Starting the year off with a "BANG"!

[Dirk Pitt]

And they say the MWC isn't hardcore.

The Sean that broke a JKS arm at Moab wasn't SeanR was it?

I thought it was Sean00XJ or something like that.

I could be wrong though.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

The Sean that broke a JKS arm at Moab wasn't SeanR was it?

I thought it was Sean00XJ or something like that.

I could be wrong though.

no, it was not seanr

 

[seanR]

Not I says the cat!

 

[Lawn Cher']

Oops, my bad.

 

[Roxtar]

Tore down the rear axle last night:

Guess that answers the, "Yea, it's a C-clip axle but have you ever seen a 31 spline 8.8 shaft break?", question.

 

[Gil BullyKatz]

Guess that answers the, "Yea, it's a C-clip axle but have you ever seen a 31 spline 8.8 shaft break?", question.

yeah...

but did your wheel go flying out of the axle?

 

[Roxtar]

The news keeps getting better.
Apparently, I tried to straighten the arc of the ring gear teeth that were engaged before the shaft let go.

Add an 8.8 R&P to the list.

 

[XJ_ranger]

The news keeps getting better.
Apparently, I tried to straighten the arc of the ring gear teeth that were engaged before the shaft let go.

Add an 8.8 R&P to the list.

daaaaamn

kinda makes you wish you had an extra pinion support bearing huh

 

[OT]

The news keeps getting better.
Apparently, I tried to straighten the arc of the ring gear teeth that were engaged before the shaft let go.

Add an 8.8 R&P to the list.

If the pinion's okay, just change out the ring gear with one from another set.
Check around, I'm sure at least one person has a ring gear from a set they ruined the pinion in.

 

[Lawn Cher']

Wait! You can salvage your damaged R&P! Try this: grind off all the teeth, coat the R&P interfacing surfaces with plastikote or some other such rubberizing product, and set the backlash really tight.

 

[OT]

Or you could fill weld in the damaged area, grind new teeth, and lap them yourself.

 

[Roxtar]

daaaaamn

kinda makes you wish you had an extra pinion support bearing huh

Pinion's fine. In fact, it's amazingly fine.
The ring gear teeth that were engaged all bent before the shaft exploded.
The pinion held up to it.

I think I figured out how this all happened.
I was climbing a steep waterfall (sharp rocks) when the front pinion gear let go.
The whole thing dropped a little ways, then the rear tires grabbed traction. All the weight of the dropping XJ was caught by the rear tires/axle.
The results were kinda dramatic.

 

[Roxtar]

And now for the front.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

And now for the front.

:thumbup:

 

[OT]

That's fawking sweet!
I knew you had it in you, Dude.

 

[XJ_ranger]

the Dana 30 ring gear looks like a coaster...

 

[ChiXJeff]

And now for the front.

Wow. Impressive.

 

[seanR]

Meh, I've seen better.

 

[LBEXJ]

Judas Priest Brad ... you just about wiped that one clean!

Les

 

[Rocketman]

Brad... you should send that pic into the manufacturer. Might get you something out of it.