thought he had loaned it to (Letterman), but instead to "some guy in a red Jeep, I think his name is Bryan".
And then you post up " Racing through the desert trying to beat Letterman back to camp was a blast." which made my brain stumble for a bit again, thinking 'My Mitsubishi Mirage was racing Letterman's rig on the lakebed? Wow!'
A good time was had by just about everybody, and I can't wait til next year!
I just thought it was funny when I realized Finch hadn't loaned my car to who he thought he had loaned it to (Letterman), but instead to "some guy in a red Jeep, I think his name is Bryan".
And then you post up " Racing through the desert trying to beat Letterman back to camp was a blast." which made my brain stumble for a bit again, thinking 'My Mitsubishi Mirage was racing Letterman's rig on the lakebed? Wow!'
A good time was had by just about everybody, and I can't wait til next year!
jeeperjohn
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Temecula, CA
I finally got my carnage pics uploaded to photobucket so here they are:
The good news is that I was able to actually straighten my axle and then truss it so it's fixed! Pics in next post.
The good news is that I was able to actually straighten my axle and then truss it so it's fixed! Pics in next post.
jeeperjohn
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Temecula, CA
So here are some not so good pics of the new truss:
shelbyluvv
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- 29 Palms, CA
How the hell did you fix that axle? I thought it was done for sure!
- Location
- Torrance, CA
Maybe he flipped it upsidedown and then hit the crater again?
jeeperjohn
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Temecula, CA
I ran a heavy duty chain from the bottom of the lower "c" on each side and put a 12 ton bottle jack in between the chain and the bottom of the axle tube and applied pressure until the axle bent back in place. I did this on 2 axles so if someone bends an axle in the future don't count it out till we try to straighten it. Any axle that is straightened in this manner must be trussed before any more wheeling or it might just bend much worse next time.
