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06-14-2005, 09:27 PM
So since this year seemed to have more carnage than any previous year and damn near everybody raised their hand when Zebra asked who broke something, who broke what???
My list:
both front UCA's taco'd
driver rear UCA bracket ripped off frame
bent 8.8 shaft
all of those happened on Double Whammy best I can tell
Also broke:
exhaust mount from the cross-member
the glass housing from one of my Hella 500's.
Still drove home beautiful too which was nice!! The glass housing is kind of a funny story too. We were on Spike somewhere, and Matt was in front of me. A couple hundred yards earlier I had tried to tap his Jeep with my bumper, but he drove away just in time. So in a slightly off camber spot I went for round 2. Crept up on him, and I hear glass shatter. Matt's door comes flying open as does mine, both of us are like WTF and my light had hit his spare tire and shattered the glass. OOPS!!!
2 3/4" grade 8 bolts
steering box (well, I broke an ear off of the steering box, but the other 2 bolts held and got me off the trail)
1 hub (big surprise?)
thats all I know of
Cody
2 front shocks blown (did that today, dont know if it counts as GSW.) Got airborne on a trail in Arches, that was fun
-A few new dents / scratches
-shot the heims on my rear sway bar (need to figure some other linking system out.
-The electrical in my doors no longer works very much, all the wires are frayed
-shattered rear tailight a lil' more
-Screwed up my steering column pretty good
-possibly shot my steering pump, it's whining like no tomorrow
- Oh ya, I taco'd my unibody quite a bit. Putting the doors back on was like putting a square peg in a round hole.
My driveline and suspension held up though, and that's all I really care about.
1 driveshaft (TC yoke end)-fixed by Tom Woods himself
1 slightlymangled TC front shaft yoke
3 Gr 8 5/16th bolts
1 hole in TC
But, the zip ties holding my transfer case skid in place held up just fine
Chrunched and cracked the muffler around the engine side pipe - Steel Bender
Bent rear LCA and bracket (nothing undrivable) - Top of the World
Bent T/C skid plate a bit and bent the uni-body mounting area a little more - all three trail days
Scratched rock rails - broke rocks- Steel Bender
Scratched rear bumper
I was going to fix the muffler today, but the boss said we were going fishing on the Gunnison tomorrow (mental health sick day), got to get stoneflys
Dave's not kidding, there was way too much breakage.
Myself included, which is why nobody saw my jeep at GSW this year unless you were in the back half of the Prichett group on Thurs.
I broke an ear on my steering box and sheared a bolt on the front side. Got it to Moab 4x4 outpost where I realized I threw a cap on my axle shaft u joint that bent out the ears on the shaft.
I also learned to never drive through Vegas, towards LA on a Sunday. That sucked.
I've got a few high-res carnage pics of your driveshaft/tcase carnage if you want them.Originally Posted by Pitch
1 driveshaft (TC yoke end)-fixed by Tom Woods himself
1 slightlymangled TC front shaft yoke
3 Gr 8 5/16th bolts
1 hole in TC
But, the zip ties holding my transfer case skid in place held up just fine
I lost the nut for the I-bolt that holds my rear winch cable up.
BigDaveZJ-
1- ball
1- chain
I bent my drag link pretty bad on Golden Crack. I think it was already a little crooked beforehand because after coming back from Moab the week before the steering was pulling more to the right and the alignment guy tried to tell me my axle housing was bent. I'm pretty sure now it was the drag link, because the truss welded onto the housing makes it pretty strong and I certainly hadn't been hot-dogging it anywhere. Steering seems to be a lot better now too.
We diagnosed it at the driver's meeting for Steel Bender, and I thought for sure the game was over for me. This being my first GSW, the thing that blew my mind was that just when I was getting ready to head back to the motel, Scott came up to me with a SPARE drag link! Unbelieveable. He's letting me borrow it until I get my new setup from ORO (Kevin's going to hook me up, and I ordered a steering box brace from him too since I'm paranoid what with everyone breaking theirs).
We spent probably 3-4 hours the day before waiting for people to do trail fixes, so I don't feel TOO guilty about holding everyone up that morning
Bad vibes in the rear coming home. Hoped it was just one of the rear tires that threw a weight but I had all four tires balanced today. Still vibes.So I guess it's probably one of the axle shafts bent just a bit. Oh, I also snapped the front upper control arm bolt in the parking lot.
MORE CARNAGE!!!
my exhaust fell off from the catback, bent the tailpipe in half so I could take the hole thing out since it wouldn't go back in. Kinda cool that I got to bend some steel on steelbender
my track bar bracket broke in half. had it re-welded. then the whole perch for the rear track bar and drivers UCA broke completely off the axle
my rear drivers window wouldn't roll up in the rainstorm saturday, then got the jeep undercover at the end of the storm and it rolled right up.
d44?
I BROKE THE 14-BOLT!!!
I actually think it had less to do with the wheeling and was more the effect of my suspension design, but either way it was some interesting carnage. The passenger side tube just rotated in the housing after the spot welds broke...it should be salvageable. I tried rotating it back on the trail with no luck, so I yanked the rear driveshaft and finished the trail in front-wheel-drive with a few tugs from Cody and Matt over the bigger obstacles.
It's funny how the the very last thing i expected the break was what actually ended the weekend for the Trashcan.
-Ron-
I'd check all your control arm bolts.Bad vibes in the rear coming home. Hoped it was just one of the rear tires that trew a wieght but I had all four tires balanced today. Still vibes.
Hey!! I resemble that remark!!!BigDaveZJ-
1- ball
1- chain
*snapped cb antenna
*arb switch died (4x4 Outpost had the new style and replaced them Wednesday)
*arb compressor sprung an unrepairable leak
*front driver's side wheel bearings gave out on my way home which then took out my rotor and brakes on I-15. Sucked driving around southern Utah Sunday afternoon with no brakes looking for a store with a hub assembly. Finally found a Checkers in St. George and replaced my hub assembly and then found a Sears to resurface my rotor and replace the brake pad. Ahhhh!!!!
*Still have 2-3 more ugly noises that I haven't had time to hunt down.
Dayum, I had a good time!
Bad vibes in the rear coming home. Hoped it was just one of the rear tires that trew a wieght but I had all four tires balanced today. Still vibes.
Zap Straps on your drive shaft?
I help fix alot of crap:
1. Welded Dave's unibody, made it more like swiss cheese though.
2. Help Cody tighten a bolt on his steering box.
3. Watched Keith do all the work on his broken rear shaft
4. Was spotting bitch the whole weekend.
5. My head from Dave's CB antenna and "cage".
Chad
I snapped 3 bolts off the rear trac bar bracket.
Luckily, dave's box of bolts shopping mart are holding great.
Hunter
So, Hunter...Dave and I want to know if you too found the Vicky's tag from one of my bra's that somehow made it's way into Dave's box's of bolts? Dave handed it to me on Tuesday and said "look what was in the box of bolts. Wonder if Hunter found it too?"
I'm thinking it made it's way in there after your "shopping spree", while the box was residing in my duffle bag that I use for overnight trips...
dave's idea of a good time involves womens panties and bra, a midget, astrolube, and a RE joint tool... so ive heard
I can neither confirm nor deny that there was a bra tag anywhere to be found in any of the two cardboard boxes of bolts. The confusing part was the voltmeter attached to the lightbulb....that was just a bit outside the "norm"
Hunter
LoseranaZJs idea of a good time is the RE tool, astrolube and a raccoon.
Hunter
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