Did the other two keep going?
We all left. His group was behind us. A built jk on 40 and a similarly built s10. The guy thought they were infront so my guess is he did the bypass at WH1 when they were climbing it.
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Did the other two keep going?
Had some fun on the trail with @Choptop1954 and @Lonewolf today on a last minute fordyce trip. (Bailed out at committee crossing)
I didn't get any photos of my jeep but it performed great.
When going up winch hill 2 we let a JLU pass us since he was clearly trying to get past. He struggled a bit getting up one section and we heard a loud pop. A few seconds later his wheel came off but that didn't stop him from continuing to try. He was adamant he didn't want our help so we squeezed by and left him. His group was behind us so hopefully they got him off the trail. I can't imagine they'll get the jeep off without parts given the location.
Broken ball joints, outer axle, and ujoint.
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Some photos I took
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Funny, @Alex01, that was Chris with the broken axle, occasionally I wheel with him on the Rubicon...heard about his demise this weekend from our mutual friend, don't know details yet, but I will get them...
Update on JL broken on Fordyce
Thanks for offering assistance in helping me out!! I always am willing and able to help out on the trail - a karma thing, but at the time I thought it was catastrophic and not a lot anyone could actually do on the trail.
However the damage was bad but not manageable:
Freak occurrence of both ball joints popping out of C (did not break just popped out) which caused the ujoint to basically exploded once it let go and the axle was on load and tire and knuckle off. One I was able to dig out and jack up the jeep we were able to take the axle out and stuff with rag and tape off and put the ball joints back in - had to try multiple times since I did not have a press but was successful just as the sun went down.
I was able to get it back off the trail the next day and trailered it home.
Multiple things on that stock m210 axle broke including the track bar mount on the axle (not repairable) sway bar links stabilizer shock and am going to have to replace axle. Want a 60 but kinda pricey - any suggestions?
Update on JL broken on Fordyce
Thanks for offering assistance in helping me out!! I always am willing and able to help out on the trail - a karma thing, but at the time I thought it was catastrophic and not a lot anyone could actually do on the trail.
However the damage was bad but not manageable:
Freak occurrence of both ball joints popping out of C (did not break just popped out) which caused the ujoint to basically exploded once it let go and the axle was on load and tire and knuckle off. One I was able to dig out and jack up the jeep we were able to take the axle out and stuff with rag and tape off and put the ball joints back in - had to try multiple times since I did not have a press but was successful just as the sun went down.
I was able to get it back off the trail the next day and trailered it home.
Multiple things on that stock m210 axle broke including the track bar mount on the axle (not repairable) sway bar links stabilizer shock and am going to have to replace axle. Want a 60 but kinda pricey - any suggestions?
The u joint/axle failed first which led to the ball joints popping out.
Said no one in the Midwest, EVER!The jeep threw some codes durning the last outing that pointed to the O2 sensors. Looked like the fuse blew that powers them but since it's something that was on my list anyways I changed them all out.
fairly painless job.
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Said no one in the Midwest, EVER!
It's why I'd bought a O2 sensors wrench when I was working on the daughter's Jeep.
Said no one in the Midwest, EVER!
I feel like I've been absent from this forum for a good while and barely even touched my jeep. If it wasn't for @Lonewolf pushing me, which I appreciate immensely, to go wheeling my jeep (sometimes the JL) would have likely sat idle for the last 4-5 months.
We sold our house back in August and have been looking for a new home since. We finally closed today, after a month of delay, but it ultimately landed in our favor, we are happy to call Truckee, CA our new home.
While we'll be a bit further away from most of the Norcal crowd, traveling for wheeling never was an issue before and Slickrock / highway 4 trails are roughly the same distance. Any time someone wants to run Fordyce or Signal Peak let me know since it's so close to me now.
*jeep will likely live in the east bay until I can make room in the garage / for the trailer (snow melts). JL is nice for snow runs anyways so I'll let you guys shame me while I live the Bus life lol
Hey, you’re in my backyard now!
I’m on the other side of Reno in Fernley these days.
And you now live in trail central! Congrats!
Have a great Christmas in your new place!