That looks like a really hard trail.
How did you get back home with all that damage?
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That looks like a really hard trail.
How did you get back home with all that damage?
OK I'm confused here. I had always heard you wanted a fuse and for it to be the easier part that could do the least amount of damage?
Like the hub from the small hub kit or on a axle with 35 spline inners you run a 30 spline outer. If this isn't the case anymore then what is the way to build it?
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Just wait for the video I’m working on! The hub kit saved me on this one. On the trail i unlocked that hub and I winched through the rest of it in 3 wheel drive. It was tough even with the winch. Once I was through the rocks I unlocked both hubs and drive home. The steering box still worked, it was just leaking from top and from the sector shaft pretty badly
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I think the idea is to build it in a way that you don’t have to worry about any of it. There’s always a weakest link but as long as the weakest link is up to the toughest stuff you can throw at it then there is no fuse.
That picture would be picture of the month if you listed it next month.
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That was awesome. I want to get a thread going where we analyze one obstacle at a time with video and pics and techniques. Would be cool to see what held the others up. You did it clean.
When I hear a snap or pop loud enough to indicate I broke something, I don't want to know what it is before I get out, I want it to be a surprise which tells me everything is the same strength or thereabouts.
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I wasn't there but I'll bet a dollar that wasn't it. Bound up and eased into the throttle too much.
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Honestly I was a little bound up in a stupid spot. It didn’t seem like it should have broke so I’m wondering if I twisted the splines or something earlier in the day. I’m also going to put part of the blame on needing hydro assist. If I could have turned my wheels I wouldn’t have been in that situation in the first place.
You can also tell from the twist that was little more than a slightly stronger stock shaft. Heat treated correctly, 4340 doesn't break like that.
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That’s good info. I may get a different brand replacement though I’m not sure how different they will actually be
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Several times now I've seen the 27 spline inners either brake or distort severely. Now that I've seen this break, along with your comment, it makes me wonder why the inners seem to go before the outers, when they are both the same material and spline count? Or, is it simply that my data sample isn't large enough and both are equally likely to break?
And, they always look even harder in person!