Trail Report: Carnage on the edge

[curtis]

Well like Art said, today was a day for breaking jeeps. To cold to climb rocks. We started off on Hammer Down and broke two pitman arms. Then on a new little trail going out of HD I broke my front axle.

A couple of pictures.

Broken










So four of us went home and the rest went to Bullfrog to play.

[4xfiend]

Looks like fun! So who broke what?

[aw12345]

Scott one pitman arm. Randy ripped a valve stem off and bend the snot out of his tierod, also did a really cool balancing act on Hammer down. Fellow from Bakersfield broke a pitman arm also, I let him borrow my spare to get out of the trail. He had his wife bring one from home and had it fixed when I headed home. Curtis either an axle shaft or his front Detroit bit the dust.
Fun stuff eh, whole lot of broken stuff for not traveling more than a few miles

[scottymoto]

i replaced the pitman arm and now will be carrying a spare and a pitman arm puller.im just glad it broke close to home.

[aw12345]

Yup some of the right tools and just the right spare part goes a long way, in your case try a stock pitman arm, they are a lot less prone to breaking

[rngrubi]

After my wife brought my spare pitman arm from home, i had it up and running in no time. It actually handled pretty well driving back home. Thanks for all the help getting it down the hill with a broken pitman arm and also thanks for letting me use the one to get it off the rest of the trail. It was a cold day indeed but I had a great time and it was great to meet new people.

[curtis]

Another one bites the dust.LOL

[aw12345]

That's a pretty clean break, I guess they don't make them Superior shafts like they used to anymore.
Time to come join the big dogs Curtis and leave all ya troubles behind :2:

[curtis]

You can't beat the warranty. To bad they moved to vegas. Takes a week to get a new axle instead of one day.
Just might be time to sell this jeep and build a new one.

[nwoods]

Just might be time to sell this jeep and build a new one.

I call Dibs!

[RAT]

Another one bites the dust.LOL

front or rear??

[curtis]

Front,driver side.

[mkjeepers]

Front,driver side.

So did it break being jammed hard or under normal conditions. What brand are they?

[Red rubicon]

Another one bites the dust.LOL

Ouch, now that is a real break. How many splines are those.

I hope I have better luck at Calico this weekend. Did you fix it on the trail Curtis? I broke my front track bar mount on the very beginning of Bullfrog once. Long day dragging it back to my trailer. If anyone wants to come to Calico I will be there Friday until Sunday.We are doing an all day run on Saturday up Odessa over to the Overlook down Doran and then Gatekeeper. We will be at Mule Canyon Camping. Happy New year to all of you too.

[curtis]

So did it break being jammed hard or under normal conditions. What brand are they?

Jammed hard, Superior Axle, 27 spline, ( Evolution ).