Bill, you were right

Extremely rare, except for Daimler's choice to use a Dana 35c, even
the Japanese rice burners use an equivalent of the Dana 44's 8.5" ring
gear: http://www.billhughes.com/dana35c/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O


Billy Ray wrote:
>
> 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?

That sound will forever send shivers up my spine.. and cause my neck/arms to
feel a burning sensation...

Eric
"L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.billhughes.com/dana35c/Dramatized.htm
>
>> Thanks muches Frank: http://www.billhughes.com/dana35c/Dramatized.htm
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>

Thanks muches Eric. http://www.billhughes.com/dana35c/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O


Eric wrote:
>
> 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

My Sony Digital Mavica's 3.5" floppy drive up and quit and Sony doesn't
seem to want to sell a replacement drive to me so no photos. :-(

I have a couple on some film I need to get developed.

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
>
> 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

"Eric" > wrote in message
...
> I use 5th gear all the time. Of course, now I have a broken axle, but I
> don't think that's a coincidence.
>


Using 5th gear had nothing to do with the broken axle, it's the trans that
is the weak link at that point. The axle is getting a break of the other
kind then.