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Now you did it!
We have spent the last 5 years telling Bill that he is an idiot, and now you come around and validate him. Crap. Now we have to start all over again ... "Eric" > wrote in message ... > Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I > think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock > anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh* > > Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and > will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and be > done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9". > > Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't > being too hard on the throttle. > > I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it -- > involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were > going for the darwin award -- but are still alive. > > Eric > 99 TJ SE > > |
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Thanks muches Frank: http://www.billhughes.com/dana35c\Dramatized.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O FrankW wrote: > > Gi'day Bill > Seeing as you like to collect pics and vids of broken D35's > Here's a couple links for ya from the local Jeep Club > > http://www.ottawajeepclub.ca/videos/...dsOfNature.wmv > > and > > http://www.ottawajeepclub.ca/videos/...OfNature-2.wmv > > Cheers > Frank |
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http://www.billhughes.com/dana35c/Dramatized.htm
> Thanks muches Frank: http://www.billhughes.com/dana35c/Dramatized.htm > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O > |
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ROTFLMAO!
Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Jeff Strickland wrote: > > Now you did it! > > We have spent the last 5 years telling Bill that he is an idiot, and now you > come around and validate him. Crap. Now we have to start all over again ... > > "Eric" > wrote in message > ... > > Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I > > think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock > > anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh* > > > > Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and > > will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and > be > > done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9". > > > > Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't > > being too hard on the throttle. > > > > I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it -- > > involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were > > going for the darwin award -- but are still alive. > > > > Eric > > 99 TJ SE > > > > |
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Hey, where are the pictures for us Jeepers living vicariously
through you. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ Mike Romain wrote: > > ROTFLMAO! > > Mike > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's |
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I use 5th gear all the time. Of course, now I have a broken axle, but I
don't think that's a coincidence. Eric "Earle Horton" > wrote in message news:1119881695.df82410e8461ac896b3b881b79e5a062@t eranews... > Avoid overdrive gear. I don't think that it can handle this combination, > except maybe in a tail wind or a long descent. > > Earle > > "Carl Saiyed" > wrote in message > ... >> I'm hoping that being open with 4.10's, on 33's, and running a 4cyl I > should >> be OK. >> >> Carl >> >> >> "Jerry Bransford" > wrote in message >> news:QpLve.705$HV1.77@fed1read07... >> > It's usually adding a locker that makes the difference most of the >> > time. >> > 33" tires without a locker CAN snap an axleshaft in a D35c but the >> > vast majority of such failures with 33" and smaller tires had a locker >> > in the equation. >> > >> > Carl Saiyed wrote: >> > > wow... I'm running 33's on my D35 but I'm not locked up. Hope mine >> doesn't >> > > break! How wide are your tires? >> > > >> > > Carl >> > > >> > > >> > > "Eric" > wrote in message >> > > ... >> > > >> > >>I'm running 33's and a D35. The locker was a lock-right from > powertrax >> > > >> > > (or >> > > >> > >>so I think...). >> > >> >> > >>Be careful if you're wheeling any rocks. If I'd have been locked in > the >> > >>front I'd have been ok. But the rear was doing all of the work. I > was >> > >>turning and going up a ledge when it broke. Ugly stuff. >> > >> >> > >>Eric >> > >>"Carl Saiyed" > wrote in message >> > ... >> > >> >> > >>>Eric - >> > >>> What size tires are you running? What kind of locker? What were > you >> > >>>doing? I'm concerned because I've got a D35 on 33's. >> > >>> >> > >>>Carl >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>>"Eric" > wrote in message >> > ... >> > >>> >> > >>>>Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a > PITA! >> > > >> > > I >> > > >> > >>>>think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite > lock >> > >>>>anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh* >> > >>>> >> > >>>>Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider > gears >> > > >> > > and >> > > >> > >>>>will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the >> > >>>>front >> > > >> > > and >> > > >> > >>>be >> > >>> >> > >>>>done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9". >> > >>>> >> > >>>>Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I >> wasn't >> > >>>>being too hard on the throttle. >> > >>>> >> > >>>>I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll >> > >>>>love >> > >>>>it -- >> > >>>>involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We >> were >> > >>>>going for the darwin award -- but are still alive. >> > >>>> >> > >>>>Eric >> > >>>>99 TJ SE >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > Jerry Bransford >> > PP-ASEL N6TAY >> > See the Geezer Jeep at >> > http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ >> >> > > |
