Big Bear - Aug 12th - Deep Creek

[mattyj]

:wierd:Outter shaft is in the hatch. I rolled home just fine, and even went on miles of rough dirt roads before we left. (Acidentally took a wrong turn on the way out hahaha).

Well, be careful buddy. The axle is semi floating and the shaft bears some weight of the vehicle. The unit bearing can fall apart if its not held under load by the outer shaft and torqued axle nut............ then the wheel falls off !

Carry an outer shaft as a spare, then if you break another axle you can put in your spare outer & stuff a rag in the axle tube to get you home safely.

 

[corbinafly]

Well, be careful buddy. The axle is semi floating and the shaft bears some weight of the vehicle. The unit bearing can fall apart if its not held under load by the outer shaft and torqued axle nut............ then the wheel falls off !

Carry an outer shaft as a spare, then if you break another axle you can put in your spare outer & stuff a rag in the axle tube to get you home safely.

X eleventy billion!!:hang:
Consider youself lucky this time.

 

[Skwerly]

Wow, you guys sure on that? I mean, I realize how a semi floating axle works, but I just went out and looked at it, and it appears to be pretty solid. My woman needs the XJ tomorrow, I may consider telling her to hold off.....

 

[Clean Racing]

Thats one sweet Waggy... I miss my old one... Glad you all had a good safe time.. I swear the motorcycles were not any of my friends.. I was at home tearing the jeep apart.. No time to ride....

 

[johnnyc]

Wow, you guys sure on that? I mean, I realize how a semi floating axle works, but I just went out and looked at it, and it appears to be pretty solid. My woman needs the XJ tomorrow, I may consider telling her to hold off.....

Absolutely. Don't let her drive it. I always carry a spare outer ever since I had to drive home from AZ on one.

 

[mattyj]

Basically the only thing stopping your wheel from falling off is the bearing that is pressed together.
I dont really unstand why you needed to take the outer shaft out anyways. If the u joint was toast, couldnt you of just left the outer in the bearing. You dont of need to undo the 36mm nut to get the axle out.
Just curious???

 

[Gerr]

Wow, you guys sure on that? I mean, I realize how a semi floating axle works, but I just went out and looked at it, and it appears to be pretty solid. My woman needs the XJ tomorrow, I may consider telling her to hold off.....

Dont be a tard and put the outer shaft back in and torque it down propperly. you got very lucky driving home with it like that. My hub bearing came apart not even 100 yards from where it was in my yard to where I was moving it to.

 

[xjjeeper19]

skwerly head by my work, I have spare outers for just this reason....You need it!

Justin

 

[corbinafly]

Dont be a tard and put the outer shaft back in and torque it down propperly. you got very lucky driving home with it like that. My hub bearing came apart not even 100 yards from where it was in my yard to where I was moving it to.

X twelvity trillioneth...:nono:

 

[johnnyc]

X twelvity trillioneth...:nono:

Hey, you're Asian. You're supposed to be good with numbers.

 

[corbinafly]

Hey, you're Asian. You're supposed to be good with numbers.

Uh. What's wrong with my numbers??:gee:

 

[rpraterxj]

The other pics:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=xj7ztxt.4ljgs15l&x=0&y=-10t4h7

 

[rpraterxj]

Basically the only thing stopping your wheel from falling off is the bearing that is pressed together.
I dont really unstand why you needed to take the outer shaft out anyways. If the u joint was toast, couldnt you of just left the outer in the bearing. You dont of need to undo the 36mm nut to get the axle out.
Just curious???

Ok, I want to understand this a little better. Th u-jont broke. We removed the wheel and caliper, then removed the 3 bolts that hold the unit bearing to the knuckle. Then slid the shaft out. The we stuffed a rag in the axle tube then reassembled everything.

So how will the wheel come off if the the 3 bolts are there and the unit bearing is intact? Don't flame me. I have heard this before, but never really understood it.

 

[GrimmJeeper]

Ok, I want to understand this a little better. Th u-jont broke. We removed the wheel and caliper, then removed the 3 bolts that hold the unit bearing to the knuckle. Then slid the shaft out. The we stuffed a rag in the axle tube then reassembled everything.

So how will the wheel come off if the the 3 bolts are there and the unit bearing is intact? Don't flame me. I have heard this before, but never really understood it.

the unit bearing is 3 pieces rob. the part that bolts to the knuckle, the bearing itself, and the outer part that the wheel and everything else bolts to. the inner and outer part of the hub are press fitted onto the bearing, and thats all that holds them together when the outer shaft is not going thru there holding it. i'lll see if i can find you an exploded view of the unit bearing assembly.

 

[corbinafly]

Ok, I want to understand this a little better. Th u-jont broke. We removed the wheel and caliper, then removed the 3 bolts that hold the unit bearing to the knuckle. Then slid the shaft out. The we stuffed a rag in the axle tube then reassembled everything.

So how will the wheel come off if the the 3 bolts are there and the unit bearing is intact? Don't flame me. I have heard this before, but never really understood it.

You didn't say anything about removing the axle shaft nut and removing the outer stub. If that's the case and you didn't remove the outer stub, then you're okay. No worries.

Kyung

 

[rpraterxj]

You didn't say anything about removing the axle shaft nut and removing the outer stub. If that's the case and you didn't remove the outer stub, then you're okay. No worries.

Kyung

That's where I got confused. It was not the outer shaft, it wa the u-joint. we removed the inner shaft. The outer stub shaft is really short, right?

Whew....:cheers:

 

[Skwerly]

Yessir, I may have been tired and worded it wrong. We NEVER broke the axle nut free, and the stub shaft is intact and never came out. ONLY the inner shaft is out, with a rag stuck in the tube to prevent gear oil loss. It dawned on me today that the Jeep was fine LOL. Thanks guys, I appreciate the input and concern, information like that can save lives.

The thing about this is I'm thinking "I dunno man, we were on dirt roads HAULING ASS for quite some time, then went down the mountain at speed, and after that quite a few side roads to get home. There is NO way that wheel shoulda stayed on."

So I thought and thought today while I was in the tow truck (yea, my Taurus broke down today) and WHAM, it hit me. You are correct, as long as the stub is in and the unit bearing and all that has pressure, the Jeep should be okeedokee.

Once again, thanks guys, very much appreciated.

 

[mattyj]

Its just cause we love ya Skwerly :shhh:

 

[ruggedjeep]

So matty what was the issue with your rig? I didnt have time to swap out my water pump and change a brake line or i would have liked to go.

 

[corbinafly]

So matty what was the issue with your rig? I didnt have time to swap out my water pump and change a brake line or i would have liked to go.

We're pretty sure it's leaking fuel from the oring that seals the tank and holds the pump in place. Won't know for sure until he drops the tank.
It was fun. You should have been there.