- Location
- NE Texas
well, few weeks back i posted about my rear U-joint at the pinion breaking after a few miles of a fresh install...
found out the reason, the rear pinion yoke was missing a section that held the cap in place..
so, i replaced the yoke, and put a new spicer joint in..
thought all my problems were fixed, but after 2 days of wheelin, the new yoke broke and i lost the U joint again....
last time it broke, i had it parked on a hill, i noticed the Axle was wrapping backwards and causing the pinion to go straight up there for breaking the Yoke and U-joint..
Went ahead at camp, jacked it up, took the 6* shims out, and torqued the U-bolts down to 75lbs. put JB weld on the Yoke (sat for 24hrs), new U-joint, and sure enough 5 miles later it all broke again.. noticed this time that one side of the Axle was wrapping worse then the other side.. still!
Im having all of these problems, with 33x14x15 Boggers on a Dana 35, i was sure if i were to have problems, it would be the axle shafts breaking, but...nope!
anyone have these issues before? when on flat land, the pinion angle is perfect..
at first i thought maybe the quick solution was a 8.25 and call it a day.. but i am lookin for oppinions first!
found out the reason, the rear pinion yoke was missing a section that held the cap in place..
so, i replaced the yoke, and put a new spicer joint in..
thought all my problems were fixed, but after 2 days of wheelin, the new yoke broke and i lost the U joint again....
last time it broke, i had it parked on a hill, i noticed the Axle was wrapping backwards and causing the pinion to go straight up there for breaking the Yoke and U-joint..
Went ahead at camp, jacked it up, took the 6* shims out, and torqued the U-bolts down to 75lbs. put JB weld on the Yoke (sat for 24hrs), new U-joint, and sure enough 5 miles later it all broke again.. noticed this time that one side of the Axle was wrapping worse then the other side.. still!
Im having all of these problems, with 33x14x15 Boggers on a Dana 35, i was sure if i were to have problems, it would be the axle shafts breaking, but...nope!
anyone have these issues before? when on flat land, the pinion angle is perfect..
at first i thought maybe the quick solution was a 8.25 and call it a day.. but i am lookin for oppinions first!