RockyCodeHead
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Elizabeth, Colorado
Well, I went and did it!
I broke my rig! (Not that I was intending to though...)
I took the trail up toward Loche Lammond off the Fall River trail. (it's 7012 or 701.2, I don't remember it there was a period on the markers or not.) On the way down, I remembered seeing on the map that there was a loop from the main trail back to itself. I was on the upper end and decided to go for it. I don't know exactly when, but I broke my RH u-joint on my Dana 30.
You can see the broken u-joint in the open knuckle.
I was sitting there, on top of the small steep hill with two big boulders sticking up in my way and a precarious bowl to my left when I realized the front end made a nasty noise. I inspected it an found the u-joint was trashed.
I tried to stay in 2wd but found a gnarly rockbed after clearing the hill. I couldn't make it all the way in 2 wheel, I had to go to four and accept the consequences. The above picture was after I cleared the rockbed and joined back up to the main trail.
I decided my only choice was to remove the axle shaft and drive without it. My wife encouraged me to buy some nitrile gloves from Harbor Freight last week and I found them very usefull. I also picked up a 4lb. sledge hammer for $2.99. I didn't know what I'd be needing it for! But, I was sure glad I had it!
Well, it was two hours of beating and second guessing before I made enough progress on getting the wheel bearing assembly removed from the knuckle to know I had it made.
You can see the carnage that was inflicted on the shaft.
The rest of the pics are at http://pics.seagullpoint.com/yappa/index.php?album=Robs/Photos/2006/Offroading/Broken-Rig/
So, where should I go to find the replacement parts? local junk yard or is there a recommended jeep parts outfit around the Denver area?
I broke my rig! (Not that I was intending to though...)
I took the trail up toward Loche Lammond off the Fall River trail. (it's 7012 or 701.2, I don't remember it there was a period on the markers or not.) On the way down, I remembered seeing on the map that there was a loop from the main trail back to itself. I was on the upper end and decided to go for it. I don't know exactly when, but I broke my RH u-joint on my Dana 30.
You can see the broken u-joint in the open knuckle.
I was sitting there, on top of the small steep hill with two big boulders sticking up in my way and a precarious bowl to my left when I realized the front end made a nasty noise. I inspected it an found the u-joint was trashed.
I tried to stay in 2wd but found a gnarly rockbed after clearing the hill. I couldn't make it all the way in 2 wheel, I had to go to four and accept the consequences. The above picture was after I cleared the rockbed and joined back up to the main trail.
I decided my only choice was to remove the axle shaft and drive without it. My wife encouraged me to buy some nitrile gloves from Harbor Freight last week and I found them very usefull. I also picked up a 4lb. sledge hammer for $2.99. I didn't know what I'd be needing it for! But, I was sure glad I had it!
Well, it was two hours of beating and second guessing before I made enough progress on getting the wheel bearing assembly removed from the knuckle to know I had it made.
You can see the carnage that was inflicted on the shaft.
The rest of the pics are at http://pics.seagullpoint.com/yappa/index.php?album=Robs/Photos/2006/Offroading/Broken-Rig/
So, where should I go to find the replacement parts? local junk yard or is there a recommended jeep parts outfit around the Denver area?
