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Exactly. It’s totally true. I always feel like it adds so much character to it and shows the purpose the Jeep serves.
Arizona Rock Crawling Daily Driver
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Exactly. It’s totally true. I always feel like it adds so much character to it and shows the purpose the Jeep serves.
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Brianj5600
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RCV internal cracked in two places allowing either the inner shaft to slip in the splines of the internal or to allow the CV balls to slip. I originally thought the balls, but more likely it was the cracked internal opening up slightly due to the cracks and the shaft slipping in the internal. I had a spare and installed it and climbed the tree in my front yard with the tire this morning, so hopefully it is fixed (for now).
Enough about my jeep in Garrett's thread. Back to your regularly scheduled programming..........
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You’re all good, it’s all part of the overall story. Glad you got it fixed
Going to use the RCV warranty against breakage?
I’d ask in your thread but you haven’t updated it even though I’ve seen your wheeling video.
I sent RCV an email, waiting for response. Haven't had a chance to write up anything in my thread, been busy with life stuff post vacation and I was hoping that Scott's girlfriend would send me some photos and vids of my rig so I could include them.
The snap ring in the groove at the splines probably let the shaft pop out. That will move the splines out of engagement and they strip very easily after that. I've seen that far more than a cracked bell or ball cage.
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Going wheeling today 
hitting No Limits again with 2 TJ/LJ guys both on 42s lol.
hitting No Limits again with 2 TJ/LJ guys both on 42s lol.
Going wheeling today
Sounds expensive, lol!
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That trail was gnarly. This is the only pic I took. We pretty much just drove and didn’t stop much unless someone got stuck.
Definitely the upper limit of my capabilities. The rocks are so big I was just catching diffs and mounts and you name it everywhere. 35s got swallowed up like it was nothing. The big rigs definitely did better than I did. However, I did hit nail really hard spots that I didn’t get last time I wheeled here and I’m proud of that. The gatekeeper was dug out a lot and I still made it which was cool.
Despite my best efforts using the tie rod as a battering ram, I couldn’t bend it. Kudos to @mrblaine and his kickass tie rod. I did bend the drag link in though and now the tie rod clamp is rubbing everything.
So that leaves me with a drag link that needs rebending and a trackbar mount that is cracking the frame. All signs seem to be pointing towards a mini front stretch soon.
Definitely the upper limit of my capabilities. The rocks are so big I was just catching diffs and mounts and you name it everywhere. 35s got swallowed up like it was nothing. The big rigs definitely did better than I did. However, I did hit nail really hard spots that I didn’t get last time I wheeled here and I’m proud of that. The gatekeeper was dug out a lot and I still made it which was cool.
Despite my best efforts using the tie rod as a battering ram, I couldn’t bend it. Kudos to @mrblaine and his kickass tie rod. I did bend the drag link in though and now the tie rod clamp is rubbing everything.
So that leaves me with a drag link that needs rebending and a trackbar mount that is cracking the frame. All signs seem to be pointing towards a mini front stretch soon.
Nobody ever really believes how tough they are.
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I honestly can’t believe it myself. People would be astounded at how hard some of those hits felt today. I’ve bent the RJ tie rod a few times and if I was equipped with that today, it would have been a banana.
I added a cross member to that track bar mount, it runs from the track bar mount to the frame on the other side. Of course I am in full support of the stretch, but in the meantime you could just weld that crack and then run a cross member.
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