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Here's a pic showing me under it. Note the snatch block above me, the tow
strap hooked to a winch on the driver's side, the high lift just to my left, and the bottle jack on the axle to the right/front of me... http://photobucket.com/albums/v242/T...t=100_0198.jpg Here's a series. The first one is where the break happened (just click the right carat to cycle through): http://www.stx4wd.com/gallery/displa...lbum=17&pos=43 Eric "L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message ... > Hey, where are the pictures for us Jeepers living vicariously > through you. > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O > http://www.billhughes.com/ > > Mike Romain wrote: >> >> ROTFLMAO! >> >> Mike >> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 >> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's |
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Here is a direct quote (OR CLOSE) from JP magazine June 2005 issue page 48
on differential basics. Q: Can a locker break my Jeep? A: Mr.Reider walks us through it....the greatest torque that can be applied to either wheel with an open diff would be 50% of total power sent to the axle. This is because the spider geas split the torque 50/50., and if one wheel loses traction, then power is lost to the loose wheel and the wheel with traction receives less than 50%. When a locker is installed, no power is lost to the loose wheel, it has to rotate at the same speed as the wheel with traction, and up to 100% of the power can now be directed to the wheel with traction. That can be twice the power the jeep and its components were originally designed for. Meaning the axleshafts or u joints may not be strong enough. Upgrade accordingly. Eric wrote: >Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I >think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock >anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh* > >Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and >will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and be >done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9". > >Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't >being too hard on the throttle. > >I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love it -- >involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were >going for the darwin award -- but are still alive. > >Eric >99 TJ SE -- Message posted via CarKB.com http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/jeep-cars/200506/1 |
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You are just now getting concerned? Lol people amaze me.
KH "Carl Saiyed" > wrote in message ... > Eric - > What size tires are you running? What kind of locker? What were you > doing? I'm concerned because I've got a D35 on 33's. > > Carl > > > "Eric" > wrote in message > ... >> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I >> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock >> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh* >> >> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and >> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and > be >> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9". >> >> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't >> being too hard on the throttle. >> >> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love >> it -- >> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were >> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive. >> >> Eric >> 99 TJ SE >> >> > > |
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Okay boys, I have limited off-road experience and none of the extreme of
what these videos and pictures have been showing. My question, as a novice and interested party is, just how common is axle breakage? Do you have to "try" to break an axle or is it something I need to worry about? "Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message ... > Now you did it! > > We have spent the last 5 years telling Bill that he is an idiot, and now > you > come around and validate him. Crap. Now we have to start all over again > ... > > > > > "Eric" > wrote in message > ... >> Well, today I did it. I broke my Dana 35. Holy smokes. What a PITA! I >> think I somehow messed up the locker in the process (won't quite lock >> anymore -- seems to be always ratcheting). *sigh* >> >> Anyhow, I'm not locking that 35 ever again -- I kept the spider gears and >> will be putting them back in this week. I'm going to lock the front and > be >> done with it until I can afford/find a good deal on an 8.8/D44/9". >> >> Never would've thought that puny 2.5L could've done that. And I wasn't >> being too hard on the throttle. >> >> I'll post links to the photos when I get them uploaded. You'll love >> it -- >> involves two winches, a hi-lift, two bottle jacks, and a tire. We were >> going for the darwin award -- but are still alive. >> >> Eric >> 99 TJ SE >> >> > > |
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